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Leviticus 20:13

If a man lies with a male as if he were a woman, both of them have done a very sinful act. They must be put to death. They will suffer for their own sin.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Abomination;   Punishment;   Sanitation;   Sodomy;   The Topic Concordance - Abomination;   Execution;   Sexual Activities;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Fornication;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Homosexuality;   Immorality, Sexual;   Kill, Killing;   Marriage;   Punishment;   Sexuality, Human;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Bastard;   Capital Punishment;   Clean, Cleanness;   Crimes and Punishments;   Ethics;   Leviticus;   Marriage;   Pentateuch;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Canon of the Old Testament;   Congregation, Assembly;   Crimes and Punishments;   Deuteronomy;   Hexateuch;   Holiness;   Law;   Leviticus;   Priests and Levites;   Sanctification, Sanctify;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Stoning;   Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types - Blood;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Peculiarities of the Law of Moses;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Bastard;   Crime;   Genesis;   Leviticus;   Mankind;   Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia - Abomination;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Capital Punishment;   Chastity;   Incest;   Leviticus;   Marriage Laws;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
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 on them.
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.
Lexham English Bible
"‘As for the man who lies with a male as lying with a woman, they have committed a detestable thing; they shall surely be put to death—their blood is on them.
New Century Version
"‘If a man has sexual relations with another man as a man does with a woman, these two men have done a hateful sin. They must be put to death. They have brought it on themselves.
New English Translation
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.
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.
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.
Geneva Bible (1587)
The ma 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.
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.
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.
Complete Jewish Bible
If a man goes to bed with a man as with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination; they must be put to death; their blood is on 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.
Easy-to-Read Version
"If a man has sexual relations with another man as with a woman, they have committed a terrible sin. They must be put to death. They are responsible for their own death.
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.
George Lamsa Translation
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.
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.
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.
Literal Translation
And a man who lies with a male as one lies with a woman, both of them have done a detestable thing, dying they shall die; their blood shall be on them.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Yf eny man lye with the mankynde, as with womankynde, they haue wrought abhominacion, & shal both dye the death: their bloude be vpon them.
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.
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.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
If a man also lye with mankinde after the maner as with women kynde, they haue both committed an abhomination: let them dye, their blood be vpon them.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
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.
King James Version (1611)
If a man also lie with mankind, as hee lyeth with a woman, both of them haue committed an abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shalbe vpon them.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And whoever shall lie with a male as with a woman, they have both wrought abomination; let them die the death, they are guilty.
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.
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.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
If a man slepith with a man, bi letcherie of a womman, euer either hath wrouyt vnleueful thing, die thei bi deeth; her blood be on hem.
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.
Update Bible Version
And if a man has sex with a man, both of them have done something disgusting: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be on 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 lie with mankind, as with womankind, both of them have committed abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be on 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 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.
New Revised Standard
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.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And any man who lieth with mankind as with womankind, an abomination, have both of them wrought, - they shall, surely be put to death, - their blood, shall be upon themselves.
Douay-Rheims Bible
If any one lie with a man as with a woman, both have committed an abomination: let them be put to death. Their blood be upon them.
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.
THE MESSAGE
"If a man has sex with a man as one does with a woman, both of them have done what is abhorrent. They must be put to death; they are responsible for their own deaths.
New American Standard Bible (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.

Contextual Overview

10 ‘If a man does sex sins with another man's wife, even his friend's wife, both the sinful man and woman must be put to death. 11 If a man lies with his father's wife, he has put his father to shame. Both of the guilty ones must be put to death. They will suffer for their own sin. 12 If a man lies with his daughter-in-law, both of them must be put to death. They have done a bad sex sin. They will suffer for their own sin. 13 If a man lies with a male as if he were a woman, both of them have done a very sinful act. They must be put to death. They will suffer for their own sin. 14 If a man marries a woman and her mother, it is sin. Both he and they will be burned with fire, so this kind of sin will not be among you. 15 If a man lies with an animal, he must be put to death. Kill the animal also. 16 If a woman goes near any animal to have sex with it, you must kill the woman and the animal. They must be put to death. They will suffer for their own sin. 17 ‘If a man takes his sister, his father's or mother's daughter, and he sees her without clothes on and she sees him, it is a shame. They will be punished in front of their people. He has taken off his sister's clothes. He will suffer for his own sin. 18 If a man lies with a woman who has a flow of blood, and takes her clothes off, he has made her flow to show. And she has shown the flow of her blood. So both of them will not be numbered among God's people. 19 Do not take the clothes off your mother's sister or father's sister. For that is putting to shame one of your own family. They will suffer for their own sin.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Leviticus 18:22, Genesis 19:5, Deuteronomy 23:17, Judges 19:22, Romans 1:26, Romans 1:27, 1 Corinthians 6:9, 1 Timothy 1:10, Jude 1:7

Reciprocal: Genesis 19:7 - General Ezekiel 33:26 - work

Cross-References

Genesis 12:1
Now the Lord said to Abram, "Leave your country, your family and your father's house, and go to the land that I will show you.
Genesis 12:9
Then Abram traveled on, still going toward the Negev.
Genesis 20:3
But God came to Abimelech in a dream of the night, and said, "See, you are a dead man because of the woman you have taken. For she is already married."
Genesis 20:5
Did the man not tell me, ‘She is my sister'? And she, even she herself said, ‘He is my brother.' I have done this with a heart of honor and with hands that are not guilty."
Genesis 20:11
Abraham said, "I did it because I thought there was no fear of God in this place. I thought they would kill me because of my wife.
1 Samuel 23:21
Saul said, "May the Lord bring good to you. For you have had pity on me.
Psalms 64:5
They talk each other into doing sinful things. They talk about setting hidden traps. They say, "Who will see them?"
Acts 5:9
Then Peter said to her, "How could you two have talked together about lying to the Holy Spirit? See! Those who buried your husband are standing at the door and they will carry you out also."
Hebrews 11:8
Because Abraham had faith, he obeyed God when God called him to leave his home. He was to go to another country that God promised to give him. He left his home without knowing where he was going.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

If a man lie also with mankind, as he lieth with a woman,.... Is guilty of the sin of sodomy, this is a breach of the law in

Leviticus 18:22;

both of them have committed an abomination; he that lies, and he that is lain with, both consenting to perpetrate the abominable wickedness; which may well be called an abomination, being contrary to nature, and more than brutish, for nothing of that kind is to be found among brutes:

they shall surely be put to death; if he that is lain with is not forced, as Aben Ezra observes:

their blood [shall be] upon them; be slain by stoning, as the above Targum.


 
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