Deuteronomy 23:14-24

14 Because ¹the LORD your God walks in the midst of your camp, to deliver you and to give up your enemies before you, therefore your camp must be holy, so that he may not see anything indecent among you and turn away from you

Miscellaneous Laws

15 ²"You shall not give up to his master a slave who has escaped from his master to you.

16 He shall dwell with you, in your midst, in the place that he shall choose within one of your towns, wherever it suits him. You shall not wrong him.

17 "None of the ³daughters of Israel shall be a cult prostitute, and none ⁴of the sons of Israel shall be a cult prostitute.

18 You shall not bring the fee of a prostitute or the wages of a dog^[a] into the house of the LORD your God in payment for any vow, for both of these are an abomination to the LORD your God.

19 ⁵"You shall not charge interest on loans to your brother, ⁶interest on money, interest on food, interest on anything that is lent for interest

20 ⁷You may charge a foreigner interest, but you may not charge your brother interest, ⁸that the LORD your God may bless you in all that you undertake in the land that you are entering to take possession of it.

21 ⁹"If you make a vow to the LORD your God, you shall not delay fulfilling it, for the LORD your God will surely require it of you, and you will be guilty of sin

22 But if you refrain from vowing, you will not be guilty of sin.

23 You shall be careful to do what has passed your lips, for you have voluntarily vowed to the LORD your God what you have promised with your mouth.

24 "If you go into your neighbor's vineyard, you may eat your fill of grapes, as many as you wish, but you shall not put any in your bag.

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Deuteronomy 23:14-24 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO DEUTERONOMY 23

Orders are here given to restrain certain persons from entering into the congregation of the Lord, De 23:1-8, and to take care that there be no unclean person in the camp, or any indecent thing done in it, De 23:9-14, to protect fugitive servants, and not deliver them up to their masters, De 23:15,16 not to suffer a filthy person to be among them, or any filthy thing to be brought into the house of God for a vow, De 23:17,18, then follow some laws against usury, and for the payment of vows, De 23:19-23, and the chapter is concluded with some directions how to behave in a neighbour's vineyard, or standing corn, De 23:24,25.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Cross References 9

1. Leviticus 26:12
2. 1 Samuel 30:15
3. Leviticus 19:29
4. 1 Kings 14:24; 1 Kings 15:12; 1 Kings 22:46; 2 Kings 23:7
5. See Exodus 22:25
6. [Nehemiah 5:10]
7. [Deuteronomy 15:3]
8. Deuteronomy 15:10
9. [Psalms 66:13, 14; Psalms 76:11]; See Numbers 30:2

Footnotes 1

[a]. Or male prostitute

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