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Deuteronomy 23:17

15 Thou shalt not deliver unto his master the servant which is escaped from his master unto thee:

16 He shall dwell with thee, even among you, in that place which he shall choose in one of thy gates, where it liketh him best: thou shalt not oppress him.

There shall be no whore of the daughters of Israel, nor a sodomite of the sons of Israel.

18 Thou shalt not bring the hire of a whore, or the price of a dog, into the house of the LORD thy God for any vow: for even both these are abomination unto the LORD thy God.

19 Thou shalt not lend upon usury to thy brother; usury of money, usury of victuals, usury of any thing that is lent upon usury:

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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

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  • 2 Kings 23:7

    And he brake down the houses of the sodomites, that were by the house of the LORD, where the women wove hangings for the grove.

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  • Leviticus 19:29

    Do not prostitute thy daughter, to cause her to be a whore; lest the land fall to whoredom, and the land become full of wickedness.

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  • 1 Kings 14:24

    And there were also sodomites in the land: and they did according to all the abominations of the nations which the LORD cast out before the children of Israel.

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  • 1 Kings 15:12

    And he took away the sodomites out of the land, and removed all the idols that his fathers had made.

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  • Deuteronomy 22:21

    Then they shall bring out the damsel to the door of her father’s house, and the men of her city shall stone her with stones that she die: because she hath wrought folly in Israel, to play the whore in her father’s house: so shalt thou put evil away from among you.

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  • 1 Kings 22:46

    And the remnant of the sodomites, which remained in the days of his father Asa, he took out of the land.

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  • 1 Timothy 1:10

    For whoremongers, for them that defile themselves with mankind, for menstealers, for liars, for perjured persons, and if there be any other thing that is contrary to sound doctrine;

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  • Romans 1:26–28

    For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature:

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