Leviticus 18:22
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Thou shalt not lie with mankind as with womankind: because it is an abomination.

Leviticus 20:13 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.

Genesis 19:5 And they called Lot, and said to him: Where are the men that came in to thee at night? bring them out hither, that we may know them:

Judges 19:22 While they were making merry, and refreshing their bodies with meat and drink, after the labour of the journey, the men of that city, sons of Belial (that is, without yoke), came and beset the old man's house, and began to knock at the door, calling to the master of the house, and saying: Bring forth the man that came into thy house, that we may abuse him:

1 Kings 14:24 There were also the effeminate in the land, and they did according to all the abominations of the people, whom the Lord had destroyed before the face of the children of Israel.

Romans 1:26,27 For this cause, God delivered them up to shameful affections. For their women have changed the natural use into that use which is against nature. . . .

1 Corinthians 6:9 Know you not that the unjust shall not possess the kingdom of God? Do not err: Neither fornicators nor idolaters nor adulterers:

1 Timothy 1:10 For fornicators, for them who defile themselves with mankind, for menstealers, for liars, for perjured persons, and whatever other thing is contrary to sound doctrine:

Jude 1:7 As Sodom and Gomorrha and the neighbouring cities, in like manner, having given themselves to fornication and going after other flesh, were made an example, suffering the punishment of eternal fire.

Context
Unlawful Sexual Relations
21Thou shalt not give any of thy seed to be consecrated to the idol Moloch, nor defile the name of thy God. I am the Lord. 22Thou shalt not lie with mankind as with womankind: because it is an abomination.23Thou shalt not copulate with any beast: neither shalt thou be defiled with it. A woman shall not lie down to a beast, nor copulate with it: because it is a heinous crime.…
Cross References
Romans 1:27
And, in like manner, the men also, leaving the natural use of the women, have burned in their lusts, one towards another: men with men, working that which is filthy and receiving in themselves the recompense which was due to their error.

1 Timothy 1:10
For fornicators, for them who defile themselves with mankind, for menstealers, for liars, for perjured persons, and whatever other thing is contrary to sound doctrine:

Genesis 19:5
And they called Lot, and said to him: Where are the men that came in to thee at night? bring them out hither, that we may know them:

Leviticus 20:13
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.

Deuteronomy 23:18
Thou shalt not offer the hire of a strumpet, nor the price of a dog, in the house of the Lord thy God, whatsoever it be that thou hast vowed: because both these are an abomination to the Lord thy God.

Lexicon
You must not
לֹ֥א (lō)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no

lie
תִשְׁכַּ֖ב (ṯiš·kaḇ)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7901: To lie down

with
וְאֶ֨ת־ (wə·’eṯ-)
Conjunctive waw | Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 854: Nearness, near, with, by, at, among

a man
זָכָ֔ר (zā·ḵār)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2145: Remembered, a male

as with
מִשְׁכְּבֵ֣י (miš·kə·ḇê)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 4904: Place of lying, a couch, act of lying

a woman;
אִשָּׁ֑ה (’iš·šāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 802: Woman, wife, female

that
הִֽוא׃ (hî)
Pronoun - third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, are

[is] an abomination.
תּוֹעֵבָ֖ה (tō·w·‘ê·ḇāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8441: Something disgusting, an abhorrence, idolatry, an idol


Additional Translations
You must not lie with a man as with a woman; that is an abomination.You shall not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination.

Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination.

And thou shalt not lie with a man as with a woman, for it is an abomination.

And thou shalt not lie with mankind as one lieth with a woman: it is an abomination.

Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination.

Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination.

"'You shall not lie with a man, as with a woman. That is detestable.

And with a male thou dost not lie as one lieth with a woman; abomination it is.
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