BTW, to raise the conversation out of the detail for a moment, even the ancient Jews were sometimes confused about the different laws. The 10 Commandments don't mention homosexuality, but Leviticus does. How to reconcile?
A bunch of the Hebrew leaders posed that question to Jesus since he was acknowledged as a wise teacher, or Rabbi. One of them, a lawyer asked Jesus:
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Teacher, which commandment in the law is the greatest?
The New Revised Standard Version, (Nashville, TN: Thomas Nelson Publishers) 1989.
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His answer:
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You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.’ 38 This is the greatest and first commandment. 39 And a second is like it: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.
The New Revised Standard Version, (Nashville, TN: Thomas Nelson Publishers) 1989.
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So while homosexuality is a sin, (along with desiring your neighbor's wife, etc), the overiding commandment to Chrisitians is to love others (including Homosexuals) as we ourselves would like to be loved by others. (Note: the word "Love" implies the emotional relationship and not the physical act as the word is used in common English).