Levítico 20:15

15 El varón que tuviere cópula con bestia, morirá; y mataréis a la bestia

Levítico 20:15 Meaning and Commentary

Leviticus 20:15

If a man lie with a beast
A sin quite unnatural, exceeding shocking and detestable, forbid ( Leviticus 18:23 ) :

he shall surely be put to death:
by stoning, as the Targum of Jonathan adds; and this is the death such are condemned to in the Misnah ^F8:

and ye shall slay the beast;
with clubs, as says the Targum of Jonathan; the reasons given in the Misnah ^F9, why the beast was to be slain, are, because ruin came to the man by means of it, and that it might not be said, as it passed along the streets, that is the beast for which such an one was stoned. Aben Ezra says it was to be slain, that it might not cause others to sin; and he adds, there are that say it was to cover the reproach: no doubt the true reason was to deter the more from this detestable sin, that if a beast, which was only accessory to it, and an instrument of it, was put to death, of how much sorer punishment must the man that committed it be worthy of, even of eternal wrath and destruction, and, unless repented of and forgiven, must be expected by him?

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FOOTNOTES:

F8 Misn. Sanhedrin, c. 7. sect. 4.
F9 Ibid.

Levítico 20:15 In-Context

13 El varón que tuviere ayuntamiento con macho como con mujer, abominación hicieron; ambos morirán; su sangre será sobre ellos

14 Y el que tomare mujer y a la madre de ella, comete vileza; los quemarán en el fuego tanto a él como a ellas, para que no haya vileza entre vosotros

15 El varón que tuviere cópula con bestia, morirá; y mataréis a la bestia

16 Y la mujer que se acercare a algún animal, para tener ayuntamiento con él, a la mujer y al animal matarás; morirán indefectiblemente; su sangre será sobre ellos mismos

17 El varón que tomare a su hermana, hija de su padre o hija de su madre, y viere su desnudez, y ella viere la suya, cosa es execrable; por tanto serán muertos a ojos de los hijos de su pueblo; descubrió la desnudez de su hermana; su iniquidad llevará