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The Hebrew wording of Leviticus 18:22 has been generally interpreted as prohibiting some or all homosexual acts, although which precise acts, and in which situations, is a matter of ongoing scholarly debate. [40]
Compare Leviticus 18:22; Leviticus 20:13. [56] See also Bilhah and Reuben ... 'And he who curses his father or his mother surely shall be put to death.' – MT
Reform Judaism interprets Leviticus 18:22 as forbidding men from using sex as a form of ownership over men. Reform Jewish authors have revisited the Leviticus text, and ask why the text mentions that one should not lie with a man "as with a woman".
a man "lying with a man as with a woman" (see Homosexuality in the Hebrew Bible) (Leviticus 18:22, Leviticus 18:27–30, Leviticus 20:13) temple prostitution (1Kings 14:24) offerings from the above (Deuteronomy 23:18) child sacrifice to Molech (Jeremiah 32:35) cross-dressing (Deuteronomy 22:5)
Most scholars hold that Paul had two passages of the Book of Leviticus – Leviticus 18:22 and Leviticus 20:13 [50] – in mind when he used the word ἀρσενοκοῖται (which may be of his coinage), [18] with most commentators and translators interpreting it as a reference to male same-sex intercourse. [51]
Leviticus 18:21, see also Moloch § Biblical attestations and Child sacrifice § Ban in Leviticus וּמִֽזַּרְעֲךָ֥ לֹא־תִתֵּ֖ן לְהַעֲבִ֣יר לַמֹּ֑לֶךְ , ū-miz-zar-‘ă-ḵā lō- ṯit-tên lam-mō-leḵ , 'And [you] shall not let any of your descendents pass through [the fire, i.e. to ...
[4] [5] [6] Leviticus 18:22 says: "You shall not lie with a male as with a woman. It is an abomination." [7] Leviticus 20:13 says: "If a man lies with a male as he lies with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination. They shall surely be put to death. Their blood shall be upon them." [8]
[22] [23] The Judaic prohibitions found in Leviticus 18:22 and 20:13 address the issue of sex between two men. The latter verse (20:13) says: "And if a man also lies with mankind, as with womankind, both of them have committed abomination; they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them."