9190. 'Anyone lying with a beast' means being joined to the evils that belong to the desires of self-love. This is clear from the meaning of 'lying with' as being joined to; and from the meaning of 'a beast' as a good affection with people who are good, and an evil affection with those who are evil, dealt with in 45, 46, 142, 143, 246, 714, 715, 719, 776, 2781, 3518, 3519, 5198, 7424, 7523, 7872, 9090, thus evil desires, at this point the desires of self-love. The term 'evil desires' is used to mean evil affections.

7872. 'From man even to beast' means their evil desires, interior and exterior. This is clear from the meaning of 'from man even to beast' as the affection for interior good and exterior good, dealt with in 7424, 7523; for 'man' means the affection for interior good, and 'beast' the affection for exterior good. In the contrary sense, as at this point where the firstborn of the Egyptians are referred to, evil affections, or interior and exterior evil desires, are meant. For more about the meaning of 'beasts' as good affections, and in the contrary sense evil affections or desires, see 45, 46, 142, 143, 246, 714, 715, 719, 776, 1823, 2179, 2180, 2781, 3218, 3519, 5198.