(A)And they called to Lot and said to him, “Where are the men who came to you tonight? (B)Bring them out to us that we (C)may know them carnally.

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They called to Lot, “Where are the men who came to you tonight? Bring them out to us so that we can have sex with them.”(A)

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17 “There shall be no ritual [a]harlot (A)of the daughters of Israel, or a (B)perverted[b] one of the sons of Israel.

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  1. Deuteronomy 23:17 Heb. qedeshah, fem. of qadesh (next note)
  2. Deuteronomy 23:17 Heb. qadesh, one practicing sodomy and prostitution in religious rituals

17 No Israelite man(A) or woman is to become a shrine prostitute.(B)

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12 (A)And he banished the [a]perverted persons from the land, and removed all the idols that his fathers had made.

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  1. 1 Kings 15:12 Heb. qedeshim, those practicing sodomy and prostitution in religious rituals

12 He expelled the male shrine prostitutes(A) from the land and got rid of all the idols(B) his ancestors had made.

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46 (A)And the rest of the [a]perverted persons, who remained in the days of his father Asa, he banished from the land.

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  1. 1 Kings 22:46 Heb. qadesh, one practicing sodomy and prostitution in religious rituals

46 He rid the land of the rest of the male shrine prostitutes(A) who remained there even after the reign of his father Asa.

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Then he tore down the ritual [a]booths (A)of the [b]perverted persons that were in the house of the Lord, (B)where the (C)women wove hangings for the wooden image.

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  1. 2 Kings 23:7 Lit. houses
  2. 2 Kings 23:7 Heb. qedeshim, those practicing sodomy and prostitution in religious rituals

He also tore down the quarters of the male shrine prostitutes(A) that were in the temple of the Lord, the quarters where women did weaving for Asherah.

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