Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Leviticus 20:15
And if a man lie with a beast, he shall surely be put to death: and ye shall slay the beast.
Partly, for the prevention of monstrous births; partly, to blot out the memory of so loathsome a crime; and partly, that by so severe a punishment of that creature which was only a passive instrument to mans sin, men might be assured that a more dreadful punishment than corporal death was reserved for them, if they repented not.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
If a man lie with a beast,…. A sin quite unnatural, exceeding shocking and detestable, forbid Le 18:23:
he shall surely be put to death: by stoning, as the Targum of Jonathan adds; and this is the death such are condemned to in the Misnah h:
and ye shall slay the beast; with clubs, as says the Targum of Jonathan; the reasons given in the Misnah i, why the beast was to be slain, are, because ruin came to the man by means of it, and that it might not be said, as it passed along the streets, that is the beast for which such an one was stoned. Aben Ezra says it was to be slain, that it might not cause others to sin; and he adds, there are that say it was to cover the reproach: no doubt the true reason was to deter the more from this detestable sin, that if a beast, which was only accessory to it, and an instrument of it, was put to death, of how much sorer punishment must the man that committed it be worthy of, even of eternal wrath and destruction, and, unless repented of and forgiven, must be expected by him?
h Misn. Sanhedrin, c. 7. sect. 4. i Ibid.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(15, 16) with a beast.See Lev. 18:23.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
15. Lie with a beast See Lev 18:23.
Slay the beast The innocent instrument of the abominable act of a moral agent is put to death as a mark of Jehovah’s abhorrence.
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
Lev 20:15 And if a man lie with a beast, he shall surely be put to death: and ye shall slay the beast.
Ver. 15. Ye shall slay the beast. ] Though innocent: this shows the heinousness of the sin. See Lev 18:9 .
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
beast. See Lev 18:23.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
Lev 18:23, Exo 22:19, Deu 27:21
Reciprocal: Exo 19:13 – whether Exo 21:28 – the ox
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Lev 20:15. Slay the beast Partly for the prevention of monstrous births, partly to blot out the memory of so loathsome a crime.