17No Israelite man or woman is to become a shrine prostitute.


In Context

14 For the Lord your God moves about in your camp to protect you and to deliver your enemies to you. Your camp must be holy, so that he will not see among you anything indecent and turn away from you.

15 If a slave has taken refuge with you, do not hand him over to his master.

16 Let him live among you wherever he likes and in whatever town he chooses. Do not oppress him.

17 No Israelite man or woman is to become a shrine prostitute.

18 You must not bring the earnings of a female prostitute or of a male prostitute into the house of the Lord your God to pay any vow, because the Lord your God detests them both.

19 Do not charge your brother interest, whether on money or food or anything else that may earn interest.

Deuteronomy 23:17 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

23:17There shall be no whore of the daughters of Israel, nor a sodomite of the sons of Israel.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

23:17There shall be no whore among the daughters of Israel, nor whoremonger among the sons of Israel.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

23:17There shall be no prostitute of the daughters of Israel, neither shall there be a sodomite of the sons of Israel.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:17There shall be no prostitute amongst the daughters of Israel, nor any Sodomite amongst the sons of Israel.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

23:17There shall be no harlot of the daughters of Israel, neither shall there be a sodomite of the sons of Israel.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:17There shall be no harlot of the daughters of Israel, nor a sodomite of the sons of Israel.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:17There shall be no prostitute of the daughters of Israel, neither shall there be a sodomite of the sons of Israel.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

23:17'There is not a whore among the daughters of Israel, nor is there a whoremonger among the sons of Israel;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

23:17There shall be no whore of the daughters of Israel, nor a sodomite of the sons of Israel.