Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version “’If a man has sexual relations with a man as one does with a woman, both of them have done what is detestable. They are to be put to death; their blood will be on their own heads. New Living Translation “If a man practices homosexuality, having sex with another man as with a woman, both men have committed a detestable act. They must both be put to death, for they are guilty of a capital offense. English Standard Version 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 is upon them. Berean Standard Bible 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. King James Bible 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. New King James Version 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. New American Standard Bible If there is a man who sleeps with a male as those who sleep with a woman, both of them have committed a detestable act; they must be put to death. They have brought their own deaths upon themselves. NASB 1995 If there is a man who lies with a male as those who lie with a woman, both of them have committed a detestable act; they shall surely be put to death. Their bloodguiltiness is upon them. NASB 1977 ‘If there is a man who lies with a male as those who lie with a woman, both of them have committed a detestable act; they shall surely be put to death. Their bloodguiltiness is upon them. Legacy Standard Bible If there is a man who lies with a male as those who lie with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination; they shall surely be put to death. Their bloodguiltiness is upon them. Amplified Bible If a man lies [intimately] with a male as if he were a woman, both men have committed a detestable (perverse, unnatural) act; they shall most certainly be put to death; their blood is on them. Christian Standard Bible If a man sleeps with a man as with a woman, they have both committed a detestable act. They must be put to death; their death is their own fault. Holman Christian Standard Bible If a man sleeps with a man as with a woman, they have both committed a detestable thing. They must be put to death; their blood is on their own hands. 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. Contemporary English Version It's disgusting for men to have sex with one another, and those who do will be put to death, just as they deserve. English Revised 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. GOD'S WORD® Translation When a man has sexual intercourse with another man as with a woman, both men are doing something disgusting and must be put to death. They deserve to die. Good News Translation If a man has sexual relations with another man, they have done a disgusting thing, and both shall be put to death. They are responsible for their own death. International Standard Version "If a man has sexual relations with another male as he would with a woman, both have committed a repulsive act. They are certainly to be put to death. Majority Standard Bible 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. NET Bible If a man has sexual intercourse with a male as one has sexual intercourse with a woman, the two of them have committed an abomination. They must be put to death; their blood guilt is on themselves. New Heart English Bible "'If a man has sexual relations 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 them. Webster's Bible Translation If a man also shall 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. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionAnd a man who lies with a male as one lies with a woman—both of them have done an abomination; they are certainly put to death; their blood [is] on 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. Smith's Literal Translation And a man who shall lie with a male in a woman's bed, they did abomination: they two, dying, shall die; their blood is upon them. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleIf any one lie with a man se with a woman, both have committed an abomination, let them be put to death: their blood be upon them. Catholic Public Domain Version If any man has slept with a male in place of sexual intercourse with a female, both have committed a nefarious act, they shall die a death. So let their blood be upon them. New American Bible If a man lies with a male as with a woman, they have committed an abomination; the two of them shall be put to death; their bloodguilt is upon them. New Revised Standard Version If a man lies with a male as with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination; they shall be put to death; their blood is upon them. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleIf 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. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated And a man who will copulate with a male as copulating with a woman, they have committed an abomination; both certainly shall be killed and their blood shall be upon them. OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917And 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. Brenton Septuagint Translation And whoever shall lie with a male as with a woman, they have both wrought abomination; let them die the death, they are guilty. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Punishments for Sexual Immorality…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. 13If 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. 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.… Cross References Romans 1:26-27 For this reason God gave them over to dishonorable passions. Even their women exchanged natural relations for unnatural ones. / Likewise, the men abandoned natural relations with women and burned with lust for one another. Men committed indecent acts with other men and received in themselves the due penalty for their error. 1 Corinthians 6:9-10 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, / nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor verbal abusers, nor swindlers, will inherit the kingdom of God. Genesis 19:4-5 Before they had gone to bed, all the men of the city of Sodom, both young and old, surrounded the house. / 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!” Jude 1:7 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 1:9-10 We realize that law is not enacted for the righteous, but for the lawless and rebellious, for the ungodly and sinful, for the unholy and profane, for killers of father or mother, for murderers, / for the sexually immoral, for homosexuals, for slave traders and liars and perjurers, and for anyone else who is averse to sound teaching Deuteronomy 23:17-18 No daughter or son of Israel is to be a shrine prostitute. / 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. Judges 19:22-24 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 relations with him!” / The owner of the house went out and said to them, “No, my brothers, do not do this wicked thing! After all, this man is a guest in my house. Do not commit this outrage. / Look, let me bring out my virgin daughter and the man’s concubine, and you can use them and do with them as you wish. But do not do such a vile thing to this man.” 2 Peter 2:6-8 if He condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah to destruction, reducing them to ashes as an example of what is coming on the ungodly; / and if He rescued Lot, a righteous man distressed by the depraved conduct of the lawless / (for that righteous man, living among them day after day, was tormented in his righteous soul by the lawless deeds he saw and heard)— Ezekiel 16:49-50 Now this was the iniquity of your sister Sodom: She and her daughters were arrogant, overfed, and complacent; they did not help the poor and needy. / Thus they were haughty and committed abominations before Me. Therefore I removed them, as you have seen. Matthew 19:4-6 Jesus answered, “Have you not read that from the beginning the Creator ‘made them male and female,’ / and said, ‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh’? / So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let man not separate.” Mark 10:6-9 However, from the beginning of creation, ‘God made them male and female.’ / ‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, / and the two will become one flesh.’ So they are no longer two, but one flesh. ... Genesis 1:27-28 So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them. / God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it; rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and every creature that crawls upon the earth.” Genesis 2:24 For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh. 1 Kings 14:24 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. 2 Kings 23:7 He also tore down the quarters of the male shrine prostitutes that were in the house of the LORD, where the women had woven tapestries for Asherah. Treasury of Scripture If a man also lie with mankind, as he lies with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be on them. Leviticus 18:22 Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination. Genesis 19:5 And they called unto Lot, and said unto him, Where are the men which came in to thee this night? bring them out unto us, that we may know them. Deuteronomy 23:17 There shall be no whore of the daughters of Israel, nor a sodomite of the sons of Israel. Jump to Previous Abomination Act Blood Bloodguiltiness Committed Death Detestable Disgusting Heads Lies Male Mankind Relations Sex Surely WomankindJump to Next Abomination Act Blood Bloodguiltiness Committed Death Detestable Disgusting Heads Lies Male Mankind Relations Sex Surely WomankindLeviticus 20 1. Of him who gives his seed to Moloch4. Of him who favors such an one 6. Of going to wizards 7. Of sanctification 9. Of him who curses his parents 11. Of incest 13. Of sodomy 15. Of bestiality 18. Of uncleanness 22. Obedience is required with holiness 27. Wizards must be put to death If a man lies with a man as with a woman This phrase addresses the act of homosexual relations, which is explicitly prohibited in the Mosaic Law. The context of Leviticus is the establishment of a holy community set apart for God, with laws that reflect His holiness. The prohibition is part of a broader set of sexual ethics that include prohibitions against incest, adultery, and bestiality (Leviticus 18). The phrase "as with a woman" indicates the natural order of sexual relations as understood in the biblical context, which is rooted in the creation narrative of Genesis 1-2, where God creates male and female for the purpose of procreation and companionship. This law reflects the cultural and religious context of ancient Israel, where maintaining purity and distinctiveness from surrounding nations was paramount. they have both committed an abomination They must surely be put to death their blood is upon them Persons / Places / Events 1. MosesThe author of Leviticus, who received the laws from God to instruct the Israelites. 2. Israelites The chosen people of God, to whom the laws in Leviticus were given as part of their covenant relationship with Him. 3. Canaan The land where the Israelites were headed, which was inhabited by people whose practices God deemed abominable. 4. God The divine lawgiver who establishes moral and ceremonial laws for His people. 5. Levitical Law A set of laws given to the Israelites, covering moral, ceremonial, and civil aspects of life. Teaching Points Understanding the ContextRecognize that Leviticus was written in a specific historical and cultural context, where God was establishing a distinct identity for His people. Holiness and Distinction The laws in Leviticus, including this one, emphasize the call to holiness and separation from the practices of surrounding nations. Moral Law and Its Continuity While some Levitical laws are ceremonial and specific to Israel, the moral laws reflect God's unchanging character and are reiterated in the New Testament. Compassion and Truth Approach discussions on this topic with both compassion and adherence to biblical truth, recognizing the dignity of every person while upholding scriptural standards. Redemption and Transformation Emphasize the power of the Gospel to transform lives, offering hope and redemption to all who turn to Christ.(13) Mankind.--See Leviticus 18:22.Verses 13-19. - (See Leviticus 18:22, 17, 23, 9, 19, 12.) Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew If a manוְאִ֗ישׁ (wə·’îš) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 376: A man as an individual, a male person lies יִשְׁכַּ֤ב (yiš·kaḇ) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 7901: To lie down with אֶת־ (’eṯ-) Preposition Strong's 854: Nearness, near, with, by, at, among a man זָכָר֙ (zā·ḵār) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 2145: Remembered, a male as with a woman, אִשָּׁ֔ה (’iš·šāh) Noun - feminine singular Strong's 802: Woman, wife, female they have both שְׁנֵיהֶ֑ם (šə·nê·hem) Number - mdc | third person masculine plural Strong's 8147: Two (a cardinal number) committed עָשׂ֖וּ (‘ā·śū) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural Strong's 6213: To do, make an abomination. תּוֹעֵבָ֥ה (tō·w·‘ê·ḇāh) Noun - feminine singular Strong's 8441: Something disgusting, an abhorrence, idolatry, an idol They must surely מ֥וֹת (mō·wṯ) Verb - Qal - Infinitive absolute Strong's 4191: To die, to kill be put to death; יוּמָ֖תוּ (yū·mā·ṯū) Verb - Hofal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 4191: To die, to kill their blood דְּמֵיהֶ֥ם (də·mê·hem) Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural Strong's 1818: Blood, of man, an animal, the juice of the grape, bloodshed [is] upon them. בָּֽם׃ (bām) Preposition | third person masculine plural Strong's Hebrew Links Leviticus 20:13 NIVLeviticus 20:13 NLT Leviticus 20:13 ESV Leviticus 20:13 NASB Leviticus 20:13 KJV Leviticus 20:13 BibleApps.com Leviticus 20:13 Biblia Paralela Leviticus 20:13 Chinese Bible Leviticus 20:13 French Bible Leviticus 20:13 Catholic Bible OT Law: Leviticus 20:13 If a man lies with a male (Le Lv Lev.) |
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