Leviticus 18:22 “You must not lie with a man as with a woman; that is an abomination.”

Leviticus 18:22

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination.

World English Bible

“‘You shall not lie with a man as with a woman. That is detestable.

American Standard Version

Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination.

Geneva Bible 1599

Thou shalt not lie with ye male as one lieth with a woman: for it is abomination.

Darby Translation

And thou shalt not lie with mankind as one lieth with a woman: it is an abomination.

Young's Literal Translation

'And with a male thou dost not lie as one lieth with a woman; abomination it [is].

Bible in Basic English

You may not have sex relations with men, as you do with women: it is a disgusting thing.

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Cross references

“Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination.”

Leviticus 20:13 1 Corinthians 6:9 1 Timothy 1:10 Jude 1:7 1 Kings 14:24 Judges 19:22

Leviticus 20:13 · BSB

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.

1 Corinthians 6:9 · BSB

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,

1 Timothy 1:10 · BSB

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

Jude 1:7 · BSB

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.

1 Kings 14:24 · BSB

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.

Judges 19:22 · BSB

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…

Also

Deuteronomy 23:18

Deuteronomy 23:18 · BSB

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.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

21You 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.

23You 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.

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