Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination.
Thou shalt not lie with mankind ... - (cf. Judges 19:1-30; Romans 1:27; 1 Corinthians 6:9.) The existence of such horrid practices is thus attested by the authority of an apostle. From profane history we learn that this crime was naturalized among the ancient Canaanites, and like a poisonous weed, which baffles all attempts to eradicate it, the degrading vice of Sodomy is still perpetuated in many cities in Syria (Vere Monro's 'Summer Ramble,' vol. 2:, pp. 87, 88).