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ואת הבהמה תהרוגו. שלא תחטיא אחר ויש אומרים להסתיר הקלון: AND YE SHALL SLAY THE BEAST. So that it not cause another to sin.45If the animal had intercourse with a human being it might let another person approach it for sexual purposes. Others say, to hide the shame.46People looking at the animal will be reminded that a human being committed a sexual act with it. See Mishnah, San. 7:4, “Lest the beast should go through the market and people say, this is the beast by reason of which so and so was stoned.”