Deuteronomy
Chapter Twenty-Three
1 ¶ "He who
is emasculated by crushing or mutilation shall not enter the assembly of the
LORD.
2 "One of illegitimate birth shall not enter the assembly of the LORD;
even to the tenth generation none of his descendants shall enter the assembly
of the LORD.
3 "An Ammonite or Moabite shall not enter the assembly of the LORD; even
to the tenth generation none of his descendants shall enter the assembly of
the LORD forever,
4 "because they did not meet you with bread and water on the road when
you came out of Egypt, and because they hired against you Balaam the son of
Beor from Pethor of Mesopotamia, to curse you.
5 "Nevertheless the LORD your God would not listen to Balaam, but the LORD
your God turned the curse into a blessing for you, because the LORD your God
loves you.
6 "You shall not seek their peace nor their prosperity all your days forever.
7 "You shall not abhor an Edomite, for he is your brother. You shall not
abhor an Egyptian, because you were an alien in his land.
8 "The children of the third generation born to them may enter the assembly
of the LORD.
9 ¶ "When the army goes out against your enemies, then keep yourself
from every wicked thing.
10 "If there is any man among you who becomes unclean by some occurrence
in the night, then he shall go outside the camp; he shall not come inside the
camp.
11 "But it shall be, when evening comes, that he shall wash with water;
and when the sun sets, he may come into the camp.
12 "Also you shall have a place outside the camp, where you may go out;
13 "and you shall have an implement among your equipment, and when you
sit down outside, you shall dig with it and turn and cover your refuse.
14 "For the LORD your God walks in the midst of your camp, to deliver you
and give your enemies over to you; therefore your camp shall be holy, that He
may see no unclean thing among you, and turn away from you.
15 ¶ "You shall not give back to his master the slave who has escaped
from his master to you.
16 "He may dwell with you in your midst, in the place which he chooses
within one of your gates, where it seems best to him; you shall not oppress
him.
17 "There shall be no ritual harlot of the daughters of Israel, or a perverted
one of the sons of Israel.
18 "You shall not bring the wages of a harlot or the price of a dog to
the house of the LORD your God for any vowed offering, for both of these are
an abomination to the LORD your God.
19 "You shall not charge interest to your brother-interest on money or
food or anything that is lent out at interest.
20 "To a foreigner you may charge interest, but to your brother you shall
not charge interest, that the LORD your God may bless you in all to which you
set your hand in the land which you are entering to possess.
21 "When you make a vow to the LORD your God, you shall not delay to pay
it; for the LORD your God will surely require it of you, and it would be sin
to you.
22 "But if you abstain from vowing, it shall not be sin to you.
23 "That which has gone from your lips you shall keep and perform, for
you voluntarily vowed to the LORD your God what you have promised with your
mouth.
24 "When you come into your neighbor's vineyard, you may eat your fill
of grapes at your pleasure, but you shall not put any in your container.
25 "When you come into your neighbor's standing grain, you may pluck the
heads with your hand, but you shall not use a sickle on your neighbor's standing
grain.
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