Deuteronomy 23 | Strong's Bible

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CHAPTER 23

No man

with crushed

or severed

genitals

may enter

the assembly

of the LORD.

No

one of illegitimate birth

may enter

the assembly

of the LORD,

nor may any of his descendants,

even

to the tenth

generation.

No

Ammonite

or Moabite

or any of their descendants

may enter

the assembly

of the LORD,

even

to the tenth

generation.

For

they did not

meet

you with food

and water

on your way

out of

Egypt,

and

they hired

Balaam

son

of Beor

from Pethor

in Aram-naharaim

to curse you.

Yet the LORD

your God

would

not

listen

to

Balaam,

and the LORD

turned

the curse

into a blessing

for you,

because

the LORD

your God

loves you.

You are not to

seek

peace

or prosperity from them

as long as you live.

Do not

despise

an Edomite,

for

he

is your brother.

Do not

despise

an Egyptian,

because

you lived

as a foreigner

in his land.

The third

generation

of children

born

to them

may enter

the assembly

of the LORD.

When

you are encamped

against

your enemies,

then you shall keep yourself

from every

wicked

thing.

If

any man

among you

becomes

unclean

because of a nocturnal

emission,

he must leave

the camp

and stay

outside.

When evening

approaches,

he must wash

with water,

and when the sun

sets

he may return

to

the camp.

You must have

a place

outside

the camp

to go

and relieve yourself.

And you must have

a digging tool

in

your equipment

so that

when you relieve yourself

you can dig a hole

and cover up

your excrement.

For

the LORD

your God

walks

throughout

your camp

to protect you

and deliver

your enemies

to you.

Your camp

must be

holy,

lest

He see

anything

unclean

among you

and turn away

from you.

Do not

return

a slave

to

his master

if he has taken refuge

with you.

Let him live

among you

wherever

he chooses,

in

the town

of his pleasing.

Do not

oppress him.

No

daughter

or

son

of Israel

is to be

a cult prostitute.

You must not

bring

the wages

of a prostitute, whether female

or male,

into the house

of the LORD

your God

to fulfill any

vow,

because

both

are detestable

to the LORD

your God.

Do not

charge

your brother

interest

on money,

food,

or any

other

type of loan.

You may charge a foreigner

interest,

but not

your brother,

so that

the LORD

your God

may bless you

in everything

to which you put

your hand

in

the land

you

are entering

to possess.

If

you make

a vow

to the LORD

your God,

do not

be slow to keep it,

because

He

will surely require it

of you,

and you will be

guilty of sin.

But if

you refrain

from making a vow,

you will not

be

guilty of sin.

Be careful

to follow through

on what comes

from your lips,

because

you have freely

vowed

to the LORD

your God

with your own mouth.

When

you enter

your neighbor’s

vineyard,

you may eat

your

fill of

grapes,

but you must not

put

any in

your basket.

When

you enter

your neighbor’s

grainfield,

you may pluck

the heads of grain

with your hand,

but you must not

put

a sickle

to

your neighbor’s

grain.

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