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Deuteronomy 23:17

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¶ There shall be no whore of the daughters of Israel, nor a sodomite of the sons of Israel.
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  1. 2 Kings 23:7Rank 1 from verse 17
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    7And he brake down the houses of the sodomites, that were by the house of the Lord, where the women wove hangings for the grove.

  2. 1 Kings 14:24Rank 2 from verse 17
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    24And there were also sodomites in the land: and they did according to all the abominations of the nations which the Lord cast out before the children of Israel.

  3. Leviticus 19:29Rank 3 from verse 17
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    29¶ Do not prostitute thy daughter, to cause her to be a whore; lest the land fall to whoredom, and the land become full of wickedness.

  4. 1 Kings 15:12Rank 4 from verse 17
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    12And he took away the sodomites out of the land, and removed all the idols that his fathers had made.

  5. 1 Kings 22:46Rank 5 from verse 17
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    46And the remnant of the sodomites, which remained in the days of his father Asa, he took out of the land.

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Deuteronomy 23:17

COMBINED MEANING

shall

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An auxiliary verb expressing future action, intention, promise, command, requirement, or determination.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

whore

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Sense 1: A woman who engages in prostitution or unlawful sexual intercourse. Sense 2: Figuratively, a city or people portrayed as unfaithful.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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Israel

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The name given to Jacob and, by extension, his descendants, their nation, or the people so called.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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sodomite

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A man devoted to forbidden sexual prostitution or sexual immorality, especially in connection with idolatry.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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16He shall dwell with thee, even among you, in that place which he shall choose in one of thy gates, where it liketh him best: thou shalt not oppress him.

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

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18Thou shalt not bring the hire of a whore, or the price of a dog, into the house of the Lord thy God for any vow: for even both these are abomination unto the Lord thy God.

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