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16 Let him live with you, among your people, in the place he chooses within one of your cities that he thinks is good for him. Do not mistreat him.

17 The daughters of Israel must not become female temple prostitutes, and neither are the sons of Israel to become male temple prostitutes.

18 Do not bring the fee earned by a whore or the pay earned by a “dog”[a] to the house of the Lord your God to fulfill any vow, because it is an abomination to the Lord. Yes, both of them are.

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  1. Deuteronomy 23:18 A male prostitute

16 Let them live among you wherever they like and in whatever town they choose. Do not oppress(A) them.

17 No Israelite man(B) or woman is to become a shrine prostitute.(C) 18 You must not bring the earnings of a female prostitute or of a male prostitute[a] into the house of the Lord your God to pay any vow, because the Lord your God detests them both.(D)

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  1. Deuteronomy 23:18 Hebrew of a dog