Deuteronomy 23

1 An eunuch, whose testicles are broken or cut away, or yard cut off, shall not enter into the church of the Lord.

He that is wounded in the stones, or has his privy member cut off, shall not enter into the congregation of the LORD.

2 A mamzer, that is to say, one born of a prostitute, shall not enter into the church of the Lord, until the tenth generation.

A bastard shall not enter into the congregation of the LORD; even to his tenth generation shall he not enter into the congregation of the LORD.

3 The Ammonite and the Moabite, even after the tenth generation shall not enter into the church of the Lord for ever:

An Ammonite or Moabite shall not enter into the congregation of the LORD; even to their tenth generation shall they not enter into the congregation of the LORD for ever:

4 Because they would not meet you with bread and water in the way, when you came out of Egypt: hand because they hired against thee Balaam, the son of Beer, from Mesopotamia in Syria, to curse thee.

Because they met you not with bread and with water in the way, when you came forth out of Egypt; and because they hired against you Balaam the son of Beor of Pethor of Mesopotamia, to curse you.

5 And the Lord thy God would not hear Balaam, and he turned his cursing into thy blessing, because he loved thee.

Nevertheless the LORD your God would not listen to Balaam; but the LORD your God turned the curse into a blessing to you, because the LORD your God loved you.

6 Thou shalt not make peace with them, neither shalt thou seek their prosperity all the days of thy life for ever.

You shall not seek their peace nor their prosperity all your days for ever.

7 Thou shalt not abhor the Edomite, because he is thy brother: nor the Egyptian, because thou wast a stranger in his land.

You shall not abhor an Edomite; for he is your brother: you shall not abhor an Egyptian; because you were a stranger in his land.

8 They that are born of them, in the third generation shall enter into the church of the Lord.

The children that are begotten of them shall enter into the congregation of the LORD in their third generation.

9 When thou goest out to war against thy enemies, thou shalt keep thyself from every evil thing.

When the host goes forth against your enemies, then keep you from every wicked thing.

10 If there be among you any man, that is defiled in a dream by night, he shall go forth out of the camp.

If there be among you any man, that is not clean by reason of uncleanness that chances him by night, then shall he go abroad out of the camp, he shall not come within the camp:

11 And shall not return, before he be washed with water in the evening: and after sunset he shall return into the camp.

But it shall be, when evening comes on, he shall wash himself with water: and when the sun is down, he shall come into the camp again.

12 Thou shalt have a place without the camp, to which thou mayst go for the necessities of nature,

You shall have a place also without the camp, where you shall go forth abroad:

13 Carrying a paddle at thy girdle. And when thou sittest down, thou shalt dig round about, and with the earth that is dug up thou shalt cover

And you shall have a paddle on your weapon; and it shall be, when you will ease yourself abroad, you shall dig therewith, and shall turn back and cover that which comes from you:

14 That which thou art eased of: (for the Lord thy God walketh in the midst of thy camp, to deliver thee, and to give up thy enemies to thee: ) and let thy camp be holy, and let no uncleanness appear therein, lest he go away from thee.

For the LORD your God walks in the middle of your camp, to deliver you, and to give up your enemies before you; therefore shall your camp be holy: that he see no unclean thing in you, and turn away from you.

15 Thou shalt not deliver to his master the servant that is fled to thee.

You shall not deliver to his master the servant which is escaped from his master to you:

16 He shall dwell with thee ill the place that shall please him, and shall rest, in one of thy cities: give him no trouble.

He shall dwell with you, even among you, in that place which he shall choose in one of your gates, where it likes him best: you shall not oppress him.

17 There shall be no whore among the daughters of Israel, nor whoremonger among the sons of Israel.

There shall be no whore of the daughters of Israel, nor a sodomite of the sons of Israel.

18 Thou shalt not offer the hire of a strumpet, nor the price of a dog, in the house of the Lord thy God, whatsoever it be that thou hast vowed: because both these are an abomination to the Lord thy God.

You shall not bring the hire of a whore, or the price of a dog, into the house of the LORD your God for any vow: for even both these are abomination to the LORD your God.

19 Thou shalt not lend to thy brother money to usury, nor corn, nor any other thing:

You shall not lend on usury to your brother; usury of money, usury of victuals, usury of any thing that is lent on usury:

20 But to the stranger. To thy brother thou shalt lend that which he wanteth, without usury: that the Lord thy God may bless thee in all thy works in the land, which thou shalt go in to possess.

To a stranger you may lend on usury; but to your brother you shall not lend on usury: that the LORD your God may bless you in all that you set your hand to in the land where you go to possess it.

21 When thou hast made a vow to the Lord thy God, thou shalt not delay to pay it: because the Lord thy God will require it. And if thou delay, it shall be imputed to thee for a sin.

When you shall vow a vow to the LORD your God, you shall not slack to pay it: for the LORD your God will surely require it of you; and it would be sin in you.

22 If thou wilt not promise, thou shalt be without sin.

But if you shall forbear to vow, it shall be no sin in you.

23 But that which is once gone out of thy lips, thou shalt observe, and shalt do as thou hast promised to the Lord thy God, and hast spoken with thy own will and with thy own mouth.

That which is gone out of your lips you shall keep and perform; even a freewill offering, according as you have vowed to the LORD your God, which you have promised with your mouth.

24 Going into thy neighbour’s vineyard, thou mayst eat as many grapes as thou pleasest: but must carry none out with thee:

When you come into your neighbor’s vineyard, then you may eat grapes your fill at your own pleasure; but you shall not put any in your vessel.

25 If thou go into thy friend’s corn, thou mayst break the ears, and rub them in thy hand: but not reap them with a sickle.

When you come into the standing corn of your neighbor, then you may pluck the ears with your hand; but you shall not move a sickle to your neighbor’s standing corn.