(A)And they called to Lot and said to him, “Where are the men who came to you tonight? (B)Bring them out to us that we (C)may know them carnally.

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They called to Lot, “Where are the men who came to you tonight? Bring them out to us so that we can have sex with them.”(A)

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17 “There shall be no ritual [a]harlot (A)of the daughters of Israel, or a (B)perverted[b] one of the sons of Israel.

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  1. Deuteronomy 23:17 Heb. qedeshah, fem. of qadesh (next note)
  2. Deuteronomy 23:17 Heb. qadesh, one practicing sodomy and prostitution in religious rituals

17 No Israelite man(A) or woman is to become a shrine prostitute.(B)

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24 (A)And there were also [a]perverted persons in the land. They did according to all the (B)abominations of the nations which the Lord had cast out before the children of (C)Israel.

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  1. 1 Kings 14:24 Heb. qadesh, one practicing sodomy and prostitution in religious rituals

24 There were even male shrine prostitutes(A) in the land; the people engaged in all the detestable(B) practices of the nations the Lord had driven out before the Israelites.

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12 (A)And he banished the [a]perverted persons from the land, and removed all the idols that his fathers had made.

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  1. 1 Kings 15:12 Heb. qedeshim, those practicing sodomy and prostitution in religious rituals

12 He expelled the male shrine prostitutes(A) from the land and got rid of all the idols(B) his ancestors had made.

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Then he tore down the ritual [a]booths (A)of the [b]perverted persons that were in the house of the Lord, (B)where the (C)women wove hangings for the wooden image.

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  1. 2 Kings 23:7 Lit. houses
  2. 2 Kings 23:7 Heb. qedeshim, those practicing sodomy and prostitution in religious rituals

He also tore down the quarters of the male shrine prostitutes(A) that were in the temple of the Lord, the quarters where women did weaving for Asherah.

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as (A)Sodom and Gomorrah, and the cities around them in a similar manner to these, having given themselves over to sexual immorality and gone after strange flesh, are set forth as an example, suffering the [a]vengeance of eternal fire.

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  1. Jude 1:7 punishment

In a similar way, Sodom and Gomorrah(A) and the surrounding towns(B) gave themselves up to sexual immorality and perversion. They serve as an example of those who suffer the punishment of eternal fire.(C)

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