Deuteronomy 23:17
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| Overview - Deuteronomy 23 | |
| 1 | Who may or may not enter into the congregation. |
| 9 | Uncleanness is to be avoided in the host. |
| 15 | Of the fugitive servant. |
| 17 | Of filthiness. |
| 18 | Of abominable sacrifices. |
| 19 | Of usury. |
| 21 | Of vows. |
| 24 | Of trespasses. |
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Deuteronomy 23:17 (King James Version)
There shall be no whore of the daughters of Israel, nor a sodomite of the sons of Israel.
- There shall be, etc
- The prohibition in the text, like many others, has no direct application to practices that were common among the Israelites at that time; but was intended to guard them against the enormities which were practised among the surrounding nations.
- Deuteronomy 22:21 Deuteronomy 22:29 Leviticus 19:29 ; Proverbs 2:16
- whore
- or, sodomitess.
- Romans 1:26
- sodomite
- Genesis 19:4 Genesis 19:5 ; Judges 19:22 ; 1 Kings 14:24 ; 15:12 22:46 2 Kings 23:7 ; Romans 1:27 Romans 1:28
- 1 Corinthians 6:9 ; 1 Timothy 1:10