“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.”
If a woman approaches an animal to have sexual relations with it, kill both the woman and the animal. They are to be put to death; their blood will be on their own heads. The equal penalty for the woman who engages in bestiality — the bilateral prohibition of Leviticus 18:23 carries bilateral penalties. The blood-on-their-own-heads formula applies equally to the woman's violation as to the man's. The equal application of the penalties across gender communicates the equal accountability of the Holiness Code.
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