Deuteronomy 23:17
15 Do not return a slave to his master if he has taken refuge with you.
16 Let him live among you wherever he chooses, in the town of his pleasing. Do not oppress him.
No daughter or son of Israel is to be a shrine prostitute.
18 You must not bring the wages of a prostitute, whether female or male, into the house of the LORD your God to fulfill any vow, because both are detestable to the LORD your God.
19 Do not charge your brother interest on money, food, or any other type of loan.
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- No daughter or son of Israel is to be a shrine prostitute.
- KJV
- There shall be no whore of the daughters of Israel, nor a sodomite of the sons of Israel.
- WEB
- There shall be no prostitute of the daughters of Israel, neither shall there be a sodomite of the sons of Israel.
- ASV
- There shall be no prostitute of the daughters of Israel, neither shall there be a sodomite of the sons of Israel.
- DARBY
- There shall be no prostitute amongst the daughters of Israel, nor any Sodomite amongst the sons of Israel.
- BLB
- There shall not be a prostitute among the daughters of Israel, nor shall there be a shrine prostitute from the sons of Israel.
- ÅB
- Der skal ikke være noen tempelskjøge[^2] blant Israels døtre, og der skal ikke være noen tempelboler* blant Israels sønner.
- OTB
- Ingen israelittisk mann eller kvinne skal bli en kultprostituert.
- B1930
- Der skal ikke være nogen tempelskjøge blandt Israels døtre, og der skal ikke være nogen tempelboler blandt Israels sønner. / < d.e. en som driver utukt til ære for avgudene.>
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
2 Kings 23:7
He also tore down the quarters of the male shrine prostitutes that were in the house of the LORD, where the women had woven tapestries for Asherah.
Read in contextLeviticus 19:29
You must not defile your daughter by making her a prostitute, or the land will be prostituted and filled with depravity.
Read in context1 Kings 14:24
There were even male shrine prostitutes in the land. They imitated all the abominations of the nations the LORD had driven out before the Israelites.
Read in context1 Kings 15:12
He banished the male shrine prostitutes from the land and removed all the idols that his fathers had made.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 22:21
she shall be brought to the door of her father’s house, and there the men of her city will stone her to death. For she has committed an outrage in Israel by being promiscuous in her father’s house. So you must purge the evil from among you.
Read in context1 Kings 22:46
He banished from the land the male shrine prostitutes who remained from the days of his father Asa.
Read in context1 Timothy 1:10
for the sexually immoral, for homosexuals, for slave traders and liars and perjurers, and for anyone else who is averse to sound teaching
Read in contextRomans 1:26–28
For this reason God gave them over to dishonorable passions. Even their women exchanged natural relations for unnatural ones.
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