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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width; initial-scale=1.0; maximum-scale=1.0; user-scalable=0;"/><title>Deuteronomy 23 New American Bible</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/deuteronomy/23.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="/bmcc/deuteronomy/23-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com/catholic">Bible</a> > <a href="../">NABRE</a> > Deuteronomy 23</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../deuteronomy/22.htm" title="Deuteronomy 22">◄</a> Deuteronomy 23 <a href="../deuteronomy/24.htm" title="Deuteronomy 24">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">New American Bible Revised Edition</td><td width="1%" valign="top"></td></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><section id="ch05023" class="chapter"> <h1 id="cn05023" class="cn"></h1> <p class="pf"><span id="v05023001" class="ver">1</span>A man shall not marry his father’s wife,<a id="rfn05023001-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn05023001-1">*</a> nor shall he dishonor his father’s bed.<a id="ren05023001-a" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en05023001-a">a</a></p> <p class="psec"><span class="hemb">Membership in the Assembly.</span> <span id="v05023002" class="ver">2</span><a id="rfn05023002-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn05023002-1">*</a> No one whose testicles have been crushed or whose penis has been cut off may come into the assembly of the <span class="tetr">Lord</span>.<a id="ren05023002-b" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en05023002-b">b</a> <span id="v05023003" class="ver">3</span>No one born of an illicit union may come into the assembly of the <span class="tetr">Lord</span>, nor any descendant of such even to the tenth generation may come into the assembly of the <span class="tetr">Lord</span>.<a id="ren05023003-c" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en05023003-c">c</a> <span id="v05023004" class="ver">4</span><a id="ren05023004-d" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en05023004-d">d</a> No Ammonite or Moabite may ever come into the assembly of the <span class="tetr">Lord</span>, nor may any of their descendants even to the tenth generation come into the assembly of the <span class="tetr">Lord</span>, <span id="v05023005" class="ver">5</span>because they would not come to meet you with food and water on your journey after you left Egypt, and because they hired Balaam, son of Beor, from Pethor in Aram Naharaim, to curse you. <span id="v05023006" class="ver">6</span>The <span class="tetr">Lord</span>, your God, would not listen to Balaam but turned his curse into a blessing for you, because the <span class="tetr">Lord</span>, your God, loves you. <span id="v05023007" class="ver">7</span>Never seek their welfare or prosperity as long as you live.<a id="ren05023007-e" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en05023007-e">e</a> <span id="v05023008" class="ver">8</span><a id="ren05023008-f" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en05023008-f">f</a> Do not abhor the Edomite: he is your brother. Do not abhor the Egyptian: you were a resident alien in his country. <span id="v05023009" class="ver">9</span>Children born to them may come into the assembly of the <span class="tetr">Lord</span> in the third generation.</p> <p class="psec"><span class="hemb">Cleanliness in Camp.</span> <span id="v05023010" class="ver">10</span>When in camp during an expedition against your enemies, you shall keep yourselves from anything bad. <span id="v05023011" class="ver">11</span><a id="ren05023011-g" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en05023011-g">g</a> If one of you becomes unclean because of a nocturnal emission, he shall go outside the camp; he shall not come back into the camp. <span id="v05023012" class="ver">12</span>Toward evening, he shall bathe in water; then, when the sun has set, he may come back into the camp. <span id="v05023013" class="ver">13</span>Outside the camp you shall have a place set aside where you shall go. <span id="v05023014" class="ver">14</span>You shall keep a trowel in your equipment and, when you go outside to relieve yourself, you shall dig a hole with it and then cover up your excrement. <span id="v05023015" class="ver">15</span>Since the <span class="tetr">Lord</span>, your God, journeys along in the midst of your camp to deliver you and to give your enemies over to you, your camp must be holy, so that he does not see anything indecent in your midst and turn away from you.<a id="ren05023015-h" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en05023015-h">h</a></p> <p class="psec"><span class="hemb">Various Precepts.</span> <span id="v05023016" class="ver">16</span><a id="ren05023016-i" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en05023016-i">i</a> You shall not hand over to their master any slaves who have taken refuge with you from their master. <span id="v05023017" class="ver">17</span>Let them live among you in any place they choose, in any one of your communities<a id="rfn05023017-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn05023017-1">*</a> that seems good to them. Do not oppress them.</p> <p><span id="v05023018" class="ver">18</span>There shall be no temple prostitute<a id="rfn05023018-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn05023018-1">*</a> among the Israelite women, nor a temple prostitute among the Israelite men.<a id="ren05023018-j" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en05023018-j">j</a> <span id="v05023019" class="ver">19</span>You shall not offer a prostitute’s fee or a dog’s pay<a id="rfn05023019-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn05023019-1">*</a> as any kind of votive offering in the house of the <span class="tetr">Lord</span>, your God; both these things are an abomination to the <span class="tetr">Lord</span>, your God.<a id="ren05023019-k" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en05023019-k">k</a></p> <p><span id="v05023020" class="ver">20</span><a id="ren05023020-l" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en05023020-l">l</a> You shall not demand interest from your kindred on a loan of money or of food or of anything else which is loaned. <span id="v05023021" class="ver">21</span>From a foreigner you may demand interest, but you may not demand interest from your kindred, so that the <span class="tetr">Lord</span>, your God, may bless you in all your undertakings on the land you are to enter and possess.</p> <p><span id="v05023022" class="ver">22</span><a id="ren05023022-m" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en05023022-m">m</a> When you make a vow to the <span class="tetr">Lord</span>, your God, you shall not delay in fulfilling it; for the <span class="tetr">Lord</span>, your God, will surely require it of you and you will be held guilty. <span id="v05023023" class="ver">23</span>Should you refrain from making a vow, you will not be held guilty. <span id="v05023024" class="ver">24</span>But whatever your tongue utters you must be careful to do, just as you freely vowed to the <span class="tetr">Lord</span>, your God, with your own mouth.</p> <p><span id="v05023025" class="ver">25</span>When you go through your neighbor’s vineyard, you may eat as many grapes as you wish, until you are satisfied, but do not put them in your basket. <span id="v05023026" class="ver">26</span>When you go through your neighbor’s grainfield, you may pluck some of the ears with your hand, but do not put a sickle to your neighbor’s grain.</p> </section> <br /><h1 class="cn"><a class="xref" href="intro.htm"><span class="ac">Book Introduction</span></a></h1><h1 class="cn"><a class="xref" href="footnotes.htm"><span class="ac">Footnotes</span></a></h1></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Scripture texts, prefaces, introductions, footnotes and cross references used in this work are taken from the <i>New American Bible, revised edition</i> © 2010, 1991, 1986, 1970 Confraternity of Christian Doctrine, Inc., Washington, DC All Rights Reserved. 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