Leviticus 18:23 meaning and explanation

You must not lie carnally with any animal, thus defiling yourself with it; a woman must not stand before an animal to mate with it; that is a perversion.

Leviticus 18:23, Berean Standard Bible

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These laws are spoken by God through Moses to the Israelites camped at Sinai, preparing to enter Canaan. Verse 23 forbids sexual contact between a person and an animal, naming both the man's and the woman's part in it.

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