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- Leviticus
- Chapter 18
- Verse 22
Leviticus 18:22
Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination.
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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771
Gill's Exposition
Thou shall not lie with mankind as with womankind,.... By carnal knowledge of them, and carnal copulation with them, and mixing bodies in like manner: this is the sin commonly called sodomy, from the…
Methodist theologian, 1762–1832
Adam Clarke
With mankind - This abominable crime, frequent among the Greeks and Romans as well as the Canaanites, may be punished with death in this country.
Here is, I. A law to preserve the honour of the marriage-bed, that it should not be unseasonably used (Lev 18:19), nor invaded by an adulterer, Lev 18:20.
II. A law against that which was the most…
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