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NASB | Genesis 38:21 He asked the men of her place, saying, "Where is the temple prostitute who was by the road at Enaim?" But they said, "There has been no temple prostitute here." |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Genesis 38:21 He asked the men of that place, "Where is the temple prostitute who was by the roadside at Enaim?" They said, "There was no prostitute here." |
Subject: What was/is a temple prostitute? |
Bible Note: Jensen 1. Check the timing, this is from Genesis before the temple of God was established. It was also before “organized woship” of God was introduced. The temple mentioned here were temple's made to other Gods that happen to be within the land God Abraham. I imagine the descendants of Abraham visited them. Later during the Kings we see pagan worship begin again in Israel and here again the Word of God says the people worshipped other Gods which I think we can safely assumed included temple prostitutes. 2. Yes the temple was the “pimp” as you put it, all funds were considered religious tribute and kept and used by the priest. Many pagan temples had chambers for this particular purpose. However many times pagan worship often turned in orgy with everything being done in the open. 3. Again in those days things were fast and loose and most anyone could worship at a temple, in fact that is one of things that make our God so unique His insistence of having no other Gods before him. As for the carnival ran by the church near were you live I see this as one of the many compromises that creep into the church. Look at the message it is sending to the world. We wonder why we don’t see the power of God in our churches, look what they have become. Everyone takes the story of Jesus cleansing the temple as throwing out the “crooked money changers” but if you read the passage he also drove out the people buying. Mt 21:12; Mk 11:15; Lu 19:45; Jn 2:15. I do not believe the church should engage in commerce of any type. EdB |