Deuteronomy 23:1-10

1 non intrabit eunuchus adtritis vel amputatis testiculis et absciso veretro ecclesiam Domini

2 non ingredietur mamzer hoc est de scorto natus in ecclesiam Domini usque ad decimam generationem

3 Ammanites et Moabites etiam post decimam generationem non intrabunt ecclesiam Domini in aeternum

4 quia noluerunt vobis occurrere cum pane et aqua in via quando egressi estis de Aegypto et quia conduxerunt contra te Balaam filium Beor de Mesopotamiam Syriae ut malediceret tib

5 et noluit Dominus Deus tuus audire Balaam vertitque maledictionem eius in benedictionem tuam eo quod diligeret te

6 non facies cum eis pacem nec quaeres eis bona cunctis diebus vitae tuae in sempiternum

7 non abominaberis Idumeum quia frater tuus est nec Aegyptium quia advena fuisti in terra eius

8 qui nati fuerint ex eis tertia generatione intrabunt ecclesiam Domini

9 quando egressus fueris adversus hostes tuos in pugnam custodies te ab omni re mala

10 si fuerit inter vos homo qui nocturno pollutus sit somnio egredietur extra castra

Deuteronomy 23:1-10 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.