¹⁶ Let the slave live with you anywhere he likes, in any ·town [gate] he chooses. Do not ·mistreat [oppress; exploit] him.

¹⁷ No Israelite ·man [^Lson] or ·woman [^Ldaughter] must ever become a ·temple [sacred] prostitute. ¹⁸ Do not bring ·a male or female prostitute’s pay [^Lthe pay of a prostitute or the price of a “dog”; ^C“dog” is probably a reference to a male temple prostitute] to the ·Temple [^Lhouse] of the Lord your God to pay what you have ·promised [vowed] to the Lord, because the Lord your God ·hates [detests] ·prostitution [^Lboth of them; ^Cmale and female temple prostitution].