Deuteronomy 23:17-18

Miscellaneous Laws

17 "None of the w daughters of Israel shall be a cult prostitute, and none x of the sons of Israel shall be a cult prostitute. 18 You shall not bring the fee of a prostitute or the wages of a dog 1 into the house of the Lord your God in payment for any vow, for both of these are an abomination to the Lord your God.

  1. Cross References
    Leviticus 19:29
    Do not profane your daughter by making her a prostitute, lest the land fall into prostitution and the land become full of depravity.
  2. Cross References
    1 Kings 14:24
    And there were also male cult prostitutes in the land. They did according to all the abominations of the nations that the Lord drove out before the people of Israel.
    1 Kings 15:12
    He put away the male cult prostitutes out of the land and removed all the idols that his fathers had made.
    1 Kings 22:46
    And from the land he exterminated the remnant of the male cult prostitutes who remained in the days of his father Asa.
    2 Kings 23:7
    And he broke down the houses of the male cult prostitutes who were in the house of the Lord, where the women wove hangings for the Asherah.
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