Kretzmann's Popular Commentary
Leviticus 18:22
Thou shalt not lie with mankind as with womankind, in the sin known as sodomy or as pederasty; it is abomination.
Thou shalt not lie with mankind as with womankind, in the sin known as sodomy or as pederasty; it is abomination.
Verse Leviticus 18:22. _WITH MANKIND_] This abominable crime, frequent among the Greeks and Romans as well as the Canaanites, may be punished with _death_ in this country....
V. PRACTICAL HOLINESS IN DAILY LIFE 1. Different Unholy Relationships CHAPTER 18 _ 1. Separation and obedience (Leviticus 18:1)_ 2. Unholy relationships (Leviticus 18:6) 3. Vile and abominable pr...
APPENDICES. The grouping of offences is noteworthy, and the presence of Leviticus 18:21 (perhaps not original) with the rest. For Leviticus 18:19, see on Leviticus 15:24, and _cf._...
AS. Referring to the sin of Sodom (whence its name), Genesis 19:5. Compare Leviticus 20:13. Jdg 19:22. 1 Kings 14:24. ABOMINATION. a thing to be abhorred....
PROHIBITION OF SEXUAL CRIMES 18:19-23 TEXT 18:19-23 19 And thou shalt not approach unto a woman to uncover her nakedness, as long as she is impure by her uncleanness. 20 And thou shalt not lie car...
_THOU SHALT NOT LIE WITH MANKIND, AS WITH WOMANKIND: IT IS ABOMINATION._ Thou shalt not lie with mankind ... - (cf. Judges 19:1; Romans 1:27; 1 Corinthians 6:9.) The existence of such horrid practice...
LAW OF FORBIDDEN DEGREES OF MARRIAGE, AND OF CHASTITY 3. Some of the unions here forbidden as incestuous were permitted among the nations of antiquity. The early Egyptians, e.g. permitted marriage wit...
LEVITICUS *WORSHIP THE *LORD IN THE BEAUTY OF *HOLINESS LEVITICUS _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ This commentary HAS BEEN through Advanced Checking. Words in boxes are from the Bible, except for the words i...
AS WITH WOMANKIND. — This was the sin of Sodom (Genesis 19:5), whence it derived its name, and in spite of the penalty of death enacted by the Law against those who were found guilty of it (see Leviti...
וְ אֶ֨ת ־זָכָ֔ר לֹ֥א תִשְׁכַּ֖ב מִשְׁכְּבֵ֣י...
THE LAW OF HOLINESS: CHASTITY Leviticus 18:1 Chapter S 18, 19, and 20, by a formal introduction Leviticus 18:1 and a formal closing, Leviticus 20:22 are indicated as a distinct section, very commonly...
At this point in the enunciation of the laws of separation they assume a slightly altered character. So far, the fundamental matters of relationships to God have been the principal note. Now the habit...
_Abomination, punished so severely in the Sodomites, Genesis xix. Yet, even the philosophers of Greece were not at all ashamed of it. Bardesanes assures us, that the eastern nations punished it with d...
I do not think it necessary to enlarge, either in notes or references, on the several verses here enumerated. They all speak expressly and plainly to the subjects intended. While the Christian Reader...
We have seen the various forms of the work of Christ, of His offering of Himself to God, whether in all the perfectness of His life, or in His death as the means of our acceptance. We have seen furthe...
We learn from these passages that the people were not only prohibited from adultery, but also from all sins (61) which are repugnant to the modesty of nature itself. In order that all impurity may be...
Chapter 18 keeps them from dishonouring themselves in the things which belong to nature itself-to what man ought to be in his natural relations, that he might not dishonour himself. Man ought not to d...
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...
Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it [is] abomination. Ver. 22. _Thou shalt not lie with mankind._] The Sodomites' sin. Gen 19:5 _See Trapp on "_ Gen 19:5 _"_ This, say the Hebrews,...
[VNLAWFULL MARRIAGES.] 1 Vnlawfull Marriages. 19 Vnlawfull lusts. 1 AND the LORD spake vnto Moses, saying, 2 Speake vnto the children of Israel, and say vnto them, I am the LORD your God. 3 After...
FORBIDDING SEXUAL SINS (VV. 1-30) Chapter 17 has dealt with sin directly against God; now chapter 18 speaks of sin in relationship with other creatures, primarily humans, but also animals (v. 23). Mos...
No text from Poole on this verse....
LEVITICUS 20:1-27. This section sets before us, in a very remarkable manner, the personal sanctity and moral propriety which Jehovah looked for, on the part of those whom He had graciously introduced...
Leviticus 18:22 lie H7901 (H8799) male H2145 with H4904 woman H802 abomination H8441...
OTHER FORBIDDEN SEXUAL RELATIONS (LEVITICUS 18:19). Leviticus 18:19 “And you shall not approach a woman to uncover her nakedness, as long as she is impure by her uncleanness.” Sexual relations are...
CONTENTS: Relationship and walk of God's people. CHARACTERS: God, Moses. CONCLUSION: Fleshly lusts war against the soul and will certainly be the ruin of it, if God's mercy and grace prevent not. K...
Leviticus 18:21. _Molech,_ or Moloch, was the chief idol of the Sabians, and of the Ammonites. 1 Kings 11:7; 1 Kings 11:33. To this idol Solomon built a high place on mount Olivet. The form of the ido...
_None of you shall approach to any that is near of kin to him._ CONSANGUINITY 1. God the institutor of marriage (Leviticus 18:6). 2. Faith in Christ not commanded in the law (Leviticus 18:5). 3. O...
LEVITICUS—NOTE ON LEVITICUS 18:1 The Call to Holiness. This section applies the principle of holiness (Leviticus 19:1) to various aspects of Israelite life. Chapte
LEVITICUS—NOTE ON LEVITICUS 18:22 YOU SHALL NOT LIE WITH A MALE AS WITH A WOMAN. This prohibits all male homosexual activity (compare Leviticus 20:13; also note o
Incestuous Marriages: Domestic Purity SUGGESTIVE READINGS Leviticus 18:2.—Speak unto them and say, I am the Lord your God. Jehovah is the sole lawgiver, His word the one law to His people: ungodly cu...
PART III. SECTION III. EXPOSITION MORAL UNCLEANNESS AND ITS PUNISHMENT. This being the subject of the three following chapters (chapters 18-20), they naturally form a sequence to chapters 11-17, whic...
Here we find the term used over and over again, "For I am the Lord your God." So God wants a holy people. He tells them how they are to walk with them. "For I am the Lord your God", and actually layin...
1 Corinthians 6:9; 1 Kings 14:24; 1 Timothy 1:10; Genesis 19:5;...
Have the laws against homosexuality been abolished along with laws against eating pork? PROBLEM: The law against homosexuality is found in the levitical law (Leviticus 18:22) along with laws against e...