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You shall not bring the hire of a prostitute, or the wages of a dog, into the house of Yahweh your God for any vow: for even both these are an abomination to Yahweh your God.
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God Requires Purity in Offerings
Commentators agree that this law establishes a core principle: God must be honored with substance that is honestly and honorably obtained. John Calvin notes that God rejects anything acquired by 'illicit and sordid dealings' to teach that 'the utmost purity must be observed in sacred things.' An offering's source matters as much as the offering itself.
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Deuteronomy
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Another Gentile practice, connected with the one alluded to in the preceding verse, is here forbidden. The word “dog” is figurative (), and equival…
19th Century
Anglican
The hire of a whore. —Even a lamb or a kid might not be sacrificed for them, if obtained as the wages of sin ([Reference Genesis 3…
16th Century
Protestant
You shall not bring the hire. This command is related to the preceding one, for God, by rejecting whatever is acquired by illicit and sord…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
You shall not bring the hire of a whore Which was given to her as a reward for the use of her body:
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It is honorable to shelter and protect the weak, provided they are not wicked. Proselytes and converts to the truth should be treated with particul…
