They called out to Lot and said, ‘Where are the men who came to you tonight? Send them out to us so we can have sex with them! ’
1 Kings 14:24 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised there were even male cult prostitutes in the land. They imitated all the detestable practices of the nations the Lord had dispossessed before the Israelites. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition There were also sodomites (male cult prostitutes) in the land. They did all the abominations of the nations whom the Lord cast out before the Israelites. American Standard Version (1901) and there were also sodomites in the land: they did according to all the abominations of the nations which Jehovah drove out before the children of Israel. Common English Bible Moreover, the consecrated workers in the land did detestable things, just like those nations that the LORD had removed among the Israelites. Catholic Public Domain Version Moreover, the effeminate were in the land, and they committed all the abominations of the peoples that the Lord had destroyed before the face of the sons of Israel. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version There were also the effeminate in the land: and they did according to all the abominations of the people whom the Lord had destroyed before the face of the children of Israel. |
They called out to Lot and said, ‘Where are the men who came to you tonight? Send them out to us so we can have sex with them! ’
He banished the male cult prostitutes from the land and removed all of the idols that his ancestors had made.
He eradicated from the land the rest of the male cult prostitutes who were left from the days of his father Asa.
He also tore down the houses of the male cult prostitutes that were in the Lord’s temple, in which the women were weaving tapestries for Asherah.
But you are to keep my statutes and ordinances. You must not commit any of these detestable acts #– #not the native or the foreigner who resides among you.
You must keep my instruction to not do any of the detestable customs that were practised before you, so that you do not defile yourselves by them; I am the Lord your God.’
Don’t you know that the unrighteous will not inherit God’s kingdom? Do not be deceived: No sexually immoral people, idolaters, adulterers, or males who have sex with males, ,
‘No Israelite woman is to be a cult prostitute, and no Israelite man is to be a cult prostitute.
Do not bring a female prostitute’s wages or a male prostitute’s earnings into the house of the Lord your God to fulfil any vow, because both are detestable to the Lord your God.
While they were enjoying themselves, all of a sudden, wicked men of the city surrounded the house and beat on the door. They said to the old man who was the owner of the house, ‘Bring out the man who came to your house so we can have sex with him! ’