-(The inhabitants of Sodom, many of whom openly practiced homosexuality) -Wickedness of Genesis 19:4-14 -Destroyed by fire as a judgement Genesis 19:24, 25 -To be judged according to opportunity Matthew 11:24; Luke 10:12 -A proverbial term of reproach applied to those who practiced sodomy (ritual homosexuality) Deuteronomy 23:17; I Kings 14:24; 15:12; 22:46; II Kings 23:7; Job 36:14 -The word "harlot" ("shrine prostitute" (N. I. V.)) appears in Genesis 38:21, 22 -And is applied to males Deuteronomy 23:17 -And is the translation of a Hebrew feminine form of the word translated elsewhere "sodomite" Hosea 4:14 -See SODOMY
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