Negative Commandment #155 of 613
A man must not have sexual relations with an animal
Commandment #155 — a prohibition from Leviticus 18:23, classified under Forbidden Sexual Relationships in the 613 commandments of the Torah.
Scripture
“'Also you shall not have intercourse with any animal to be defiled with it, nor shall any woman stand before an animal to mate with it; it is a perversion.”
— Leviticus 18:23
Hebrew
כג וּבְכָל-בְּהֵמָה לֹא-תִתֵּן שְׁכָבְתְּךָ, לְטָמְאָה-בָהּ; וְאִשָּׁה, לֹא-תַעֲמֹד לִפְנֵי בְהֵמָה לְרִבְעָהּ--תֶּבֶל הוּא.
Greek (Septuagint)
23 καὶ πρὸς πᾶν τετράπουν οὐ δώσεις τὴν κοίτην σου εἰς σπερματισμὸν ἐκμιανθῆναι πρὸς αὐτό, καὶ γυνὴ οὐ στήσεται πρὸς πᾶν τετράπουν βιβασθῆναι· μυσερὸν γάρ ἐστιν.
Classification
- Type
- Negative (Thou Shalt Not)
- Category
- Forbidden Sexual Relationships
- Book
- leviticus
- Chapter
- 18
Scholarly References
- Parashah
- Acharei Mot
- Sefer HaChinuch
- #210
- Mishneh Torah
- HolinessForbidden Sexual Relations
Related Commandments in “Forbidden Sexual Relationships”
#139: Do not have sexual relations with your mother
Leviticus 18:7
#140: Do not have sexual relations with your father's wife
Leviticus 18:8
#141: Do not have sexual relations with your sister
Leviticus 18:9
#142: Do not have sexual relations with your father's wife's daughter
Leviticus 18:11
#143: Do not have sexual relations with your son's daughter
Leviticus 18:10
#144: Do not have sexual relations with your daughter
Leviticus 18:6
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