Deuteronomy 23:17
There shall be no whore among the daughters of Israel, nor whoremonger among the sons of Israel.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
There shall be no whore of the daughters of Israel, nor a sodomite of the sons of Israel.
In Context
Cross References
Genesis 19:4But before they went to bed, the men of the city beset the house both young and old, all the people together.
Deuteronomy 22:21They shall cast her out of the doors of her father's house, and the men of the city shall stone her to death, and she shall die: because she hath done a wicked thing in Israel, to play the whore in her father's house: and thou shalt take away the evil out of the midst of thee.
Judges 19:22While they were making merry, and refreshing their bodies with meat and drink, after the labour of the journey, the men of that city, sons of Belial, (that is, without yoke,) came and beset the old man's house, and began to knock at the door, calling to the master of the house, and saying: Bring forth the man that came into thy house, that we may abuse him.
1 Kings 15:12And he took away the effeminate out of the land, and he removed all the filth of the idols, which his fathers had made.
2 Kings 23:7He destroyed also the pavilions of the effeminate, which were in the house of the Lord, for which the women wove as it were little dwellings for the grove.
Romans 1:26For this cause God delivered them up to shameful affections. For their women have changed the natural use into that use which is against nature.
Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 23:16-25
Protection of Fugitives; The Law Concerning Usury. ( b. c. 1451.) 15 Thou shalt not deliver unto his master the servant which is escaped from his master unto thee: 16 He shall dwell with thee, even among you, in that place which he shall choose in one of thy gates, where it liketh him best: thou shalt not oppress him. 17 There shall be no whore of the daughters of Israel, nor a sodomite of the sons of Israel. 18 Thou shalt not bring the hire of a whore, or the price of a dog, into the house of the Lord thy God for… Read the whole commentary →