Leviticus 18:22
ContextNETBible | You must not have sexual intercourse with a male as one has sexual intercourse with a woman; 1 it is a detestable act. 2 |
XREF | Ge 19:5; Le 20:13; Jud 19:22; 1Ki 14:24; Ro 1:26,27; 1Co 6:9; 1Ti 1:10; Jude 1:7 |
NET © Notes |
1 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. 2 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 |