and after a while his master's wife began to desire Joseph and asked him to go to bed with her.

She caught him by his robe and said, "Come to bed with me." But he escaped and ran outside, leaving his robe in her hand.

When the Israelites were camped at Acacia Valley, the men began to have sexual intercourse with the Moabite women who were there.

One of the Israelites took a Midianite woman into his tent in the sight of Moses and the whole community, while they were mourning at the entrance of the Tent of the LORD's presence.

followed the man and the woman into the tent, and drove the spear through both of them. In this way the epidemic that was destroying Israel was stopped,

Remember that it was the women who followed Balaam's instructions and at Peor led the people to be unfaithful to the LORD. That was what brought the epidemic on the LORD's people.

A prostitute is paid, but you gave presents to all your lovers and bribed them to come from everywhere to sleep with you.

But this is what I have against you: you tolerate that woman Jezebel, who calls herself a messenger of God. By her teaching she misleads my servants into practicing sexual immorality and eating food that has been offered to idols.

But their insults cannot hurt me because the Sovereign LORD gives me help. I brace myself to endure them. I know that I will not be disgraced,

They are stubborn and do not respect me, so I am sending you to tell them what I, the Sovereign LORD, am saying to them.

"But you, mortal man, must not be afraid of them or of anything they say. They will defy and despise you; it will be like living among scorpions. Still, don't be afraid of those rebels or of anything they say.

But none of the people of Israel will be willing to listen; they will not even listen to me. All of them are stubborn and defiant.

I will make you as firm as a rock, as hard as a diamond; don't be afraid of those rebels."