Genesis 19:5
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5 (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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Leviticus 19:29
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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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Deuteronomy 22:21
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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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- Deuteronomy 22:21 purge the evil person
Deuteronomy 23:17
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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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- Deuteronomy 23:17 Heb. qedeshah, fem. of qadesh (next note)
- Deuteronomy 23:17 Heb. qadesh, one practicing sodomy and prostitution in religious rituals
2 Kings 23:7
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7 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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- 2 Kings 23:7 Lit. houses
- 2 Kings 23:7 Heb. qedeshim, those practicing sodomy and prostitution in religious rituals
Hosea 4:14
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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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