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Leviticus 18:22

Marriage

20 You must not lie carnally with your neighbor’s wife and thus defile yourself with her.

21 You must not give any of your children to be sacrificed to Molech, for you must not profane the name of your God. I am the LORD.

You must not lie with a man as with a woman; that is an abomination.

23 You must not lie carnally with any animal, thus defiling yourself with it; a woman must not stand before an animal to mate with it; that is a perversion.

24 Do not defile yourselves by any of these practices, for by all these things the nations I am driving out before you have defiled themselves.

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
You must not lie with a man as with a woman; that is an abomination.
KJV
Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination.
WEB
“‘You shall not lie with a man as with a woman. That is detestable.
ASV
Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination.
DARBY
And thou shalt not lie with mankind as one lieth with a woman: it is an abomination.
BLB
And with a male you shall not lie the lyings of a woman; it [is] an abomination.
ÅB
Hos en mann skal du ikke ligge som en ligger hos en kvinne; det er en styggedom.
OTB
Du skal ikke ha seksuelle relasjoner med en mann som en gjør med en kvinne; det er en vederstyggelighet.
B1930
Hos en mann skal du ikke ligge som en ligger hos en kvinne; det er en vederstyggelighet.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Leviticus 20:13

    If a man lies with a man as with a woman, they have both committed an abomination. They must surely be put to death; their blood is upon them.

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  • 1 Corinthians 6:9

    Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who submit to or perform homosexual acts,

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  • Romans 1:26–27

    For this reason God gave them over to dishonorable passions. Even their women exchanged natural relations for unnatural ones.

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  • 1 Timothy 1:10

    for the sexually immoral, for homosexuals, for slave traders and liars and perjurers, and for anyone else who is averse to sound teaching

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  • Jude 1:7

    In like manner, Sodom and Gomorrah and the cities around them, who indulged in sexual immorality and pursued strange flesh, are on display as an example of those who sustain the punishment of eternal fire.

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  • 1 Kings 14:24

    There were even male shrine prostitutes in the land. They imitated all the abominations of the nations the LORD had driven out before the Israelites.

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  • Judges 19:22

    While they were enjoying themselves, suddenly the wicked men of the city surrounded the house. Pounding on the door, they said to the old man who owned the house, “Bring out the man who came to your house, so we can have relations with him!”

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  • Deuteronomy 23:18

    You must not bring the wages of a prostitute, whether female or male, into the house of the LORD your God to fulfill any vow, because both are detestable to the LORD your God.

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