Discovery BoxLeviticus 11:13 
Context11:13 “‘These you are to detest from among the birds – they must not be eaten, because they are detestable: 1 the griffon vulture, the bearded vulture, the black vulture,
Leviticus 11:43
Context11:43 Do not make yourselves detestable by any of the swarming things. 2 You must not defile yourselves by them and become unclean by them,
Leviticus 18:22
Context18:22 You must not have sexual intercourse with a male as one has sexual intercourse with a woman; 3 it is a detestable act. 4
1 tn For zoological remarks on the following list of birds see J. Milgrom, Leviticus (AB), 1:662-64; and J. E. Hartley, Leviticus (WBC), 159-60.
2 tn Heb “by any of the swarming things that swarm.”
3 tn Heb “And with a male you shall not lay [as the] lyings of a woman” (see B. A. Levine, Leviticus [JPSTC], 123). The specific reference here is to homosexual intercourse between males.
4 tn The Hebrew term תּוֹעֵבָה (to’evah, rendered “detestable act”) refers to the repugnant practices of foreigners, whether from the viewpoint of other peoples toward the Hebrews (e.g., Gen 43:32; 46:34; Exod 8:26) or of the
