כִּֽי־יִמָּצֵ֨א אִ֜ישׁ שֹׁכֵ֣ב ׀ עִם־אִשָּׁ֣ה בְעֻֽלַת־בַּ֗עַל וּמֵ֙תוּ֙ גַּם־שְׁנֵיהֶ֔ם הָאִ֛ישׁ הַשֹּׁכֵ֥ב עִם־הָאִשָּׁ֖ה וְהָאִשָּׁ֑ה וּבִֽעַרְתָּ֥ הָרָ֖ע מִיִּשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ (ס)
Apabila seorang laki-laki kedapatan bersetubuh dengan seorang perempuan yang bersuami, maka keduanya harus dihukum mati, yaitu laki-laki yang bersetubuh dengan perempuan itu dan perempuan itu juga. Demikianlah engkau harus menghapuskan kejahatan dari Israel.
Kli Yakar
However, I have room to interpret the words of Rabbi Elazar in a different way, and to say that this is why the nazirite is called a sinner, because if he were a completely straightforward and honest person who managed his affairs with good judgment, he would not need to make vows and become a nazirite. For who would prevent him from conducting himself with abstinence and avoiding excesses without a vow? And from the fact that he needed to bind himself with naziritehood, this indicates that he knows within himself that he has no restraint over his spirit, therefore he jumps and swears against the evil inclination, and in this he causes himself pain, because every thing which is vowed causes his desire for it to become even stronger. For this reason, anyone who makes vows is called a sinner, as they learned (Nedarim 77b) from the verse If you refrain from making vows, there will be no sin in you (Deuteronomy 23:23), because he provokes the evil inclination within himself, and they say to him: “Is it not enough for you what the Torah has forbidden to you in the prison of the evil inclination? Do not add to it!” For in everything the Torah has forbidden, even though it has caused the provocation of the evil inclination, as it is said that it provokes Israel more than the nations (Sukkah 52a), nevertheless, the two will stand against it: the Written Torah and the Oral Torah.
Ramban
GAM SHNEIHEM’ (‘EVEN THEY BOTH’) [ARE AN ABOMINATION TO THE ETERNAL THY G-D]. “Even they both — this includes the products into which they have been processed, such as wheat which she made into flour.” This is Rashi’s language. But in the Gemara306Temurah 30b. the Rabbis have said that the School of Shammai forbid it and the School of Hillel permit it.307And the accepted law is, in line with the legal rule, in accordance with the teachings of the School of Hillel. Why, then, did Rashi base his interpretation here upon an opinion held by the School of Shammai? Instead, the verse [in accordance with the teaching of the School of Hillel] is to be interpreted as follows: “They [are forbidden] but not their young; they [are forbidden] but not the products into which they have been processed.” And the purport of the expression gam shneihem is that since one of them is indeed a great abomination — namely, the hire of a harlot, since the harlotry was committed for it — [while the price of a dog might be considered less of an abomination] the verse states that “even both of these” [including the price of a dog] G-d will reject. Similarly, He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the righteous, ‘even they both’ are an abomination to the Eternal;308Proverbs 17:15. the verse attaches the smaller offense [i.e., he that justifies the wicked] to the bigger one [he that condemns the righteous]. So also, then they shall both of them die,309Above, 22:22. as I have explained [there, that the man is the greater sinner of the two, and therefore the verse states that even she is also to die].
Or it may be that the purport [of the expression gam shneihem] is that since he had already warned against the disqualifications of the offering through blemishes, and stated concerning them, Thou shalt not sacrifice unto the Eternal thy G-d an ox, or a sheep, wherein is a blemish, even any evil thing; for that is an abomination unto the Eternal thy G-d,310Above, 17:1. he supplemented here saying that the hire of the harlot and the price of the dog — although in themselves perfect — that they too are the abomination of the Eternal like those [blemished offerings]. This is the correct interpretation. So also, The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the Eternal hath made even both of them,311Proverbs 20:12. the verse alludes to man in general and states that G-d created man and also made these characteristics in him. Similarly, Diverse weights, and diverse measures, both of them alike are an abomination to the Eternal,312Ibid., Verse 10. the verse intimates to whoever robs, extorts, and exploits in any manner which are greater abominations than these [false weights and measures], although it does not mention them, [and declares that even diverse weights and diverse measures are an abomination to G-d].
Or it may be that the purport [of the expression gam shneihem] is that since he had already warned against the disqualifications of the offering through blemishes, and stated concerning them, Thou shalt not sacrifice unto the Eternal thy G-d an ox, or a sheep, wherein is a blemish, even any evil thing; for that is an abomination unto the Eternal thy G-d,310Above, 17:1. he supplemented here saying that the hire of the harlot and the price of the dog — although in themselves perfect — that they too are the abomination of the Eternal like those [blemished offerings]. This is the correct interpretation. So also, The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the Eternal hath made even both of them,311Proverbs 20:12. the verse alludes to man in general and states that G-d created man and also made these characteristics in him. Similarly, Diverse weights, and diverse measures, both of them alike are an abomination to the Eternal,312Ibid., Verse 10. the verse intimates to whoever robs, extorts, and exploits in any manner which are greater abominations than these [false weights and measures], although it does not mention them, [and declares that even diverse weights and diverse measures are an abomination to G-d].