17 (A)None of the daughters of Israel shall be a cult prostitute, (B)nor shall any of the sons of Israel be a cult prostitute. 18 You shall not bring the earnings of a prostitute or the money for a [a](C)dog into the house of the Lord your God as payment for any vowed offering, because both of these are an abomination to the Lord your God.

19 (D)You are not to charge interest to your countrymen: interest on money, food, or anything that may be loaned on interest.

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 23:18 Prob. refers to a male prostitute

17 No Israelite man(A) or woman is to become a shrine prostitute.(B) 18 You must not bring the earnings of a female prostitute or of a male prostitute[a] into the house of the Lord your God to pay any vow, because the Lord your God detests them both.(C)

19 Do not charge a fellow Israelite interest, whether on money or food or anything else that may earn interest.(D)

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  1. Deuteronomy 23:18 Hebrew of a dog