Leviticus 20:13 “If a man lies with a man as with a woman, they have both committed an…”

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.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

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.

World English Bible

“‘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.

American Standard Version

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.

Geneva Bible 1599

The man also that lyeth with the male, as one lyeth with a woman, they haue both committed abomination: they shall dye the death, their blood shalbe vpon them.

Darby Translation

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

Young's Literal Translation

'And a man who lieth with a male as one lieth with a woman; abomination both of them have done; they are certainly put to death; their blood [is] on them.

Bible in Basic English

And if a man has sex relations with a man, the two of them have done a disgusting thing: let them be put to death; their blood will be on them.

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Cross references

“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.”

1 Corinthians 6:9 Leviticus 18:22 Jude 1:7 1 Timothy 1:10 Deuteronomy 23:17 Genesis 19:5

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,

Leviticus 18:22 · BSB

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

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 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

Deuteronomy 23:17 · BSB

No daughter or son of Israel is to be a shrine prostitute.

Genesis 19:5 · BSB

They called out to Lot, saying, “Where are the men who came to you tonight? Send them out to us so we can have relations with them!”

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

In context

12If a man lies with his daughter-in-law, both must surely be put to death. They have acted perversely; their blood is upon them.

14If a man marries both a woman and her mother, it is depraved. Both he and they must be burned in the fire, so that there will be no depravity among you.

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