Leviticus 18:22
Context18:22 You must not have sexual intercourse with a male as one has sexual intercourse with a woman; 1 it is a detestable act. 2
Leviticus 18:29
Context18:29 For if anyone does any of these abominations, the persons who do them will be cut off from the midst of their people. 3


[18:22] 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.
[18:22] 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
[18:29] 3 sn Regarding the “cut off” penalty see the note on Lev 7:20.