Deuteronomy 23:17
There shall be no harlot of the daughters of Israel, neither shall there be a sodomite of the sons of Israel.
Revised Version 1895
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 lay down, the men of the city, even the men of Sodom, compassed the house round, both young and old, all the people from every quarter;
Deuteronomy 22:21then 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 harlot in her father’s house: so shalt thou put away the evil from the midst of thee.
Judges 19:22As they were making their hearts merry, behold, the men of the city, certain sons of Belial, beset the house round about, beating at the door; and they spake to the master of the house, the old man, saying, Bring forth the man that came into thine house, that we may know him.
1 Kings 15:12And he put away the sodomites out of the land, and removed all the idols that his fathers had made.
2 Kings 23:7And he brake down the houses of the sodomites, that were in the house of the LORD, where the women wove hangings for the Asherah.
Romans 1:26For this cause God gave them up unto vile passions: for their women changed the natural use into that 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 →