I’ve tried to make this a laying out of the most complete and consistent view on this topic across all of Scripture, both the Old and New Testament; grounded in consistent logic throughout the text, how the covenants work according to the earliest writings from believers, and how the earliest believers (Israelites/Jews and then Christians) interpreted things in those times.

1. Universal Silence: Only Male-Female Relationships Affirmed

From Genesis to Revelation, all divinely approved romantic or sexual unions are explicitly male-female:

• Genesis 2:24 sets the foundational “one flesh” pattern.
• It was affirmed by Jesus during his earthly ministry (Matt. 19:4–6) and later by His apostle Paul (Eph. 5:31).

There are no examples of same-sex relationships among God’s covenant people in all of Scripture or from external sources writing about early Jews/Christians—not even once.

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I believe that this isn’t a neutral silence. But that it’s a design silence—built into the covenant and creation pattern.

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2. Leviticus: Male-Male Sex as a Total Prohibition

Leviticus 18:22 and 20:13 give blunt and absolute commands:

“You shall not lie with a male as with a woman; it is an abomination.”

• There are no descriptors/details (e.g. coercion, idolatry, age, lack of consent, or anything else like that).
• In a big contrast, incest laws (Lev. 18:6–18) are extremely detailed (12+ specific descriptors listed)—showing where exceptions exist (instead of just saying something like “You shall not lie with any relative”, since “incest” with very distant relatives was not and is not bad nowadays due to it being so distant).

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This structure implies:

• Incest required clarification because some pretty distant relatives were allowed.
• Male-male sex receives zero exceptions—because all forms are condemned.

The brevity + bluntness signals a universal moral ban, not a limited cultural one.

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3. Paul Uses Leviticus 18 as the Basis for Porneia (commonly translated as “sexual immorality” in English)

1 Corinthians 5:1: "A man has his father's wife... such porneia is not even among the pagans."

• This refers directly to Leviticus 18:8.
• Paul is calling “incest” porneia