A DOG — and in the Hebrew Bible never a pet. It is the scavenger at the edge of a town that licks blood and eats what is thrown out, and the word for a man who has been reduced to nothing. Exodus 22:31 (already on these pages) tells Israel to throw torn flesh to the dogs, Exodus 11:7 promises that on the night of the plague not a dog shall sharpen its tongue against Israel, and Goliath asks David am I a dog? (1 Samuel 17:43, not yet on these pages). ⭐ Deuteronomy 23:19 is the word's one appearance in Deuteronomy, and it has been read three ways: as the animal, whose sale price may not be vowed to the sanctuary; as a slur for the qadesh, the consecrated man of the verse before, so that the price of a dog answers the wage of a prostitute; and, in the modern versions, as a male prostitute of any kind. The older shelf prints the animal and the newer half prints the man; the Hebrew prints kelev. ⚠ The New Testament keeps the animal's standing exactly: Matthew 7:6, do not give what is holy to the dogs, and Revelation 22:15, where the dogs are left outside the city with the sorcerers — both already on these pages. ⚠ The consonants also spell CALEB, the spy of Numbers 13, and kelavi, a lion, so a search for the word must be read and not counted. → first discussed at Deut 23:19