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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46 (A)And the rest of the [a]perverted persons, who remained in the days of his father Asa, he banished from the land.

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  1. 1 Kings 22:46 Heb. qadesh, one practicing sodomy and prostitution in religious rituals

46 He rid the land of the rest of the male shrine prostitutes(A) who remained there even after the reign of his father Asa.

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