amatuerscholar
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Two issues. First, Leviticus is 30 verses. It has a similar theme, but there are different ideas being spoken about. So to say Leviticus 18 is all about one thing is rather difficult as it is about a number of things.
Second, you're trying to use a confusion about the word sex, in modern times, and retroject that into the past.
Part of the text is about separating themselves from the people of Egypt and Canaan, and that is strictly by not doing the same things they are doing. Followed by that, a portion is about speaking about not seeing your mother or sisters naked. It's more of a matter of shame rather than stimulation or copulation.
A lot of it has to do with two things, looking at someone you shouldn't who is naked, and having intercourse with someone you shouldn't. They really aren't about stimulation or copulation, but the focus is on shame and defilement.
Now, what is meant there really would have been clear to the readers. There are a few passages now that have some debate to them, primarily lying with a man as you would a woman, but that's more about the morality of it and whether it truly is condemning homosexual males.
This would extend in some cases further. The commands regarding family would extend to any sexual relationship as you're not meant to see them naked. The command about women when they are on their menstrual cycle would extend further as well, as in context, the menstrual cycle was seen as unclean and thus anything regarding sex would also have a problem.
Second, you're trying to use a confusion about the word sex, in modern times, and retroject that into the past.
Part of the text is about separating themselves from the people of Egypt and Canaan, and that is strictly by not doing the same things they are doing. Followed by that, a portion is about speaking about not seeing your mother or sisters naked. It's more of a matter of shame rather than stimulation or copulation.
A lot of it has to do with two things, looking at someone you shouldn't who is naked, and having intercourse with someone you shouldn't. They really aren't about stimulation or copulation, but the focus is on shame and defilement.
Now, what is meant there really would have been clear to the readers. There are a few passages now that have some debate to them, primarily lying with a man as you would a woman, but that's more about the morality of it and whether it truly is condemning homosexual males.
This would extend in some cases further. The commands regarding family would extend to any sexual relationship as you're not meant to see them naked. The command about women when they are on their menstrual cycle would extend further as well, as in context, the menstrual cycle was seen as unclean and thus anything regarding sex would also have a problem.
