The Pulpit Commentary on Genesis 19:5

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public domain

And they called unto Lot, and said unto him, Where are the men which came in to thee this night? Josephus supposes them to have been of beautiful countenances ('Ant.,' 1.11, 3), which excited the lust of the Sodomites, and caused them to assault Lot's house with shameful cries.

Bring them out unto us, that we may know them. The sin here euphemistically referred to (cf. 19:22) was exceedingly prevalent among the Canaanites (Le Genesis 18:22) and other heathen nations (Romans 1:27).

Under the law of Moses it Was punishable by death.

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