Leviticus 18:23 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“Neither shalt thou lie with any beast to defile thyself therewith: neither shall any woman stand before a beast to lie down thereto: it is confusion.”

Leviticus 18:23 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Leviticus 18:23 in 6 Bible Translations

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Leviticus 18:23 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

““‘You shall not lie with any animal to defile yourself with it. No woman may give herself to an animal, to lie down with it: it is a perversion.”

Leviticus 18:23 — World English Bible

Leviticus 18:23 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“And thou shalt not lie with any beast to defile thyself therewith; neither shall any woman stand before a beast, to lie down thereto: it is confusion. ”

Leviticus 18:23 — American Standard Version

Leviticus 18:23 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“`And with any beast thou dost not give thy copulation, for uncleanness with it; and a woman doth not stand before a beast to lie down with it; confusion it <FI>is<Fi> .”

Leviticus 18:23 — Young's Literal Translation

Leviticus 18:23 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“And thou shalt lie with no beast to become unclean therewith; and a woman shall not stand before a beast to lie down with it: it is confusion.”

Leviticus 18:23 — Darby Translation

Leviticus 18:23 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“Thou shalt not also lie with any beast to bee defiled therewith, neither shall any woman stand before a beast, to lie downe thereto: for it is abomination.”

Leviticus 18:23 — Geneva Bible

Leviticus 18:23 in Context — Leviticus 18

21 And thou shalt not let any of thy seed pass through the fire to Molech, neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I am the Lord.

22 Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination.

23 Neither shalt thou lie with any beast to defile thyself therewith: neither shall any woman stand before a beast to lie down thereto: it is confusion.

24 Defile not ye yourselves in any of these things: for in all these the nations are defiled which I cast out before you:

25 And the land is defiled: therefore I do visit the iniquity thereof upon it, and the land itself vomiteth out her inhabitants.

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What Does Leviticus 18:23 Mean?

Leviticus 18:23 is a verse from the Book of Leviticus, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Leviticus chapter 18. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.

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