Deuteronomy 23
1 No man with crushed or severed genitals may enter the assembly of the LORD.
'One wounded, bruised, or cut in the member doth not enter into the assembly of Jehovah;
2 No one of illegitimate birth may enter the assembly of the LORD, nor may any of his descendants, even to the tenth generation.
a bastard doth not enter into the assembly of Jehovah; even a tenth generation of him doth not enter into the assembly of Jehovah.
3 No Ammonite or Moabite or any of their descendants may enter the assembly of the LORD, even to the tenth generation.
'An Ammonite and a Moabite doth not enter into the assembly of Jehovah; even a tenth generation of them doth not enter into the assembly of Jehovah — to the age;
4 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.
because that they have not come before you with bread and with water in the way, in your coming out from Egypt, and because he hath hired against thee Balaam son of Beor, of Pethor of Aram-Naharaim, to revile thee;
5 Yet the LORD your God would not listen to Balaam, and the LORD your God turned the curse into a blessing for you, because the LORD your God loves you.
and Jehovah thy God hath not been willing to hearken unto Balaam, and Jehovah thy God doth turn for thee the reviling to a blessing, because Jehovah thy God hath loved thee;
6 You are not to seek peace or prosperity from them as long as you live.
thou dost not seek their peace and their good all thy days — to the age.
7 Do not despise an Edomite, for he is your brother. Do not despise an Egyptian, because you lived as a foreigner in his land.
'Thou dost not abominate an Edomite, for thy brother he [is]; thou dost not abominate an Egyptian, for a sojourner thou hast been in his land;
8 The third generation of children born to them may enter the assembly of the LORD.
sons who are begotten of them, a third generation of them, doth enter into the assembly of Jehovah.
9 When you are encamped against your enemies, then you shall keep yourself from every wicked thing.
'When a camp goeth out against thine enemies, then thou hast kept from every evil thing.
10 If any man among you becomes unclean because of a nocturnal emission, he must leave the camp and stay outside.
'When there is in thee a man who is not clean, from an accident at night — then he hath gone out unto the outside of the camp — he doth not come in unto the midst of the camp —
11 When evening approaches, he must wash with water, and when the sun sets he may return to the camp.
and it hath been, at the turning of the evening, he doth bathe with water, and at the going in of the sun he doth come in unto the midst of the camp.
12 You must have a place outside the camp to go and relieve yourself.
'And a station thou hast at the outside of the camp, and thou hast gone out thither without,
13 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.
and a nail thou hast on thy staff, and it hath been, in thy sitting without, that thou hast digged with it, and turned back, and covered thy filth;
14 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.
for Jehovah thy God is walking up and down in the midst of thy camp, to deliver thee, and to give thine enemies before thee, and thy camp hath been holy, and He doth not see in thee the nakedness of anything, and hath turned back from after thee.
15 Do not return a slave to his master if he has taken refuge with you.
'Thou dost not shut up a servant unto his lord, who is delivered unto thee from his lord;
16 Let him live among you wherever he chooses, in the town of his pleasing. Do not oppress him.
with thee he doth dwell, in thy midst, in the place which he chooseth within one of thy gates, where it is pleasing to him; thou dost not oppress him.
17 No daughter or son of Israel is to be a shrine prostitute.
'There is not a whore among the daughters of Israel, nor is there a whoremonger among the sons of Israel;
18 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.
thou dost not bring a gift of a whore, or a price of a dog, into the house of Jehovah thy God, for any vow; for the abomination of Jehovah thy God [are] even both of them.
19 Do not charge your brother interest on money, food, or any other type of loan.
'Thou dost not lend in usury to thy brother; usury of money, usury of food, usury of anything which is lent on usury.
20 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 that you are entering to possess.
To a stranger thou mayest lend in usury, and to thy brother thou dost not lend in usury, so that Jehovah thy God doth bless thee in every putting forth of thy hand on the land whither thou goest in to possess it.
21 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.
'When thou vowest a vow to Jehovah thy God, thou dost not delay to complete it; for Jehovah thy God doth certainly require it from thee, and it hath been in thee — sin.
22 But if you refrain from making a vow, you will not be guilty of sin.
'And when thou forbearest to vow, it is not in thee a sin.
23 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.
The produce of thy lips thou dost keep, and hast done [it], as thou hast vowed to Jehovah thy God; a free-will-offering, which thou hast spoken with thy mouth.
24 When you enter your neighbor’s vineyard, you may eat your fill of grapes, but you must not put any in your basket.
'When thou comest in unto the vineyard of thy neighbour, then thou hast eaten grapes, according to thy desire, thy sufficiency; but into thy vessel thou dost not put [any].
25 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.
When thou comest in among the standing-corn of thy neighbour, then thou hast plucked the ears with thy hand, but a sickle thou dost not wave over the standing-corn of thy neighbour.
