Douay-Rheims Catholic Bible RHE
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1 An eunuch, whose testicles are broken or cut away, or yard cut off, shall not enter into the church of the Lord.
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No one whose testicles are crushed or whose penis is cut off shall be admitted to the assembly of the Lord.
2 A mamzer, that is to say, one born of a prostitute, shall not enter into the church of the Lord, until the tenth generation.
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Those born of an illicit union shall not be admitted to the assembly of the Lord. Even to the tenth generation, none of their descendants shall be admitted to the assembly of the Lord.
3 The Ammonite and the Moabite, even after the tenth generation shall not enter into the church of the Lord for ever:
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No Ammonite or Moabite shall be admitted to the assembly of the Lord. Even to the tenth generation, none of their descendants shall be admitted to the assembly of the Lord,
4 Because they would not meet you with bread and water in the way, when you came out of Egypt: and because they hired against thee Balaam, the son of Beor, from Mesopotamia in Syria, to curse thee
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because they did not meet you with food and water on your journey out of Egypt, and because they hired against you Balaam son of Beor, from Pethor of Mesopotamia, to curse you
5 And the Lord thy God would not hear Balaam, and he turned his cursing into thy blessing, because he loved thee.
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(Yet the Lord your God refused to heed Balaam; the Lord your God turned the curse into a blessing for you, because the Lord your God loved you.)
6 Thou shalt not make peace with them, neither shalt thou seek their prosperity all the days of thy life for ever.
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You shall never promote their welfare or their prosperity as long as you live.
7 Thou shalt not abhor the Edomite, because he is thy brother: nor the Egyptian, because thou wast a stranger in his land.
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You shall not abhor any of the Edomites, for they are your kin. You shall not abhor any of the Egyptians, because you were an alien residing in their land.
8 They that are born of them, in the third generation shall enter into the church of the Lord.
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The children of the third generation that are born to them may be admitted to the assembly of the Lord.
9 When thou goest out to war against thy enemies, thou shalt keep thyself from every evil thing.
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When you are encamped against your enemies you shall guard against any impropriety.
10 If there be among you any man, that is defiled in a dream by night, he shall go forth out of the camp,
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If one of you becomes unclean because of a nocturnal emission, then he shall go outside the camp; he must not come within the camp.
11 And shall not return, before he be washed with water in the evening: and after sunset he shall return into the camp.
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When evening comes, he shall wash himself with water, and when the sun has set, he may come back into the camp.
12 Thou shalt have a place without the camp, to which thou mayst go for the necessities of nature,
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You shall have a designated area outside the camp to which you shall go.
13 Carrying a paddle at thy girdle. And when thou sittest down, thou shalt dig round about, and with the earth that is dug up thou shalt cover
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With your utensils you shall have a trowel; when you relieve yourself outside, you shall dig a hole with it and then cover up your excrement.
14 That which thou art eased of: (for the Lord thy God walketh in the midst of thy camp, to deliver thee, and to give up thy enemies to thee:) and let thy camp be holy, and let no uncleanness appear therein, lest he go away from thee
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Because the Lord your God travels along with your camp, to save you and to hand over your enemies to you, therefore your camp must be holy, so that he may not see anything indecent among you and turn away from you
15 Thou shalt not deliver to his master the servant that is fled to thee.
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Slaves who have escaped to you from their owners shall not be given back to them.
16 He shall dwell with thee in the place that shall please him, and shall rest in one of thy cities: give him no trouble.
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They shall reside with you, in your midst, in any place they choose in any one of your towns, wherever they please; you shall not oppress them.
17 There shall be no whore among the daughters of Israel, nor whoremonger among the sons of Israel.
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None of the daughters of Israel shall be a temple prostitute; none of the sons of Israel shall be a temple prostitute.
18 Thou shalt not offer the hire of a strumpet, nor the price of a dog, in the house of the Lord thy God, whatsoever it be that thou hast vowed: because both these are an abomination to the Lord thy God.
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You shall not bring the fee of a prostitute or the wages of a male prostitute into the house of the Lord your God in payment for any vow, for both of these are abhorrent to the Lord your God.
19 Thou shalt not lend to thy brother money to usury, nor corn, nor any other thing
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You shall not charge interest on loans to another Israelite, interest on money, interest on provisions, interest on anything that is lent
20 But to the stranger. To thy brother thou shalt lend that which he wanteth, without usury: that the Lord thy God may bless thee in all thy works in the land, which thou shalt go in to possess.
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On loans to a foreigner you may charge interest, but on loans to another Israelite you may not charge interest, so that the Lord your God may bless you in all your undertakings in the land that you are about to enter and possess.
21 When thou hast made a vow to the Lord thy God, thou shalt not delay to pay it: because the Lord thy God will require it. And if thou delay, it shall be imputed to thee for a sin
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If you make a vow to the Lord your God, do not postpone fulfilling it; for the Lord your God will surely require it of you, and you would incur guilt
22 If thou wilt not promise, that shalt be without sin.
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But if you refrain from vowing, you will not incur guilt.
23 But that which is once gone out of thy lips, thou shalt observe, and shalt do as thou hast promised to the Lord thy God, and hast spoken with thy own will and with thy own mouth.
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Whatever your lips utter you must diligently perform, just as you have freely vowed to the Lord your God with your own mouth.
24 Going into thy neighbour’s vineyard, thou mayst eat as many grapes as thou pleasest: but must carry none out with thee:
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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 a container.
25 If thou go into thy friend’s corn, thou mayst break the ears, and rub them in thy hand: but not reap them with a sickle.
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If you go into your neighbor's standing grain, you may pluck the ears with your hand, but you shall not put a sickle to your neighbor's standing grain.
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