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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And they called unto Lot, and said unto him, Where are the men which came in to thee this night? bring them out unto us, that we may know them.

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(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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29 “‘Do not degrade your daughter by making her a prostitute,(A) or the land will turn to prostitution and be filled with wickedness.(B)

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29 Do not prostitute thy daughter, to cause her to be a whore; lest the land fall to whoredom, and the land become full of wickedness.

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29 (A)‘Do not prostitute your daughter, to cause her to be a harlot, lest the land fall into harlotry, and the land become full of wickedness.

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21 she shall be brought to the door of her father’s house and there the men of her town shall stone her to death. She has done an outrageous thing(A) in Israel by being promiscuous while still in her father’s house. You must purge the evil from among you.

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21 Then they shall bring out the damsel to the door of her father's house, and the men of her city shall stone her with stones that she die: because she hath wrought folly in Israel, to play the whore in her father's house: so shalt thou put evil away from among you.

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21 then they shall bring out the young woman to the door of her father’s house, and the men of her city shall stone her to death with (A)stones, because she has (B)done a disgraceful thing in Israel, to play the harlot in her father’s house. (C)So you shall [a]put away the evil from among you.

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 22:21 purge the evil person

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

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17 There shall be no whore of the daughters of Israel, nor a sodomite of the sons of Israel.

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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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Footnotes

  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

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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And he brake down the houses of the sodomites, that were by the house of the Lord, where the women wove hangings for the grove.

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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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Footnotes

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

14 “I will not punish your daughters
    when they turn to prostitution,
nor your daughters-in-law
    when they commit adultery,
because the men themselves consort with harlots(A)
    and sacrifice with shrine prostitutes(B)
    a people without understanding(C) will come to ruin!(D)

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14 I will not punish your daughters when they commit whoredom, nor your spouses when they commit adultery: for themselves are separated with whores, and they sacrifice with harlots: therefore the people that doth not understand shall fall.

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14 “I will not punish your daughters when they commit harlotry,
Nor your brides when they commit adultery;
For the men themselves go apart with harlots,
And offer sacrifices with a (A)ritual harlot.
Therefore people who do not understand will be trampled.

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