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17 A man or woman in Israel must not become a temple prostitute. 18 The Lord your God hates the money that men and women get for being prostitutes. So don’t take that money into the house of the Lord to pay what you promised to give.

19 Don’t charge your own people any interest. Don’t charge them when they borrow money, food or anything else.

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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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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 23:18 Hebrew of a dog