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16 And if a woman approach unto any beast, and lie down thereto, thou shalt kill the woman, and the beast: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.
The Israelites were constantly warned not to copy the religious practices of their pagan neighbors. They constantly disobeyed.
Three months out of Egypt and with Moses on Mt. Sinai for 40 days and 40 nights, they were ready to go back to pagan beast worship. Only this beast was not a living one, but one made of gold. (Exodus chapters 19-31)
Leviticus chapters 18 and 20 are mainly an address of pagan worship. It is unfortunate that when these chapters were translated from the ancient Hebrew into the English that a number of crucial Hebrew words were glossed over that would have helped people better understand what was meant in so many verses.
One word that is not only glossed over, but in a number of translations is not even included in the verse of Lev. 20:16 and that is the word approach (Qarab).
There are only 17 listings in the entire Old Testament of APPROACH and it has 3 somewhat similar meanings of a religious nature. 11 out of the 16 are found in Leviticus.
Writers of the time that this type of pagan animal worship was occurring, were themselves shocked that these priestessses were engaging in open copulation with animals.
If any Israelites were caught copying this kind of pagan worship the beast was to be killed along with the woman because the understanding was that such a monstrous birth was sure to result from the copulation were she be allowed to live.
Though there is no explicit prohibition of either religious or non-religious beastiality in the New Testament, it is taught against implicitly.
The Israelites were constantly warned not to copy the religious practices of their pagan neighbors. They constantly disobeyed.
Three months out of Egypt and with Moses on Mt. Sinai for 40 days and 40 nights, they were ready to go back to pagan beast worship. Only this beast was not a living one, but one made of gold. (Exodus chapters 19-31)
Leviticus chapters 18 and 20 are mainly an address of pagan worship. It is unfortunate that when these chapters were translated from the ancient Hebrew into the English that a number of crucial Hebrew words were glossed over that would have helped people better understand what was meant in so many verses.
One word that is not only glossed over, but in a number of translations is not even included in the verse of Lev. 20:16 and that is the word approach (Qarab).
There are only 17 listings in the entire Old Testament of APPROACH and it has 3 somewhat similar meanings of a religious nature. 11 out of the 16 are found in Leviticus.
Writers of the time that this type of pagan animal worship was occurring, were themselves shocked that these priestessses were engaging in open copulation with animals.
If any Israelites were caught copying this kind of pagan worship the beast was to be killed along with the woman because the understanding was that such a monstrous birth was sure to result from the copulation were she be allowed to live.
Though there is no explicit prohibition of either religious or non-religious beastiality in the New Testament, it is taught against implicitly.