LEV255 It is a negative commandment to have no carnal intimacy with a male as Scripture says, You shall not lie with a male as with a woman [this verse]. This is an admonition to the passive partner also, reading lo thishkav ("You shall not lie") as lo thischachav (the passive form). Once there was intimacy by the intromission of the corona, both would be punishable by the death of stoning. If it was delivered but without a [prior] warning, the penalty would be kareth [Divine severance of existence]; and if it was done unwittingly, a hattath (sin-offering) would be required.