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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.

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Translations

Louis Segond 1910

Si une femme s'approche d'une bête, pour se prostituer à elle, tu tueras la femme et la bête; elles seront mises à mort: leur sang retombera sur elles.

KJV

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.

Patristic reading

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  • Thomas Aquinas

    Summa Theologica

    shing them ( Ex. 21:29 ): "If the ox . . . shall kill a man or a woman," it "shall be stoned": and ( Lev. 20:16 ): "The woman that shall lie under any beast, shall be killed together with the same." Therefore it seems that matters pertaining to the relations of one man with anoth…
  • Various

    Patrologia Latina Vol. 120 (Migne)

    m comeditur (Isid.) . Unde illico in eadem legis sententia infertur. Ego Dominus qui sanctifico eos (Levit. XX, 16) ; sanctificat autem eos, qui per haec competenter ad Deum sanctificantem tendunt, et cum devotione modo quo oportet ea percipiunt: quia sanctificationis causa, et n…

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