God’s Word Translation
Deuteronomy 27:21
21“Whoever has sexual intercourse with any animal will be cursed.” Then all the people will say amen.
Deuteronomy 27:21 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Cursed be he that lieth with any manner of beast. And all the people shall say, Amen.
- New International Version (NIV)“Cursed is anyone who has sexual relations with any animal.” Then all the people shall say, “Amen!”
- English Standard Version (ESV)"'Cursed be anyone who lies with any kind of animal.' And all the people shall say, 'Amen.'
- New King James Version (NKJV)‘Cursed is the one who lies with any kind of animal.’ “And all the people shall say, ‘Amen!’
Context of Deuteronomy 27:21
19“Whoever deprives foreigners, orphans, or widows of justice will be cursed.” Then all the people will say amen. 20“Whoever has sexual intercourse with his father’s wife will be cursed. He has disgraced his father.” Then all the people will say amen. “Whoever has sexual intercourse with any animal will be cursed.” Then all the people will say amen. 22“Whoever has sexual intercourse with his sister, his father’s daughter, or his mother’s daughter will be cursed.” Then all the people will say amen. 23“Whoever has sexual intercourse with his mother-in-law will be cursed.” Then all the people will say amen.
Read all of Deuteronomy 27Deuteronomy 27:21 word by word
אָר֕וּר שֹׁכֵ֖ב עִם־כָּל־בְּהֵמָ֑ה וְאָמַ֥ר כָּל־הָעָ֖ם אָמֵֽן׃ סRead the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Deuteronomy 27:21
- Exodus 22:19“Whoever has sexual intercourse with an animal must be put to death.
- Leviticus 18:23Never have sexual intercourse with any animal and become unclean with it. A woman must never offer herself to an animal for sexual intercourse. It is unnatural.
- Leviticus 20:15A man who has sexual intercourse with an animal must be put to death. You must kill the animal, too.
Commentaries on Deuteronomy 27:21
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 11-26Verses 11-26 Compare Joshua 8:32-35. The solemnity was apparently designed only for the single occasion on which it actually took place. Deuteronomy 27:12, Deuteronomy 27:13 The tribes appointed to stand on Gerizim to bless the people all sprang from the two wives of Jacob, Leah and Rachel. All the four tribes which sprang from the handmaids Zilpah and Bilhah are located on Ebal. But in order, as it would seem, to effect an equal division, two tribes are…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 11-26Verses 11-26 The six tribes appointed for blessing, were all children of the free women, for to such the promise belongs, Ga 4:31. Levi is here among the rest. Ministers should apply to themselves the blessing and curse they preach to others, and by faith set their own Amen to it. And they must not only allure people to their duty with the promises of a blessing, but awe them with the threatenings of a curse, by declaring that a curse would be upon those…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 12-26Mount Gerizim is just west of Mount Ebal. Shechem is in the valley between them. to bless: God positioned the tribes or their representatives carefully. This was so that while the Levites read the covenant from the valley below, the other tribes would respond by shouting "Amen!" This is a Hebrew term that means "May it be so." They said this to show their agreement with the terms of the covenant.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Deuteronomy 27
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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