^16 (15) “If a slave has escaped from his master and taken refuge with you, you are not to hand him back to his master. ^17 (16) Allow him to stay with you, in whichever place suits him best among your settlements; do not mistreat him.

^18 (17) “No woman of Isra’el is to engage in ritual prostitution, and no man of Isra’el is to engage in ritual homosexual prostitution.