22 Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination.
22 " 'Do not have sexual relations with a man as one does with a woman; that is detestable.
22 You shall not lie with a male as with a woman; it is an abomination.
22 "Don't have sex with a man as one does with a woman. That is abhorrent.
22 You shall not lie with a male as with a woman. It is an abomination.
22 "Do not practice homosexuality, having sex with another man as with a woman. It is a detestable sin.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Leviticus 18:22
Chapter Contents
Unlawful marriages and fleshly lusts.
Here is a law against all conformity to the corrupt usages of the heathen. Also laws against incest, against brutal lusts, and barbarous idolatries; and the enforcement of these laws from the ruin of the Canaanites. God here gives moral precepts. Close and constant adherence to God's ordinances is the most effectual preservative from gross sin. The grace of God only will secure us; that grace is to be expected only in the use of the means of grace. Nor does He ever leave any to their hearts' lusts, till they have left him and his services.