Deuteronomy 23 (New International Version)

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Exclusion From the Assembly

1 No one who has been emasculated¹ by crushing or cutting may enter the assembly of the Lord. 2 No one born of a forbidden marriage^a nor any of his descendants may enter the assembly of the Lord, even down to the tenth generation. 3 No Ammonite² or Moabite or any of his descendants may enter the assembly of the Lord, even down to the tenth generation.³ 4 For they did not come to meet you with bread and water⁴ on your way when you came out of Egypt, and they hired Balaam⁵ son of Beor from Pethor in Aram Naharaim^b⁶ to pronounce a curse on you.⁷ 5 However, the LORD your God would not listen to Balaam but turned the curse⁸ into a blessing for you, because the LORD your God loves⁹ you. 6 Do not seek a treaty¹⁰ of friendship with them as long as you live.¹¹ 7 Do not abhor an Edomite,¹² for he is your brother.¹³ Do not abhor an Egyptian, because you lived as an alien in his country.¹⁴ 8 The third generation of children born to them may enter the assembly of the Lord.

Uncleanness in the Camp

9 When you are encamped against your enemies, keep away from everything impure.¹⁵ 10 If one of your men is unclean because of a nocturnal emission, he is to go outside the camp and stay there.¹⁶ 11 But as evening approaches he is to wash himself, and at sunset¹⁷ he may return to the camp.¹⁸ 12 Designate a place outside the camp where you can go to relieve yourself. 13 As part of your equipment have something to dig with, and when you relieve yourself, dig a hole and cover up your excrement. 14 For the LORD your God moves¹⁹ about in your camp to protect you and to deliver your enemies to you. Your camp must be holy,²⁰ so that he will not see among you anything indecent and turn away from you.

Miscellaneous Laws

15 If a slave has taken refuge²¹ with you, do not hand him over to his master.²² 16 Let him live among you wherever he likes and in whatever town he chooses. Do not oppress²³ him. 17 No Israelite man²⁴ or woman is to become a shrine prostitute.²⁵ 18 You must not bring the earnings of a female prostitute or of a male prostitute^c into the house of the LORD your God to pay any vow, because the LORD your God detests them both.²⁶ 19 Do not charge your brother interest, whether on money or food or anything else that may earn interest.²⁷ 20 You may charge a foreigner²⁸ interest, but not a brother Israelite, so that the LORD your God may bless²⁹ you in everything you put your hand to in the land you are entering to possess. 21 If you make a vow to the LORD your God, do not be slow to pay it,³⁰ for the LORD your God will certainly demand it of you and you will be guilty of sin.³¹ 22 But if you refrain from making a vow, you will not be guilty.³² 23 Whatever your lips utter you must be sure to do, because you made your vow freely to the LORD your God with your own mouth. 24 If you enter your neighbor's vineyard, you may eat all the grapes you want, but do not put any in your basket. 25 If you enter your neighbor's grainfield, you may pick kernels with your hands, but you must not put a sickle to his standing grain.³³

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a. Deuteronomy 23:2 - Or "one of illegitimate birth"

b. Deuteronomy 23:4 - That is, Northwest Mesopotamia

c. Deuteronomy 23:18 - Hebrew "of a dog"

1. Deuteronomy 23:1 - S Lev 21:20

2. Deuteronomy 23:3 - S Ge 19:38

3. Deuteronomy 23:3 - ver 4; Ne 13:2

4. Deuteronomy 23:4 - Dt 2:28

5. Deuteronomy 23:4 - S Nu 22:5-6; 23:7; S 2Pe 2:15

6. Deuteronomy 23:4 - S Ge 24:10

7. Deuteronomy 23:4 - S ver 3

8. Deuteronomy 23:5 - Nu 24:10; Jos 24:10; Pr 26:2

9. Deuteronomy 23:5 - S Dt 4:37

10. Deuteronomy 23:6 - S Nu 24:17; Isa 15:1; 25:10; Jer 25:21; 27:3; 48:1; Eze 25:8; Zep 2:9

11. Deuteronomy 23:6 - Ezr 9:12; Mt 5:43

12. Deuteronomy 23:7 - S Ge 25:30

13. Deuteronomy 23:7 - S Ge 25:26; Ob 1:10,12

14. Deuteronomy 23:7 - Ex 22:21; 23:9; S Lev 19:34; Dt 10:19

15. Deuteronomy 23:9 - Lev 15:1-33

16. Deuteronomy 23:10 - Lev 15:16

17. Deuteronomy 23:11 - S Lev 15:16

18. Deuteronomy 23:11 - 1Sa 21:5

19. Deuteronomy 23:14 - S Ge 3:8; Lev 26:12

20. Deuteronomy 23:14 - Ex 3:5

21. Deuteronomy 23:15 - 2Sa 22:3; Ps 2:12; 71:1

22. Deuteronomy 23:15 - 1Sa 30:15

23. Deuteronomy 23:16 - Ex 22:21; S 23:6

24. Deuteronomy 23:17 - Ge 19:25; 1Ki 14:24; 15:12; 22:46; 2Ki 23:7; Job 36:14

25. Deuteronomy 23:17 - S Ge 38:21; Lev 19:29; Dt 22:21

26. Deuteronomy 23:18 - S Ge 19:5; S Lev 20:13; Rev 22:15

27. Deuteronomy 23:19 - Ex 22:25; S Lev 25:35-37; Ne 5:2-7

28. Deuteronomy 23:20 - S Ge 31:15; S Dt 15:3

29. Deuteronomy 23:20 - Dt 15:10; 28:12

30. Deuteronomy 23:21 - S Nu 6:21; Jdg 11:35; Ps 15:4

31. Deuteronomy 23:21 - Nu 30:1-2; Job 22:27; Ps 61:8; 65:1; 76:11; Ecc 5:4-5; Isa 19:21; S Mt 5:33; Ac 5:3

32. Deuteronomy 23:22 - Ac 5:4

33. Deuteronomy 23:25 - Mt 12:1; Mk 2:23; Lk 6:1

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