Commentary for Sanhedrin 107:25

אמרי לך ההוא ערות אביו גלה דמפיק לה רבי יהודה לגזירה שוה מפקי ליה אינהו לעונש דאשת אביו לאחר מיתה

both of which are punished when committed incestuously. R. Ishmael said: This verse comes to throw light [upon pederasty] but receives illumination itself.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' For the phrase, the lyings of a woman, is redundant in so far as it teaches that even unnatural pederasty is punishable, since all pederasty is such. Hence its teaching is thrown back upon itself, viz., that unnatural cohabitation is punishable when committed incestuously. ');">³²</span>

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