📜WEB · Deuteronomy 23:17
What does Deuteronomy 23:17 mean?
"There shall be no prostitute of the daughters of Israel, neither shall there be a sodomite of the sons of Israel."
— Deuteronomy 23:17 (World English Bible)
Surrounding context
for Yahweh your God walks in the middle of your camp, to deliver you, and to give up your enemies before you. Therefore your camp shall be holy, that he may not see an unclean thing in you, and turn away from you.
You shall not deliver to his master a servant who has escaped from his master to you.
He shall dwell with you, among you, in the place which he shall choose within one of your gates, where it pleases him best. You shall not oppress him.
There shall be no prostitute of the daughters of Israel, neither shall there be a sodomite of the sons of Israel.
You shall not bring the hire of a prostitute, or the wages of a male prostitute, into the house of Yahweh your God for any vow; for both of these are an abomination to Yahweh your God.
You shall not lend on interest to your brother; interest of money, interest of food, interest of anything that is lent on interest.
You may lend on interest to a foreigner; but to your brother you shall not lend on interest, that Yahweh your God may bless you in all that you put your hand to, in the land where you go in to possess it.
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