Solomon's Wisdom

¹⁶ Then two prostitutes came to the king ^(A)and stood before him.

^16 (A)when they have a dispute, they come to me and I decide between one person and another, and I ^(B)make them know the statutes of God and his laws.”

Jephthah Delivers Israel

11 Now ^(A)Jephthah the Gileadite was ^(B)a mighty warrior, but he was the son of a prostitute. Gilead was the father of Jephthah.

² And they stood before Moses and before Eleazar the priest and before the chiefs and all the congregation, at the entrance of the tent of meeting, saying,

Rahab Hides the Spies

2 And Joshua the son of Nun ^(A)sent^[a] two men secretly from Shittim as spies, saying, “Go, view the land, especially Jericho.” And they went and came into the house of ^(B)a prostitute whose name was ^(C)Rahab and lodged there.

¹⁷ “None of the ^(A)daughters of Israel shall be a cult prostitute, and none ^(B)of the sons of Israel shall be a cult prostitute.

^29 (A)“Do not profane your daughter by making her a prostitute, lest the land fall into prostitution and the land become full of depravity.

¹³ The next day Moses sat to judge the people, and the people stood around Moses from morning till evening.