Deuteronomy 23:14-24

14 "Since ¹the LORD your God walks in the midst of your camp to deliver you and to defeat your enemies before you, therefore your camp must be ²holy; and He must not see anything indecent among you or He will turn away from you

15 "³You shall not hand over to his master a slave who has escaped from his master to you.

16 "He shall live with you in your midst, in the place which he shall choose in one of your towns where it pleases him; ⁴you shall not mistreat him.

17 "⁵None of the daughters of Israel shall be a cult prostitute, ⁶nor shall any of the sons of Israel be a cult prostitute.

18 "You shall not bring the hire of a harlot or the wages of a ⁷dog into the house of the LORD your God for any votive offering, for both * of these are an abomination to the LORD your God.

19 "⁸You shall not charge interest to your countrymen: interest on money, food, or anything that may be loaned at interest

20 "⁹You may charge interest to a foreigner, but to your countrymen you shall not charge interest, so that ¹⁰the LORD your God may bless you in all that you undertake in the land which you are about to enter to possess.

21 "¹¹When you make a vow to the LORD your God, you shall not delay to pay it, for it would be sin in you, and the LORD your God will surely require it of you

22 "However, if you refrain from vowing, it would not be sin in you.

23 "You shall be careful to perform what goes out from your lips, just as you have voluntarily vowed to the LORD your God, what you have promised.

24 "When you enter your neighbor's vineyard, then you may eat grapes until you are fully satisfied, but you shall not put any in your basket.

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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 11

1. Leviticus 26:12
2. Exodus 3:5
3. 1 Samuel 30:15
4. Exodus 22:21; Proverbs 22:22
5. Leviticus 19:29; Deuteronomy 22:21
6. Genesis 19:5; 2 Kings 23:7
7. Leviticus 18:22; Leviticus 20:13
8. Exodus 22:25; Leviticus 25:35-37; Nehemiah 5:2-7; Psalms 15:5
9. Deuteronomy 28:12
10. Deuteronomy 15:10
11. Numbers 30:1, 2; Job 22:27; Psalms 61:8; Ecclesiastes 5:4, 5; Matthew 5:33

Footnotes 14

[a]. Lit "give"
[b]. Lit "nakedness of anything"
[c]. Lit "and"
[d]. Lit "delivered himself"
[e]. Lit "gates"
[f]. I.e. male prostitute, sodomite
[g]. Lit "brother"
[h]. Lit "brother"
[i]. Lit "the putting forth of your hand"
[j]. Lit "possess it"
[k]. Lit "for"
[l]. Lit "spoken with your mouth"
[m]. Lit "according to your satisfaction of your soul"
[n]. Or "vessel"

Deuteronomy 23:14-24

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Deuteronomy 23:14-24 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO DEUTERONOMY 23

Cross References 11

Footnotes 14