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“‘Don’t profane your daughter, to make her a prostitute; lest the land fall to prostitution, and the land become full of wickedness.
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Verse 29. Strumpet, which was done formerly in the honour of idols. “They gave to Venus the prostitution of their daughters.” Saint Augustine de Calmet. xviii. 5. “In Cyprus they lead the unmarried women to the sea-shore, in order to acquire a dowry by these means on certain stated days, as a libation to Venus.” Justin.—Such things were common in the East. See Lucian de dea Syr. Strabo xvi.—Joel (3:3,) reproaches the Jews with prostituting their sons and daughters for bread; for there were also effeminate men among them. 3 Kennicott. 14:24. 4 Kennicott. 23:7. See Bar. ult. 42. Ose. 4:14. Calmet.
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