Deuteronomy 23:4-14

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

11 et non revertetur priusquam ad vesperam lavetur aqua et post solis occasum regredietur in castra

12 habebis locum extra castra ad quem egrediaris ad requisita naturae

13 gerens paxillum in balteo cumque sederis fodies per circuitum et egesta humo operies

14 quo relevatus es Dominus enim Deus tuus ambulat in medio castrorum ut eruat te et tradat tibi inimicos tuos ut sint castra tua sancta et nihil in eis appareat foeditatis nec derelinquat t

Deuteronomy 23:4-14 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.