Charles Ellicott Commentary Leviticus 18:22

"Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination." — Leviticus 18:22 (ASV)

As with womankind. —This was the sin of Sodom (Genesis 19:5), from where it derived its name. In spite of the penalty of death enacted by the Law against those who were found guilty of it , the Israelites did not quite relinquish this abominable vice (Judges 19:22; 1 Kings 14:24). The surrounding nations were also addicted to this vice, and it was so prevalent in the time of the Apostles (Romans 1:27; 1 Corinthians 6:9; Galatians 5:19; 1 Timothy 1:10).

By the law of Christ, those who are guilty of this sin are excluded from the kingdom of God (1 Corinthians 6:9–10), while the laws of civilized Europe rightly inflict the severest penalties upon offenders of this kind.