Leviticus 20:13

Men who have sex with other men as with a woman have done something disgusting. They must be executed; they bear the responsibility for their punishment.

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In The King James Version

If a man also lie with mankind, as he lieth with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.

In Context

12A man who has sex with his daughter-in-law must be executed, as well as the woman. They have done something perverse; they bear the responsibility for their punishment.

14A man who marries both a woman and her mother has acted perversely. They must all be burned to death so that there will be no such wickedness among you.

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Cross References

Genesis 19:5They shouted out to Lot, “Where are the men who came to stay with you tonight? Bring them out here to us so we can have sex with them.”

Deuteronomy 23:17No Israelite women or men are to be cult prostitutes.

Romans 1:26That's why God abandoned them to their evil desires. Their women exchanged natural sex for that which is unnatural,

1 Timothy 1:10for those who are sexually immoral, homosexuals, kidnappers, liars, false witnesses—and anything else that's opposed to good teachings

Matthew Henry on Leviticus 20:11-22

10 And the man that committeth adultery with another man's wife, even he that committeth adultery with his neighbour's wife, the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death. 11 And the man that lieth with his father's wife hath uncovered his father's nakedness: both of them shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them. 12 And if a man lie with his daughter in law, both of them shall surely be put to death: they have wrought confusion; their blood shall be upon them. 13 If a man also… Read the whole commentary →

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