InterlinearVerse GEN EXO LEV NUM DEUT JOB YEHO (JOS) HERO (JDG) RUTH 1 SAM 2 SAM PSA AMOS HOS 1 KI 2 KI 1 CHR 2 CHR PROV ECC SNG YOEL (JOEL) MIC ISA ZEP HAB YIR (JER) LAM YNA (JNA) NAH OBAD DAN EZEK EZRA EST NEH HAG ZEC MAL 2 PS WIS TOB MAN BAR G DAN G ESD L ESD ESG JDT 3 MAC SIR 1 MAC 2 MAC 4 MAC YHN (JHN) MARK MAT LUKE ACTs YAC (JAM) GAL 1 TH 2 TH 1 COR 2 COR ROM COL LAOD PHM EPH PHP 1 TIM TIT 1 PET 2 PET 2 TIM HEB YUD (JUD) 1 YHN (1 JHN) 2 YHN (2 JHN) 3 YHN (3 JHN) REV
InterlinearVerse Deu C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 C9 C10 C11 C12 C13 C14 C15 C16 C17 C18 C19 C20 C21 C22 C24 C25 C26 C27 C28 C29 C30 C31 C32 C33 C34
Deu 23 V1 V2 V3 V4 V5 V6 V7 V8 V9 V10 V11 V12 V13 V14 V15 V16 V18 V19 V20 V21 V22 V23 V24 V25
OET-LV (DEU 23:18) [fn] Not she_will_be a_female_cult_prostitute any_of_the_daughters_of Yisrāʼēl/(Israel) and_not he_will_be a_male_cult_prostitute from_(the)_sons of_Yisrāʼēl/(Israel).
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OET (OET-RV) Don’t allow any Israeli man or woman to become a religious[fn] prostitute.
23:17 Or, cultic.
Note 1 topic: translate-unknown
קְדֵשָׁ֖ה & קָדֵ֖שׁ
(Some words not found in UHB: not be cult_prostitute any,of_the_daughters_of Yisrael and=not will_belong cult_prostitute from=(the)_sons Yisrael )
The term cultic prostitute refers to someone who engaged in sexual acts as part of the worship of pagan gods. This practice was common in ancient Canaanite religion but was forbidden in Israel. If your readers would not be familiar with what a cultic prostitute is, you could use the name of a similar thing that your readers would recognize, or you could use a more general term. Alternate translation: [woman who performs sexual acts in pagan worship … man who performs sexual acts in pagan worship] or [female temple prostitute who serves false gods … male temple prostitute who serves false gods]
OET-LV (DEU 23:18) [fn] Not she_will_be a_female_cult_prostitute any_of_the_daughters_of Yisrāʼēl/(Israel) and_not he_will_be a_male_cult_prostitute from_(the)_sons of_Yisrāʼēl/(Israel).
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OET (OET-RV) Don’t allow any Israeli man or woman to become a religious[fn] prostitute.
23:17 Or, cultic.
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Hebrew or Greek words that they’re translated from.
Acknowledgements: The Hebrew text, lemmas, and morphology are all thanks to the OSHB and some of the glosses are from Macula Hebrew.