O Lord, reflect on what has happened to us; consider and look at our disgrace.

God created humankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them, male and female he created them.

You must bring into the ark two of every kind of living creature from all flesh, male and female, to keep them alive with you.

and also seven of every kind of bird in the sky, male and female, to preserve their offspring on the face of the earth.

male and female, came into the ark to Noah, just as God had commanded him.

Those that entered were male and female, just as God commanded him. Then the Lord shut him in.

This is my requirement that you and your descendants after you must keep: Every male among you must be circumcised.

Any uncircumcised male who has not been circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin will be cut off from his people – he has failed to carry out my requirement.”

Only on this one condition will these men consent to live with us and become one people: They demand that every male among us be circumcised just as they are circumcised.

All the men who assembled at the city gate agreed with Hamor and his son Shechem. Every male who assembled at the city gate was circumcised.

“‘If his offering is a burnt offering from the herd he must present it as a flawless male; he must present it at the entrance of the Meeting Tent for its acceptance before the Lord.

“‘If his offering is from the flock for a burnt offering – from the sheep or the goats – he must present a flawless male,

“‘Now if his offering is a peace offering sacrifice, if he presents an offering from the herd, he must present before the Lord a flawless male or a female.

or his sin that he committed is made known to him, he must bring a flawless male goat as his offering.

Every male among the sons of Aaron may eat it. It is a perpetual allotted portion throughout your generations from the gifts of the Lord. Anyone who touches these gifts must be holy.’”

“Tell the Israelites, ‘When a woman produces offspring and bears a male child, she will be unclean seven days, as she is unclean during the days of her menstruation.

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.

If the person is from sixty years old and older, if he is a male the conversion value is fifteen shekels, and for the female ten shekels.

“Take a census of the entire Israelite community by their clans and families, counting the name of every individual male.

“Number the Levites by their clans and their families; every male from a month old and upward you are to number.”