Exodus 22:19
Whosoever copulateth with a beast shall be put to death.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Qui coierit cum jumento, morte moriatur.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- Πᾶν κοιμώμενον μετὰ κτήνους, θανάτῳ ἀποκτενεῖτε αὐτούς.
- Hebrew (WLC) shown from Exodus 22:18
- כָּל שֹׁכֵ֥ב עִם בְּהֵמָ֖ה מ֥וֹת יוּמָֽת
The Fathers on this verse
The Apostolic Constitutions Book VI, Sec. V. The Teaching of the Apostles in Opposition to Jewish and Gentile Superstitions, Especially in Regard to Marriage and Funerals
XXVIII . But we do not say so of that mixture that is contrary to nature, or of any unlawful practice; for such are enmity to God. For the sin of Sodom is contrary to nature, as is also that with brute beasts. But adultery and fornication are against the law; the one whereof is impiety, the other injustice, and, in a word, no other than a great sin. But neither sort of them is without its punishment in its own proper nature. For the practisers of one sort attempt the dissolution of the world, and endeavour to make the natural course of things to change for one that is unnatural; but those of the second sort, the adulterers, are unjust by corrupting others’ marriages, and dividing into two what God hath made one, rendering the children suspected, and exposing the true husband to the snares of others. …