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Deuteronomy 23:4-5

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23:4 for they did not meet you with food and water on the way as you came from Egypt, and furthermore, they hired¹ Balaam son of Beor of Pethor in Aram Naharaim to curse you. 23:5 But the Lord your God refused to listen to Balaam and changed² the curse to a blessing, for the Lord your God loves³ you.

Deuteronomy 23:18

Context
23:18 You must never bring the pay of a female prostitute⁴ or the wage of a male prostitute⁵ into the temple of the Lord your God in fulfillment of any vow, for both of these are abhorrent to the Lord your God.

¹tn Heb “hired against you.”

²tn Heb “the Lord your God changed.” The phrase “the Lord your God” has not been included in the translation here for stylistic reasons to avoid redundancy. Moreover, use of the pronoun “he” could create confusion regarding the referent (the Lord or Balaam).

³tn The verb אָהַב (’ahav, “love”) here and commonly elsewhere in the Book of Deuteronomy speaks of God’s elective grace toward Israel. See note on the word “loved” in Deut 4:37.

⁴tn Here the Hebrew term זוֹנָה (zonah) refers to a noncultic (i.e., “secular”) female prostitute; see note on the phrase “sacred prostitute” in v. 17.

⁵tn Heb “of a dog.” This is the common Hebrew term for a noncultic (i.e., “secular”) male prostitute. See note on the phrase “sacred male prostitute” in v. 17.

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