Deuteronomy 23:17

Deuteronomy 23:17 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)There shall be no whore of the daughters of Israel, nor a sodomite of the sons of Israel.
• New International Version (NIV)No Israelite man or woman is to become a shrine prostitute.
• English Standard Version (ESV)"None of the daughters of Israel shall be a cult prostitute, and none of the sons of Israel shall be a cult prostitute.
• New King James Version (NKJV)“There shall be no ritual harlot of the daughters of Israel, or a perverted one of the sons of Israel.

Context of Deuteronomy 23:17

15“You shall not hand over to his master a slave who has escaped from his master to you. 16He shall live among you, in the place he chooses in one of your cities where it pleases him; you shall not mistreat or oppress him. “There shall be no cult prostitute among the daughters of Israel, nor shall there be a cult prostitute (a sodomite) among the sons of Israel. 18You shall not bring the wages of a prostitute or the price of a dog [that is, a male prostitute] into the house of the Lord your God as payment for any vow, for both of these [the gift and the giver] are utterly repulsive to the Lord your God. 19“You shall not charge interest to your fellow Israelite—interest on money, food or anything that may be loaned for interest.

Deuteronomy 23:17 word by word

לֹא־תִהְיֶ֥ה קְדֵשָׁ֖ה מִבְּנ֣וֹת יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וְלֹֽא־יִהְיֶ֥ה קָדֵ֖שׁ מִבְּנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵל׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• There shall be no whoreקְדֵשָׁהqedêshâh · cult prostituteH6948
• of the daughtersבַּתbath · daughterH1323
• of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyiώrâ'êl · IsraelH3478
• nor a sodomiteקָדֵשׁqâdêsh · male cult prostituteH6945
• of the sonsבֵּןbên · son: childH1121

Cross-references for Deuteronomy 23:17

• Deuteronomy 22:21then they shall bring her out to the doorway of her father’s house, and the men of her city shall stone her to death because she has committed a deliberate sin in Israel by playing the prostitute in her father’s house. So you shall remove the evil from among you.
• Leviticus 19:29‘Do not profane your daughter by making her a prostitute, so that the land will not fall to prostitution and become full of wickedness.
• Proverbs 2:16To keep you from the immoral woman; From the seductress with her flattering words,
• Romans 1:26For this reason God gave them over to degrading and vile passions; for their women exchanged the natural function for that which is unnatural [a function contrary to nature],
• Genesis 19:4But before they lay down [to sleep], the men of the city, the men of Sodom, both young and old, surrounded the house, all the men from every quarter;
• Judges 19:22While they were celebrating, behold, men of the city, certain worthless and evil men, surrounded the house, pounding on the door; and they spoke to the master of the house, the old man, saying, “Bring out the man who came to your house so that we may have relations with him.”
• 1 Kings 14:24There were also male cult prostitutes in the land. They committed all the repulsive acts of the nations which the Lord dispossessed before the Israelites.
• 1 Kings 15:12He expelled the male cult prostitutes (sodomites) from the land and removed all the idols that his fathers [Solomon, Rehoboam, and Abijam] had made.
• 1 Kings 22:46And the remnant of the sodomites (male cult prostitutes) who remained in the days of his father Asa, Jehoshaphat expelled from the land.
• 2 Kings 23:7And he tore down the houses of the [male] cult prostitutes, which were at the house (temple) of the Lord, where the women were weaving [tent] hangings for the Asherah [shrines].
• Romans 1:27and in the same way also the men turned away from the natural function of the woman and were consumed with their desire toward one another, men with men committing shameful acts and in return receiving in their own bodies the inevitable and appropriate penalty for their wrongdoing.
• 1 Corinthians 6:9Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit or have any share in the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived; neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor (perversely) effeminate, nor homosexuals,
• 1 Timothy 1:10for sexually immoral persons, for homosexuals, for kidnappers and slave traders, for liars, for perjurers—and for whatever else is contrary to sound doctrine,

Commentaries on Deuteronomy 23:17

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 17There shall be no whore - See on Genesis 38:15-21; (note).Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 17Compare the marginal reference. Prostitution was a common part of religious observances among idolatrous nations, especially in the worship of Ashtoreth or Astarte. Compare Micah 1:7; Baruch 6:43.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 15-25Verses 15-25 It is honourable to shelter and protect the weak, provided they are not wicked. Proselytes and converts to the truth, should be treated with particular tenderness, that they may have no temptation to return to the world. We cannot honour God with our substance, unless it be honestly and honourably come by. It must not only be considered what we give, but how we got it. Where the borrower gets, or hopes to get, it is just that the lender…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 17A temple prostitute was commonly a part of Canaanite religious ceremonies, but they were forbidden in Israel.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-251-3. He that is wounded ..., shall not enter into the congregation of the Lord--"To enter into the congregation of the Lord" means either admission to public honors and offices in the Church and State of Israel, or, in the case of foreigners, incorporation with that nation by marriage. The rule was that strangers and foreigners, for fear of friendship or marriage connections with them leading the people into idolatry, were not admissible till their…Read the comment

Topics related to Deuteronomy 23:17

• Adultery
• Harlotry
• Prostitution
• Sodom
• Sodomites
• Sodomy

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Commentaries on Deuteronomy 23

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings