Leviticus 18

Today's reading largely covers laws about sexual relations. Of particular note I found the following:

- Verse 22 is a pretty straight-forward prohibition against homosexuality. However, it only addresses male (gay) sex - the female equivalent (lesbian) is not mentioned here. There are other passages later in the Bible that also deal with this topic, so I will have to remember to see if both forms of sex are addressed or not.

- Some things that I would think are pretty straightforward, like not having sex with your own mother, are expressly forbidden here. Since the purpose of this chapter is to prevent the Israelites from falling into the same debauchery that the Egyptians and Canaanites had partaken in, there much have been some pretty twisted people in both of those cultures.