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Deuteronomy 23:17

NETBible	There must never be a sacred prostitute¹ among the young women² of Israel nor a sacred male prostitute³ among the young men⁴ of Israel.
NIV © biblegateway Deu 23:17	No Israelite man or woman is to become a shrine-prostitute.
NASB © biblegateway Deu 23:17	"None of the daughters of Israel shall be a cult prostitute, nor shall any of the sons of Israel be a cult prostitute.
NLT © biblegateway Deu 23:17	"No Israelite man or woman may ever become a temple prostitute.
MSG © biblegateway Deu 23:17	No daughter of Israel is to become a sacred prostitute; and no son of Israel is to become a sacred prostitute.
BBE © SABDAweb Deu 23:17	No daughter of Israel is to let herself be used as a loose woman for a strange god, and no son of Israel is to give himself to a man.
NRSV © bibleoremus Deu 23:17	None of the daughters of Israel shall be a temple prostitute; none of the sons of Israel shall be a temple prostitute.
NKJV © biblegateway Deu 23:17	"There shall be no ritual harlot of the daughters of Israel, or a perverted one of the sons of Israel.
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KJV	There shall be no whore <06948> of the daughters <01323> of Israel <03478>_, nor a sodomite <06945> of the sons <01121> of Israel <03478>_. {whore: or, sodomitess}
NASB © biblegateway Deu 23:17	"None <03808> of the daughters <01323> of Israel <03478> shall be a cult <06945> prostitute <06945> , nor <03808> shall any <04480> of the sons <01121> of Israel <03478> be a cult <06945> prostitute <06945> .
LXXM	(23:18) ouk <3364> ADV estai <1510> V-FMI-3S pornh <4204> N-NSF apo <575> PREP yugaterwn <2364> N-GPF israhl <2474> N-PRI kai <2532> CONJ ouk <3364> ADV estai <1510> V-FMI-3S porneuwn <4203> V-PAPNS apo <575> PREP uiwn <5207> N-GPM israhl <2474> N-PRI ouk <3364> ADV estai <1510> V-FMI-3S telesforov {A-NSM} apo <575> PREP yugaterwn <2364> N-GPF israhl <2474> N-PRI kai <2532> CONJ ouk <3364> ADV estai <1510> V-FMI-3S teliskomenov {V-PMPNS} apo <575> PREP uiwn <5207> N-GPM israhl <2474> N-PRI
NET [draft] ITL	There must never <03808> be <01961> a sacred prostitute <06948> among the young women <01323> of Israel <03478> nor <03808> a sacred male prostitute <06945> among the young men <01121> of Israel <03478> .
HEBREW	larvy <03478> ynbm <01121> sdq <06945> hyhy <01961> alw <03808> larvy <03478> twnbm <01323> hsdq <06948> hyht <01961> al (23:17) <03808>

NETBible

There must never be a sacred prostitute¹ among the young women² of Israel nor a sacred male prostitute³ among the young men⁴ of Israel.

NET Notes

¹tn The Hebrew term translated “sacred prostitute” here (קְדֵשָׁה [qÿdeshah], from קַדֵשׁ [qadesh, “holy”]; cf. NIV “shrine prostitute”; NASB “cult prostitute”; NRSV, TEV, NLT “temple prostitute”) refers to the pagan fertility cults that employed female and male prostitutes in various rituals designed to evoke agricultural and even human fecundity (cf. Gen 38:21-22; 1 Kgs 14:24; 15:12; 22:47; 2 Kgs 23:7; Hos 4:14). The Hebrew term for a regular, noncultic (i.e., “secular”) female prostitute is זוֹנָה (zonah).

²tn Heb “daughters.”

³tn The male cultic prostitute was called קָדֵשׁ (qadesh; see note on the phrase “sacred prostitute” earlier in this verse). The colloquial Hebrew term for a “secular” male prostitute (i.e., a sodomite) is the disparaging epithet כֶּלֶב (kelev, “dog”) which occurs in the following verse (cf. KJV, ASV, NAB, NASB).

⁴tn Heb “sons.”