King James Version:
(The Lord speaking is red text)
There shall be no whore of the daughters of Israel, nor a sodomite of the sons of Israel.
Complete Jewish Bible:
"No woman of Isra'el is to engage in ritual prostitution, and no man of Isra'el is to engage in ritual homosexual prostitution.
Berean Standard Bible:
No daughter or son of Israel is to be a shrine prostitute.
American Standard Version:
There shall be no prostitute of the daughters of Israel, neither shall there be a sodomite of the sons of Israel.
KJV with Strong’s Numbers:
There shall be no whore{H6948} of the daughters{H1323} of Israel{H3478}, nor a sodomite{H6945} of the sons{H1121} of Israel{H3478}.
Cross-References (KJV):
2 Kings 23:7
- 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.
Leviticus 19:29
- 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.
1 Kings 14:24
- And there were also sodomites in the land: [and] they did according to all the abominations of the nations which the LORD cast out before the children of Israel.
Deuteronomy 22:21
- 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.
1 Kings 22:46
- And the remnant of the sodomites, which remained in the days of his father Asa, he took out of the land.
1 Kings 15:12
- And he took away the sodomites out of the land, and removed all the idols that his fathers had made.
1 Timothy 1:10
- For whoremongers, for them that defile themselves with mankind, for menstealers, for liars, for perjured persons, and if there be any other thing that is contrary to sound doctrine;
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Commentary for Deuteronomy 23:17
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Strong's Numbers and Definitions:
Note: H = Hebrew (OT), G = Greek (NT)
- Strong's Number: H6948
There are 4 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: קְדֵשָׁה
Transliteration: qᵉdêshâh
Pronunciation: ked-ay-shaw'
Description: feminine of קָדֵשׁ; a female devotee (i.e. prostitute); harlot, whore. - Strong's Number: H1323
There are 499 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: בַּת
Transliteration: bath
Pronunciation: bath
Description: from בָּנָה (as feminine of בֵּן); a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively); apple (of the eye), branch, company, daughter, [idiom] first, [idiom] old, [phrase] owl, town, village. - Strong's Number: H3478
There are 2229 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: יִשְׂרָאֵל
Transliteration: Yisrâʼêl
Pronunciation: yis-raw-ale'
Description: from שָׂרָה and אֵל; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity; Israel. - Strong's Number: H6945
There are 6 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: קָדֵשׁ
Transliteration: qâdêsh
Pronunciation: kaw-dashe'
Description: from קָדַשׁ; a (quasi) sacred person, i.e. (technically) a (male) devotee (by prostitution) to licentious idolatry; sodomite, unclean. - Strong's Number: H1121
There are 3654 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: בֵּן
Transliteration: bên
Pronunciation: bane
Description: from בָּנָה; a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.); [phrase] afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-) ite, (anoint-) ed one, appointed to, ([phrase]) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-) ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, [phrase] (young) bullock, [phrase] (young) calf, [idiom] came up in, child, colt, [idiom] common, [idiom] corn, daughter, [idiom] of first, [phrase] firstborn, foal, [phrase] very fruitful, [phrase] postage, [idiom] in, [phrase] kid, [phrase] lamb, ([phrase]) man, meet, [phrase] mighty, [phrase] nephew, old, ([phrase]) people, [phrase] rebel, [phrase] robber, [idiom] servant born, [idiom] soldier, son, [phrase] spark, [phrase] steward, [phrase] stranger, [idiom] surely, them of, [phrase] tumultuous one, [phrase] valiant(-est), whelp, worthy, young (one), youth.