Compare the marginal reference. Prostitution was a common part of religious observances among idolatrous nations, especially in the worship of Ashtoreth or Astarte. Compare Micah 1:7; Baruch 6:43.
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Deuteronomy 23:17
17 There shall be no whorec of the daughters of Israel, nor a sodomite of the sons of Israel.