“ ‘If a man lies with a male, as with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination. They shall surely be put to death. Their blood shall be upon themselves.
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“ ‘If a man lies with a male, as with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination. They shall surely be put to death. Their blood shall be upon themselves.
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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.
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And if a man lie with mankind, as with womankind, both of them have committed abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.
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Passages linked to Leviticus 20:13 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- 1 Corinthians 6:9 Or don’t you know that the unrighteous will not inherit God’s Kingdom? Don’t be deceived. Neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor male prostitutes, nor homosexuals,
- Leviticus 18:22 “ ‘You shall not lie with a man as with a woman. That is detestable.
- Jude 1:7 Even as Sodom and Gomorrah and the cities around them, having in the same way as these given themselves over to sexual immorality and gone after strange flesh, are shown as an example, suffering the punishment of eternal fire.
- 1 Timothy 1:10 for the sexually immoral, for homosexuals, for slave-traders, for liars, for perjurers, and for any other thing contrary to the sound doctrine,
- Deuteronomy 23:17 There shall be no prostitute of the daughters of Israel, neither shall there be a sodomite of the sons of Israel.
- Romans 1:26-27 For this reason, God gave them up to vile passions. For their women changed the natural function into that which is against nature. Likewise also the men, leaving the natural function of the woman, burned in their lust toward one another, men doing what is inappropriate with men, and receiving in themselves the due penalty of their error.
- Genesis 19:5 They called to Lot, and said to him, “Where are the men who came in to you this night? Bring them out to us, that we may have sex with them.”
- Judges 19:22 As they were making their hearts merry, behold, the men of the city, certain wicked fellows, surrounded the house, beating at the door; and they spoke to the master of the house, the old man, saying, “Bring out the man who came into your house, that we can have sex with him!”
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Lev 20:13 If a man also lie with mankind,…
Lev 20:13 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.
Ver. 13. See on Lev 18:1-30.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Except the one party was forced by the other.…
Except the one party was forced by the other. See Deu 22:25.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain If a man lie also with mankind, as he…
If a man lie also with mankind, as he lieth with a woman,.... Is guilty of the sin of sodomy, this is a breach of the law in Lev 18:22,
both of them have committed an abomination; he that lies, and he that is lain with, both consenting to perpetrate the abominable wickedness; which may well be called an abomination, being contrary to nature, and more than brutish, for nothing of that kind is to be found among brutes:
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they shall surely be put to death; if he that is lain with is not forced, as Aben Ezra observes:
their blood shall be upon them; be slain by stoning, as the above Targum.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain Put to death - Except the one party was…
Put to death - Except the one party was forced by the other. See Deut. xxii, 25.
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain Lev 20:13. Put to death — Except the one…
Lev 20:13. Put to death — Except the one party was forced by the other: see Deu 22:25.
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 13. An abomination — Lev_18:22, note.
13. An abomination — Lev_18:22, note.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (13) Mankind.—See Lev_18:22.
(13) Mankind.—See Lev_18:22.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Vers. 13-19. (See Lev_18:22, Lev_18:17, Lev_18:23, Lev_18:9, Lev_18:19, Lev_18:12)
Vers. 13-19. (See Lev_18:22, Lev_18:17, Lev_18:23, Lev_18:9, Lev_18:19, Lev_18:12)
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 a man sleeps with
a man sleeps with
This is a polite way of saying that he had sex with another man. Some languages use more direct phrases such as "a man had sex with." (See: Euphemism)
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as with a woman
The way he treats the man is the same way he would treat a woman. AT: "just like he would with a woman" (See: Simile)
something detestable
"something shameful" or "something repulsive"
They must surely be put to death
This can be translated in active form. AT: "You must surely put them to death" (See: Active or Passive)
They must be burned, both he and the women
This can be translated in active form. AT: "You must burn to death both the man and the women" (See: Active or Passive)
translationWords
had relations with
evil
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