Deuteronomy Chapter 23

Deuteronomy Chapter 23
1 None that is hurt by bursting, or that
hath his privy member cut off, shall enter
into the congregation of the Lord.
2 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
Ammonites and the Moabites shall not
enter into the congregation of the Lord:
even to their tenth generation shall they
not enter into the congregation of the
Lord forever,
4 Because they met you not with bread
and water in the way, when ye came out
of Egypt, and because they hired against
thee Balaam the son of Beor, of Pethor
in Mesopotamia, to curse thee.
5 Nevertheless, the Lord thy God would
not hearken unto Balaam, but the Lord
thy God turned the curse to a blessing
unto thee, because the Lord thy God
loved thee.
6 Thou shalt not seek their peace nor
their prosperity all thy days forever. 7
Thou shalt not abhor an Edomite: for he
is thy brother, neither shalt thou abhor an
Egyptian, because thou wast a stranger
in his land.
8 The children that are begotten of them
in their third generation, shall enter into
the congregation of the Lord.
9 When thou goest out with the host
against thine enemies, keep thee then
from all wickedness.
10 If there be among you any that is
unclean by that which cometh to him by
night, he shall go out of the host, and
shall not enter into the host, 11 But at
even he shall wash himself with water,
and when the sun is down, he shall enter
into the host.
12 Thou shalt have a place also without
the host whither thou shalt resort, 13
And thou shalt have a paddle among thy
weapons, and when thou wouldest sit
down without, thou shalt dig therewith,
and returning thou shalt cover thine
excrements.
14 For the Lord thy God walketh in the
midst of thy camp to deliver thee, and to
give thee thine enemies before thee:
therefore thine host shall be holy, that he
see no filthy thing in thee and turn away
from thee.
15 Thou shalt not deliver the servant
unto his master, which is escaped from
his master unto thee.
16 He shall dwell with thee, even among
you, in what place he shall choose, in
one of thy cities where it liketh him best:
thou shalt not vex him. 17 There shall be
no whore of the daughters of Israel,
neither shall there be a whore keeper of
the sons of Israel.
18 Thou shalt neither bring the hire of a
whore, nor the price of a dog into the
house of the Lord thy God for any vow:
for even both these are abomination unto
the Lord thy God.
19 Thou shalt not give to usury to thy
brother: as usury of money, usury of
meat, usury of anything that is put to
usury.
20 Unto a stranger thou mayest lend upon
usury, but thou shalt not lend upon usury
unto thy brother, that the Lord thy God
may bless thee in all that thou settest
thine hand to, in the land whither thou
goest to possess it. 21 When thou shalt
vow a vow unto the Lord thy God, thou
shalt not be slack to pay it: for the Lord
thy God will surely require it of thee,
and so it should be sin unto thee.
22 But when thou abstainest from
vowing, it shall be no sin unto thee. 23
That which is gone out of thy lips, thou
shalt keep and perform, as thou hast
vowed it willingly unto the Lord thy
God: for thou hast spoken it with thy
mouth.
24 When thou comest unto thy neighbor’s
vineyard, then thou mayest eat grapes at
thy pleasure, as much as thou wilt: but
thou shalt put none in thy vessel.
25 When thou comest into thy neighbor’s
corn thou mayest pluck the ears with
thine hand, but thou shalt not move a
sickle to thy neighbor’s corn.