Exodus 22:19

19 qui coierit cum iumento morte moriatur

Exodus 22:19 Meaning and Commentary

Ver. 19 Whosoever lieth with a beast
In like manner as a man and woman, by carnal copulation; this is a crime so detestable and abominable, so shocking and dishonourable to human nature, that one would think it could never be committed by any of the human species, and that there was no occasion for making a law against it; but, such is the depravity and corruption of mankind, that divine wisdom saw it necessary, and, to deter from it, made it death, as follows; such an one

shall surely be put to death;
no mercy shown him, no pardon or respite given him by the civil magistrate: according to the Targum of Jonathan, the death of such a person was by stoning, for it paraphrases the words,

``he shall be killed with the casting of stones.''

Exodus 22:19 In-Context

17 si pater virginis dare noluerit reddet pecuniam iuxta modum dotis quam virgines accipere consuerunt

18 maleficos non patieris vivere

19 qui coierit cum iumento morte moriatur

20 qui immolat diis occidetur praeter Domino soli

21 advenam non contristabis neque adfliges eum advenae enim et ipsi fuistis in terra Aegypti