18 You shall not bring the wages of a harlot or the price of a dog to the house of the Lord your God for any vowed offering, for both of these are [a]an abomination to the Lord your God.

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 23:18 detestable

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.(A)

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  1. Deuteronomy 23:18 Hebrew of a dog

(A)“Do not give what is holy to the dogs; nor cast your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you in pieces.

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“Do not give dogs what is sacred; do not throw your pearls to pigs. If you do, they may trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you to pieces.

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(A)Beware of dogs, beware of (B)evil workers, (C)beware of the mutilation!

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Watch out for those dogs,(A) those evildoers, those mutilators of the flesh.

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