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Deuteronomy 23:7-17

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7 "You shall not detest an Edomite, for 1he is your brother; you shall not detest an Egyptian, 2because you were an alien in his land.
8 "The sons of the third generation who are born to them may enter the assembly of the LORD.
9 "When you go out as an army against your enemies, you shall keep yourself from every evil thing.
10 "3If there is among you any man who is unclean * because of a nocturnal emission, then he must go outside * * the camp; he may not reenter * the camp.
11 "But it shall be when evening approaches, he shall bathe himself with water, and at sundown * he may reenter * the camp.
12 "You shall also have a place outside * the camp and go out there,
13 and you shall have a spade among your tools, and it shall be when you sit down outside, you shall dig with it and shall turn to cover up your excrement.
14 "Since 4the 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 5holy; and He must not see anything indecent among you or He will turn away from you
15 "6You 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; 7you shall not mistreat him.
17 "8None of the daughters of Israel shall be a cult prostitute, 9nor shall any of the sons of Israel be a cult prostitute.
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Deuteronomy 23:7-17 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. Genesis 25:24-26; Obad 10, 12
  • 2. Exodus 22:21; Exodus 23:9; Leviticus 19:34; Deuteronomy 10:19
  • 3. Leviticus 15:16
  • 4. Leviticus 26:12
  • 5. Exodus 3:5
  • 6. 1 Samuel 30:15
  • 7. Exodus 22:21; Proverbs 22:22
  • 8. Leviticus 19:29; Deuteronomy 22:21
  • 9. Genesis 19:5; 2 Kings 23:7

Footnotes 10

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