18 You shall not bring the earnings of a prostitute or the money for a [a](A)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.

19 (B)You are not to charge interest to your countrymen: interest on money, food, or anything that may be loaned on interest. 20 (C)You may charge interest to a foreigner, but to your countrymen you shall not charge interest, so that (D)the Lord your God may bless you in all [b]that you undertake in the land which you are about to enter to [c]possess.

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 23:18 Prob. refers to a male prostitute
  2. Deuteronomy 23:20 Lit the putting forth of your hand
  3. Deuteronomy 23:20 Lit possess it

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