Leviticus 20:13
If a man also lie with mankind, as he lieth with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them. If a man also lie with mankind, as he lieth with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.
The law was given to Israel as a deliberate contrast to the customs of the surrounding nations. Those nations, whom the Lord cast out of the Holy Land, had given themselves up to pagan abominations in which Satan ruled through the flesh. For four hundred years God extended mercy and hope to them, sending His servants to sojourn among them to win them to the right way, but they filled up their cup with iniquity, so that blotting them from the earth became a blessing to future generations.
The chapter sets forth the grave evils practiced by the nations that dwelt in Canaan and the judgments joined to them. In that connection it shows the destructive possibilities of evil connected with occult practices. As part of the object lessons of Leviticus, the law emphasizes the exceeding sinfulness of sin.
The prohibition belongs to a set of prohibitions on sexual relationships that remain in force because they rest on moral considerations. Like each detail of these laws it has its own meaning, and its fuller meaning is found in the sacrifice, life, and work of Jesus Christ.