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    Deuteronomy 23

    1 a23:1 This v. is 2 in MT, and so throughout the chapter. “No man whose testicles have been crushed b23:1 Or wounded or whose penis has been cut off may participate in the assembly of the LORD.ISV — Deuteronomy 23:1

    2 Furthermore, no one born due to an illicit sexual relationship may participate in the assembly of the LORD, including his descendants to the tenth generation.ISV — Deuteronomy 23:2

    3 “No Ammonite or Moabite may participate in the assembly of the LORD, and none of their descendants shall be admitted to the assembly of the LORD, to the tenth generation,ISV — Deuteronomy 23:3

    4 because they didn’t come to meet you with food and water along the way as you were coming out of Egypt. Instead, they hired Beor’s son Balaam from Pethor in Aram-naharaim c23:4 i.e. Mesopotamia to curse you.ISV — Deuteronomy 23:4

    5 However, the LORD your God didn’t listen to Balaam. The LORD your God turned Balaam’s d23:5 Lit. his curse into a blessing, because the LORD your God loves you.ISV — Deuteronomy 23:5

    6 Don’t seek a peace treaty with them as long as you live.ISV — Deuteronomy 23:6

    7 Don’t detest Edomites, since they are related to you. Don’t detest Egyptians, either, because you were strangers in their land.ISV — Deuteronomy 23:7

    8 Their grandchildren e23:8 Lit. Children born in the third generation may participate in the assembly of the LORD.”ISV — Deuteronomy 23:8

    9 “When you are encamped for battle against your enemies, be on guard against every form of impropriety.ISV — Deuteronomy 23:9

    10 If someone among you becomes unclean due to nocturnal emissions, he must leave the camp and stay outside.ISV — Deuteronomy 23:10

    11 As evening approaches he must wash himself with water. Then at sunset, he may return to the camp.ISV — Deuteronomy 23:11

    12 “Choose a place outside the camp for a latrine.ISV — Deuteronomy 23:12

    13 Include a spade among your equipment so that when you squat to relieve yourself, you can dig a hole and then cover your excrement.ISV — Deuteronomy 23:13

    14 For the LORD your God is on the move within your camp to deliver you and to hand your enemies over to you. Therefore your camp must be holy so that he will not see anything indecent among you and turn away from you.”ISV — Deuteronomy 23:14

    15 “Don’t hand over a slave who escaped from his master when he runs to you.ISV — Deuteronomy 23:15

    16 Let him live among you wherever he chooses in any of your cities that he likes. Don’t mistreat him.”ISV — Deuteronomy 23:16

    17 “There are to be no cultic prostitutes among the daughters or the sons of Israel.ISV — Deuteronomy 23:17

    18 Don’t bring the earnings of a female prostitute nor the income of a male prostitute into the house of the LORD your God as payment for any vow. Both of these are detestable to the LORD your God.”ISV — Deuteronomy 23:18

    19 “Don’t charge interest to your relatives, whether for money, food, or for anything that has been loaned at interest.ISV — Deuteronomy 23:19

    20 You may charge interest to a foreigner, but don’t charge interest to your relatives, so the LORD your God may bless you in everything you undertake in the land that you are about to enter and possess.ISV — Deuteronomy 23:20

    21 “When you make a vow to the LORD your God, don’t delay paying it, because the LORD your God will certainly demand payment from you, and then you will be guilty of sin.ISV — Deuteronomy 23:21

    22 But if you refrain from making a vow, then you won’t be guilty.ISV — Deuteronomy 23:22

    23 Be sure you do whatever you promise, because you have given your word voluntarily to the LORD your God.ISV — Deuteronomy 23:23

    24 “When you enter your countrymen’s vineyard, you may eat the grapes to your satisfaction, but don’t take any in a basket.ISV — Deuteronomy 23:24

    25 When you enter your countrymen’s grain fields, you may pluck the grain with your hand, but don’t put a sickle to his standing grain.”ISV — Deuteronomy 23:25

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