Deuteronomy 23:17

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“An Israelite man or woman must never become a temple prostitute. [145]

Cross References

1 Kings 14:24

There were men who served other gods by selling their bodies for sex. [178] So the people of Judah did many bad things. The people that had lived in the land before them did those same evil things. And God took the land away from those people and gave it to the people of Israel.

1 Kings 15:12

During that time there were men who served other gods by selling their bodies for sex. Asa forced those men to leave the country. Asa also took away the idols that his ancestors had made.

1 Kings 22:46

Jehoshaphat forced all the men and women that sold their bodies for sex to leave the places of worship. Those people had served in those places of worship during the time his father Asa was king.

2 Kings 23:7

Then King Josiah broke down the houses of the male prostitutes [286] that were in the Lord’s temple. Women also used those houses and made little tent covers to honor the false goddess Asherah.

Job 36:14

Those people will die\par when they are still young,\par like the male prostitutes. {\cf2\super [75]} \par

Proverbs 2:16

Wisdom will save you from the woman stranger. Wisdom will save you from that foreign woman who says such sweet words when she tempts you to sin with her.

Hosea 4:14

“I can’t blame {\cf2\super [41]} your daughters for being prostitutes, {\cf2\super [42]} or your daughters-in-law for doing sexual sins. The men go and sleep with prostitutes. They go and offer sacrifices with the temple prostitutes. {\cf2\super [43]} So, those foolish people are destroying themselves.

Leviticus 19:29

“Don’t make your daughter become a prostitute. [341] That only shows you don’t respect her! Don’t let people be prostitutes in your country. Don’t let your country be filled with that kind of sin.

Deuteronomy 22:21

then the town leaders must bring the girl to the door of her father’s house. Then the men of the town must kill her with stones. Why? Because she has done a shameful thing in Israel. She has acted like a prostitute [138] in her father’s house. You must remove that evil from your people.

Deuteronomy 22:29

then he must pay the girl’s father 20 ounces of silver. [141] And the girl will become the man’s wife. Why? Because he used her for sexual sin. He can’t divorce her all his life.

1 Timothy 1:10

people who do sexual sins, homosexuals, people who sell slaves, people who tell lies, people who speak falsely, and people who do anything that is against the true teaching \{of God\}.

Judges 19:22

While the Levite [157] man and those that were with him were enjoying themselves, some of the men from that city surrounded the house. They were very bad men. They began beating on the door. They shouted at the old man that owned the house. They said, “Bring out the man that came to your house. We want to have sex with him.”