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the house of the LORD your God in payment for any vow, for both of these are an abomination to the LORD your God. <a href="/bsb/deuteronomy/23.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> You must not bring the wages of a prostitute, whether female or male, into the house of the LORD your God to fulfill any vow, because both are detestable to the LORD your God. <a href="/kjv/deuteronomy/23.htm">King James Bible</a> Thou 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. <a href="/nkjv/deuteronomy/23.htm">New King James Version</a> You shall not bring the wages of a harlot or the price of a dog to the house of the LORD your God for any vowed offering, for both of these are an abomination to the LORD your God. <a href="/nasb_/deuteronomy/23.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> You shall not bring the earnings of a prostitute or the money for a dog into the house of the LORD your God as payment for any vowed offering, because both of these are an abomination to the LORD your God. <a href="/nasb/deuteronomy/23.htm">NASB 1995</a> &#8220You shall not bring the hire of a harlot or the wages of a dog into the house of the LORD your God for any votive offering, for both of these are an abomination to the LORD your God. <a href="/nasb77/deuteronomy/23.htm">NASB 1977 </a> “You shall not bring the hire of a harlot or the wages of a dog into the house of the LORD your God for any votive offering, for both of these are an abomination to the LORD your God. <a href="/lsb/deuteronomy/23.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> You shall not bring the hire of a harlot or the wages of a dog into the house of Yahweh your God for any votive offering, for both of these are an abomination to Yahweh your God. <a href="/amp/deuteronomy/23.htm">Amplified Bible</a> You shall not bring the wages of a prostitute or the price of a dog [that is, a male prostitute] into the house of the LORD your God as payment for any vow, for both of these [the gift and the giver] are utterly repulsive to the LORD your God. <a href="/csb/deuteronomy/23.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> Do not bring a female prostitute’s wages or a male prostitute’s earnings into the house of the LORD your God to fulfill any vow, because both are detestable to the LORD your God. <a href="/hcsb/deuteronomy/23.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> Do not bring a female prostitute&#8217s wages or a male prostitute&#8217s earnings into the house of the LORD your God to fulfill any vow, because both are detestable to the LORD your God.&#8221 <a href="/asv/deuteronomy/23.htm">American Standard Version</a> Thou shalt not bring the hire of a harlot, or the wages of a dog, into the house of Jehovah thy God for any vow: for even both these are an abomination unto Jehovah thy God. <a href="/cev/deuteronomy/23.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> The LORD your God is disgusted with men and women who are prostitutes of any kind, and he will not accept a gift from them, even if it had been promised to him. <a href="/erv/deuteronomy/23.htm">English Revised Version</a> Thou shalt not bring the hire of a whore, or the wages of a dog, into the house of the LORD thy God for any vow: for even both these are an abomination unto the LORD thy God. <a href="/gwt/deuteronomy/23.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> Never bring gifts or money earned by prostitution into the house of the LORD your God as an offering you vowed to give. These earnings are disgusting to the LORD your God. <a href="/gnt/deuteronomy/23.htm">Good News Translation</a> Also, no money earned in this way may be brought into the house of the LORD your God in fulfillment of a vow. The LORD hates temple prostitutes. <a href="/isv/deuteronomy/23.htm">International Standard Version</a> Don't bring the earnings of a female prostitute nor the income of a male prostitute into the house of the LORD your God as payment for any vow. Both of these are detestable to the LORD your God." <a href="/net/deuteronomy/23.htm">NET Bible</a> You must never bring the pay of a female prostitute or the wage of a male prostitute into the temple of the LORD your God in fulfillment of any vow, for both of these are abhorrent to the LORD your God. <a href="/nheb/deuteronomy/23.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> You shall not bring the hire of a prostitute, or the wages of a dog, into the house of the LORD your God for any vow: for even both these are an abomination to the LORD your God. <a href="/wbt/deuteronomy/23.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> Thou shalt not bring the hire of a harlot, or the price of a dog into the house of the LORD thy God for any vow: for even both these are abomination to the LORD thy God.<div class="vheading2">Majority Text Translations</div><a href="/msb/deuteronomy/23.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> You must not bring the wages of a prostitute, whether female or male, into the house of the LORD your God to fulfill any vow, because both are detestable to the LORD your God. <a href="/web/deuteronomy/23.htm">World English Bible</a> You shall not bring the hire of a prostitute, or the wages of a male prostitute, into the house of Yahweh your God for any vow; for both of these are an abomination to Yahweh your God. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/deuteronomy/23.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> you do not bring the wage of a whore or the price of a dog into the house of your God YHWH for any vow; for even both of them [are] an abomination [to] your God YHWH. <a href="/ylt/deuteronomy/23.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> thou dost not bring a gift of a whore, or a price of a dog, into the house of Jehovah thy God, for any vow; for the abomination of Jehovah thy God are even both of them. <a href="/slt/deuteronomy/23.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> Thou shalt not bring the hire of a harlot, and the price of a dog to the house of Jehovah thy God, for any vow: for these two are also an abomination to Jehovah thy God.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/deuteronomy/23.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> Thou shalt not offer the hire of a strumpet, nor the price of a dog, in the house of the Lord thy God, whatsoever it be that thou hast vowed: because both these are an abomination to the Lord thy God. <a href="/cpdv/deuteronomy/23.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> You shall not offer money from a prostitute, nor the price of a dog, in the house of the Lord your God, no matter what you may have vowed. For both of these are an abomination with the Lord your God. <a href="/nabre/deuteronomy/23.htm">New American Bible</a> You shall not offer a prostitute’s fee or a dog’s pay as any kind of votive offering in the house of the LORD, your God; both these things are an abomination to the LORD, your God. <a href="/nrsvce/deuteronomy/23.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> You shall not bring the fee of a prostitute or the wages of a male prostitute into the house of the LORD your God in payment for any vow, for both of these are abhorrent to the LORD your God.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/deuteronomy/23.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> You shall not bring the hire of a whore or the price of a dog into the house of the LORD your God for any vow; for both of these are an abomination before the LORD your God. <a href="/hpbt/deuteronomy/23.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> You shall not bring the fee of a whore or the hire of a dog to the house of LORD JEHOVAH your God for any vow, because they are both defiled before LORD JEHOVAH your God.<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/deuteronomy/23.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> Thou shalt not bring the hire of a harlot, or the price of a dog, into the house of the LORD thy God for any vow; for even both these are an abomination unto the LORD thy God. <a href="/sep/deuteronomy/23.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> Thou shalt not bring the hire of a harlot, nor the price of a dog into the house of the Lord thy God, for any vow; because even both are an abomination to the Lord thy God. <a href="/parallel/deuteronomy/23-18.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/IRhBtZaVxJ0?start=6366" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/deuteronomy/23.htm">Miscellaneous Laws</a> …17No daughter or son of Israel is to be a shrine prostitute. 18<a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: lō- (Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">You must not</a> <a href="/hebrew/935.htm" title="935: ṯā·ḇî (V-Hifil-Imperf-2ms) -- To come in, come, go in, go. A primitive root; to go or come.">bring</a> <a href="/hebrew/868.htm" title="868: ’eṯ·nan (N-msc) -- The wages (of a harlot). The same as 'ethnah; a gift.">the wages</a> <a href="/hebrew/2181.htm" title="2181: zō·w·nāh (N-fs) -- To commit fornication, be a harlot. A primitive root; to commit adultery; figuratively, to commit idolatry.">of a prostitute, whether female</a> <a href="/hebrew/3611.htm" title="3611: ke·leḇ (N-ms) -- A dog. From an unused root means. To yelp, or else to attack; a dog; hence a male prostitute.">or male,</a> <a href="/hebrew/4242.htm" title="4242: ū·mə·ḥîr (Conj-w:: N-msc) -- Price, hire. From an unused root meaning to buy; price, payment, wages."></a> <a href="/hebrew/1004.htm" title="1004: bêṯ (N-msc) -- A house. Probably from banah abbreviated; a house.">into the house</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">of the LORD</a> <a href="/hebrew/430.htm" title="430: ’ĕ·lō·he·ḵā (N-mpc:: 2ms) -- Plural of 'elowahh; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used of the supreme God">your God</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: lə·ḵāl (Prep-l:: N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">to fulfill any</a> <a href="/hebrew/5088.htm" title="5088: ne·ḏer (N-ms) -- A vow. Or neder; from nadar; a promise; also a thing promised.">vow,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">because</a> <a href="/hebrew/8147.htm" title="8147: šə·nê·hem (Number-mdc:: 3mp) -- Two (a card. number). Dual of sheniy; feminine shttayim; two; also twofold.">both</a> <a href="/hebrew/8441.htm" title="8441: ṯō·w·‘ă·ḇaṯ (N-fsc) -- Or tonebah; feminine active participle of ta'ab; properly, something disgusting, i.e. an abhorrence; especially idolatry or an idol.">are detestable</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">to the LORD</a> <a href="/hebrew/430.htm" title="430: ’ĕ·lō·he·ḵā (N-mpc:: 2ms) -- Plural of 'elowahh; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used of the supreme God">your God.</a> <a href="/hebrew/1571.htm" title="1571: gam- (Conj) -- Also, moreover, yea. "></a> 19Do not charge your brother interest on money, food, or any other type of loan.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/leviticus/18-22.htm">Leviticus 18:22-23</a> You must not lie with a man as with a woman; that is an abomination. / You must not lie carnally with any animal, thus defiling yourself with it; a woman must not stand before an animal to mate with it; that is a perversion. <a href="/leviticus/19-29.htm">Leviticus 19:29</a> You must not defile your daughter by making her a prostitute, or the land will be prostituted and filled with depravity. <a href="/leviticus/20-13.htm">Leviticus 20:13</a> If a man lies with a man as with a woman, they have both committed an abomination. They must surely be put to death; their blood is upon them. <a href="/1_kings/14-24.htm">1 Kings 14:24</a> There were even male shrine prostitutes in the land. They imitated all the abominations of the nations the LORD had driven out before the Israelites. <a href="/1_kings/15-12.htm">1 Kings 15:12</a> He banished the male shrine prostitutes from the land and removed all the idols that his fathers had made. <a href="/2_kings/23-7.htm">2 Kings 23:7</a> He also tore down the quarters of the male shrine prostitutes that were in the house of the LORD, where the women had woven tapestries for Asherah. <a href="/hosea/4-14.htm">Hosea 4:14</a> I will not punish your daughters when they prostitute themselves, nor your daughters-in-law when they commit adultery. For the men themselves go off with prostitutes and offer sacrifices with shrine prostitutes. So a people without understanding will come to ruin. <a href="/micah/1-7.htm">Micah 1:7</a> All her carved images will be smashed to pieces; all her wages will be burned in the fire, and I will destroy all her idols. Since she collected the wages of a prostitute, they will be used again on a prostitute. <a href="/proverbs/6-26.htm">Proverbs 6:26</a> For the levy of the prostitute is poverty, and the adulteress preys upon your very life. <a href="/proverbs/29-3.htm">Proverbs 29:3</a> A man who loves wisdom brings joy to his father, but a companion of prostitutes squanders his wealth. <a href="/romans/1-26.htm">Romans 1:26-27</a> For this reason God gave them over to dishonorable passions. Even their women exchanged natural relations for unnatural ones. / Likewise, the men abandoned natural relations with women and burned with lust for one another. Men committed indecent acts with other men and received in themselves the due penalty for their error. <a href="/1_corinthians/6-9.htm">1 Corinthians 6:9-10</a> Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who submit to or perform homosexual acts, / nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor verbal abusers, nor swindlers, will inherit the kingdom of God. <a href="/1_timothy/1-9.htm">1 Timothy 1:9-10</a> We realize that law is not enacted for the righteous, but for the lawless and rebellious, for the ungodly and sinful, for the unholy and profane, for killers of father or mother, for murderers, / for the sexually immoral, for homosexuals, for slave traders and liars and perjurers, and for anyone else who is averse to sound teaching <a href="/revelation/22-15.htm">Revelation 22:15</a> But outside are the dogs, the sorcerers, the sexually immoral, the murderers, the idolaters, and everyone who loves and practices falsehood. <a href="/revelation/21-8.htm">Revelation 21:8</a> But to the cowardly and unbelieving and abominable and murderers and sexually immoral and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, their place will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur. This is the second death.”</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>You shall not bring the hire of a whore, or the price of a dog, into the house of the LORD your God for any vow: for even both these are abomination to the LORD your God.hire<a href="/ezekiel/16-33.htm">Ezekiel 16:33</a> They give gifts to all whores: but thou givest thy gifts to all thy lovers, and hirest them, that they may come unto thee on every side for thy whoredom.dog<a href="/psalms/22-16.htm">Psalm 22:16</a> For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have inclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet.<a href="/proverbs/26-11.htm">Proverbs 26:11</a> As a dog returneth to his vomit, so a fool returneth to his folly.<a href="/isaiah/56-10.htm">Isaiah 56:10,11</a> His watchmen are blind: they are all ignorant, they are all dumb dogs, they cannot bark; sleeping, lying down, loving to slumber… any vow<a href="/deuteronomy/23-21.htm">Deuteronomy 23:21</a> When thou shalt vow a vow unto the LORD thy God, thou shalt not slack to pay it: for the LORD thy God will surely require it of thee; and it would be sin in thee.<a href="/deuteronomy/12-6.htm">Deuteronomy 12:6</a> And thither ye shall bring your burnt offerings, and your sacrifices, and your tithes, and heave offerings of your hand, and your vows, and your freewill offerings, and the firstlings of your herds and of your flocks:<a href="/leviticus/7-16.htm">Leviticus 7:16</a> But if the sacrifice of his offering be a vow, or a voluntary offering, it shall be eaten the same day that he offereth his sacrifice: and on the morrow also the remainder of it shall be eaten:<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/deuteronomy/22-5.htm">Abomination</a> <a href="/exodus/22-31.htm">Dog</a> <a href="/micah/1-7.htm">Earnings</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/23-17.htm">Harlot</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/15-18.htm">Hire</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/22-21.htm">House</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/23-17.htm">Loose</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/23-1.htm">Male</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/21-14.htm">Money</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/19-8.htm">Oath</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/18-10.htm">Offering</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/22-29.htm">Pay</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/15-3.htm">Payment</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/21-14.htm">Price</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/23-17.htm">Prostitute</a> <a href="/leviticus/7-24.htm">Purposes</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/22-30.htm">Sex</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/23-17.htm">Used</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/12-26.htm">Votive</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/12-17.htm">Vow</a> <a href="/numbers/18-31.htm">Wages</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/23-17.htm">Whore</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/12-31.htm">Worship</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/deuteronomy/24-4.htm">Abomination</a> <a href="/judges/7-5.htm">Dog</a> <a href="/proverbs/31-16.htm">Earnings</a> <a href="/joshua/2-1.htm">Harlot</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/24-15.htm">Hire</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/24-1.htm">House</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/25-9.htm">Loose</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/25-6.htm">Male</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/23-19.htm">Money</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/23-21.htm">Oath</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/23-23.htm">Offering</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/23-21.htm">Pay</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/32-43.htm">Payment</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/24-7.htm">Price</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/31-16.htm">Prostitute</a> <a href="/1_kings/14-24.htm">Purposes</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/27-20.htm">Sex</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-54.htm">Used</a> <a href="/1_kings/15-15.htm">Votive</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/23-21.htm">Vow</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/24-15.htm">Wages</a> <a href="/judges/19-2.htm">Whore</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/26-10.htm">Worship</a><div class="vheading2">Deuteronomy 23</div>1. <a href="/deuteronomy/23-1.htm">Who may or may not enter into the congregation</a> 9. <a href="/deuteronomy/23-9.htm">Uncleanness is to be avoided in the host</a> 15. <a href="/deuteronomy/23-15.htm">Of the fugitive servant</a> 17. <a href="/deuteronomy/23-17.htm">Of filthiness</a> 18. <a href="/deuteronomy/23-18.htm">Of abominable sacrifices</a> 19. <a href="/deuteronomy/23-19.htm">Of usury</a> 20. <a href="/deuteronomy/23-20.htm">Of vows</a> 24. <a href="/deuteronomy/23-24.htm">Of trespass</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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In ancient Israel, the temple was a sacred place, and anything associated with sin or immorality was strictly forbidden. The prohibition against using earnings from prostitution in religious offerings underscores the importance of maintaining moral integrity in worship. This reflects the broader biblical principle that God desires offerings that are pure and given from a righteous heart (<a href="/isaiah/1-13.htm">Isaiah 1:13-17</a>). The inclusion of both female and male prostitutes highlights the comprehensive nature of the command, addressing practices common in surrounding pagan cultures, where temple prostitution was often part of religious rituals.to fulfill any vow Vows in the Old Testament were solemn promises made to God, often accompanied by offerings (<a href="/numbers/30-2.htm">Numbers 30:2</a>). The use of illicit earnings to fulfill such vows would corrupt the sanctity of the vow itself. This phrase emphasizes that the source of what is offered to God matters as much as the act of offering. The integrity of the vow is compromised if it is fulfilled with proceeds from sinful activities, reflecting the biblical theme that God values obedience and righteousness over mere ritual (<a href="/1_samuel/15-22.htm">1 Samuel 15:22</a>).because both are detestable to the LORD your God The term "detestable" is used in the Old Testament to describe practices that are abhorrent to God, often associated with idolatry and immorality (<a href="/leviticus/18-22.htm">Leviticus 18:22-30</a>). This strong language indicates the severity with which God views the use of immoral earnings in worship. The detestable nature of these practices is rooted in their association with pagan worship and the corruption they bring to the community's relationship with God. This reflects the broader biblical narrative of God's call for His people to be holy and set apart from the surrounding nations (<a href="/leviticus/20-26.htm">Leviticus 20:26</a>). The emphasis on God's personal disapproval ("the LORD your God") underscores the relational aspect of the covenant, where God's people are called to reflect His holiness in all aspects of life.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/m/moses.htm">Moses</a> The author of Deuteronomy, delivering God's laws to the Israelites. 2. <a href="/topical/i/israelites.htm">Israelites</a> The chosen people of God, receiving the law as they prepare to enter the Promised Land. 3. <a href="/topical/h/house_of_the_lord.htm">House of the LORD</a> Refers to the tabernacle or temple, the central place of worship for the Israelites. 4. <a href="/topical/p/prostitutes.htm">Prostitutes (male and female)</a> Individuals engaged in sexual immorality, often linked to pagan worship practices. 5. <a href="/topical/v/vows.htm">Vows</a> Commitments made to God, often involving offerings or sacrifices.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/h/holiness_in_worship.htm">Holiness in Worship</a> God demands purity in worship. The Israelites were to avoid bringing anything associated with sin into His house. This principle applies today as we approach God with reverence and purity. <a href="/topical/i/integrity_in_offerings.htm">Integrity in Offerings</a> Our offerings to God should come from honest and righteous means. This teaches us to evaluate the source of our resources and ensure they honor God. <a href="/topical/r/rejecting_cultural_compromise.htm">Rejecting Cultural Compromise</a> The Israelites were surrounded by cultures that practiced temple prostitution. God’s command was a call to stand apart and not conform to the sinful practices around them. <a href="/topical/t/the_value_of_purity.htm">The Value of Purity</a> God’s detestation of the wages of prostitution underscores the value He places on sexual purity. This calls believers to uphold purity in all aspects of life. <a href="/topical/c/commitment_to_godly_standards.htm">Commitment to Godly Standards</a> The prohibition against using immoral earnings for vows highlights the importance of maintaining godly standards in all our commitments to God.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_deuteronomy_23.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Deuteronomy 23</a> <a href="/q/how_to_reconcile_exodus_23_9_with_harsh_ot_laws.htm">How do we reconcile the command in Exodus 23:9 to treat foreigners kindly with other Old Testament passages that demand harsh treatment of certain groups?</a> <a href="/q/is_child_sacrifice_in_ezekiel_16_20-21_credible.htm">How credible is the depiction of widespread child sacrifice in Ezekiel 16:20-21, given limited archaeological evidence for such practices in Jerusalem?</a> <a href="/q/how_is_ai's_destruction_just_and_loving.htm">How can the total extermination of Ai's inhabitants (Joshua 8:24-25) be reconciled with a just and loving God?</a> <a href="/q/how_reconcile_numbers_31_7-18_with_compassion.htm">Numbers 31:7-18: How can the command to kill non-virgin women and boys be reconciled with claims of a compassionate God?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/deuteronomy/23.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(18) The hire of a whore.--Even a lamb or a kid might not be sacrificed for them, if obtained as the wages of sin (<a href="/genesis/38-17.htm" title="And he said, I will send you a kid from the flock. And she said, Will you give me a pledge, till you send it?">Genesis 38:17</a>).The price of a dog.--The ass might be redeemed with a lamb, and the lamb could be sacrificed. The dog could not be treated thus. Yet "the dogs under the table eat of the children's crumbs." But there is a "dog that turns to his own vcmit again," and of these it is written that "without are dogs and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie" (<a href="/revelation/22-15.htm" title="For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and fornicators, and murderers, and idolaters, and whoever loves and makes a lie.">Revelation 22:15</a>). <a href="/commentaries/deuteronomy/23-18.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>You must not לֹא־ (lō-) Adverb - Negative particle <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> Not, no bring תָבִיא֩ (ṯā·ḇî) Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_935.htm">Strong's 935: </a> To come in, come, go in, go the wages אֶתְנַ֨ן (’eṯ·nan) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_868.htm">Strong's 868: </a> The wages (of a harlot) of a prostitute, whether female זוֹנָ֜ה (zō·w·nāh) Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2181.htm">Strong's 2181: </a> To commit adultery, to commit idolatry or male, כֶּ֗לֶב (ke·leḇ) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3611.htm">Strong's 3611: </a> A dog, a male prostitute into the house בֵּ֛ית (bêṯ) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1004.htm">Strong's 1004: </a> A house of the LORD יְהוָ֥ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel your God אֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ (’ĕ·lō·he·ḵā) Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_430.htm">Strong's 430: </a> gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative to fulfill any לְכָל־ (lə·ḵāl) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> The whole, all, any, every vow, נֶ֑דֶר (ne·ḏer) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5088.htm">Strong's 5088: </a> A promise, a thing promised because כִּ֧י (kî) Conjunction <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> A relative conjunction both שְׁנֵיהֶֽם׃ (šə·nê·hem) Number - mdc | third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8147.htm">Strong's 8147: </a> Two (a cardinal number) are detestable תוֹעֲבַ֛ת (ṯō·w·‘ă·ḇaṯ) Noun - feminine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8441.htm">Strong's 8441: </a> Something disgusting, an abhorrence, idolatry, an idol to the LORD יְהוָ֥ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel your God. אֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ (’ĕ·lō·he·ḵā) Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_430.htm">Strong's 430: </a> gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/deuteronomy/23-18.htm">Deuteronomy 23:18 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/deuteronomy/23-18.htm">Deuteronomy 23:18 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/deuteronomy/23-18.htm">Deuteronomy 23:18 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/deuteronomy/23-18.htm">Deuteronomy 23:18 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/deuteronomy/23-18.htm">Deuteronomy 23:18 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/deuteronomy/23-18.htm">Deuteronomy 23:18 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/deuteronomy/23-18.htm">Deuteronomy 23:18 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/deuteronomy/23-18.htm">Deuteronomy 23:18 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/deuteronomy/23-18.htm">Deuteronomy 23:18 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/deuteronomy/23-18.htm">Deuteronomy 23:18 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/23-18.htm">OT Law: Deuteronomy 23:18 You shall not bring the hire (Deut. 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