17 (A)None of the daughters of Israel shall be a cult prostitute, (B)nor shall any of the sons of Israel be a cult prostitute. 18 You shall not bring the earnings of a prostitute or the money for a [a](C)dog into the house of the Lord your God as payment for any vowed offering, because both of these are an abomination to the Lord your God.

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 23:18 Prob. refers to a male prostitute

17 There shall be no [a]prostitute of the daughters of Israel, neither shall there be a [b]sodomite of the sons of Israel. 18 Thou shalt not bring the hire of a harlot, or the wages of a dog, into the house of Jehovah thy God for any vow: for even both these are an abomination unto Jehovah thy God.

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 23:17 Hebrew kedeshah. See Gen. 38:21.
  2. Deuteronomy 23:17 Hebrew kadesh.