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"There shall be no whore [qedêshâh] of the daughters of Israel, nor a sodomite [qâdêsh] of the sons of Israel. {18} Thou shalt not bring the hire of a whore, or the price of a dog, into the house of the LORD thy God for any vow: for even both these are abomination unto the LORD thy God."

"There shall be no whore [qedêshâh] of the daughters of Israel, nor a sodomite [qâdêsh] of the sons of Israel. {18} Thou shalt not bring the hire of a whore, or the price of a dog, into the house of the LORD thy God for any vow: for even both these are abomination unto the LORD thy God."

Rather than this passage being the specifically religious application of the general Levitical injunctions against homosex, those who favor that practice usually contend that the former is what Lv. 18:22; 20:13 only refers to. The key word at issue here is ''qâdêsh'' [H6945], the basic meaning of which is ''sacred'', contextually referring to temple prostitute, which the translators of the [[King James Version]] rendered as "sodomite", due to its perceived denotation of men whose manner of sex was like that of dogs.   

Rather than this passage being the specifically religious application of the general Levitical injunctions against homosex, those who favor that practice usually contend that the former is what Lv. 18:22; 20:13 only refers to. The key word at issue here is ''qâdêsh'' [H6945], the basic meaning of which is ''sacred'', contextually referring to temple prostitute, which the translators of the [[King James Version]] rendered as "sodomite", due to its perceived denotation of men whose manner of sex was like that of dogs.<ref>John Barclay Burns, Devotee or Deviate</ref>    

Keil and Delitzsch comment that "the price of a dog” is not the price paid for the sale of a dog (Bochart, Spencer, Iken, Baumgarten, etc.), but is a figurative expression used to denote the gains of the kadesh, who was called κίναιδος by the Greeks, and received his name from the dog-like manner in which the male kadesh debased himself.<ref>Keil and Delitzch</ref>

Keil and Delitzsch comment that "the price of a dog” is not the price paid for the sale of a dog (Bochart, Spencer, Iken, Baumgarten, etc.), but is a figurative expression used to denote the gains of the kadesh, who was called κίναιδος by the Greeks, and received his name from the dog-like manner in which the male kadesh debased himself.<ref>Keil and Delitzch</ref>