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even to the tenth generation, none of his <i>seed</i> shall enter the assembly of Yahweh. <span class="reftext"><a href="/deuteronomy/23-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>No Ammonite or Moabite shall enter the assembly of Yahweh; even to the tenth generation, none of their <i>seed</i> shall ever enter the assembly of Yahweh, <span class="reftext"><a href="/deuteronomy/23-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>because they did not meet you with <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>food and water on the way when you came out of Egypt, and because they hired against you Balaam the son of Beor from Pethor of <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>Mesopotamia, to curse you. <span class="reftext"><a href="/deuteronomy/23-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Nevertheless, Yahweh your God was not willing to listen to Balaam, but Yahweh your God turned the curse into a blessing for you because Yahweh your God loves you. <span class="reftext"><a href="/deuteronomy/23-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>You shall never seek their peace or their prosperity all your days. <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/deuteronomy/23-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>“You shall not abhor an Edomite, for he is your brother; you shall not abhor an Egyptian, for you were a sojourner in his land. <span class="reftext"><a href="/deuteronomy/23-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>The sons of the third generation who are born to them may enter the assembly of Yahweh. <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/deuteronomy/23-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>“When you go out as <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>an army against your enemies, you shall keep yourself from every evil thing. <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/deuteronomy/23-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>“If there is among you any man who is unclean because of a nocturnal emission, then he must go outside the camp; he may not <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>reenter the camp. <span class="reftext"><a href="/deuteronomy/23-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>But it shall be when evening approaches, he shall bathe himself with water, and at sundown he may <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>reenter the camp. <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/deuteronomy/23-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>“You shall also have a place outside the camp and go out there, <span class="reftext"><a href="/deuteronomy/23-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>and you shall have a <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>spade among your tools, and it shall be when you sit down outside, you shall dig with it and shall turn <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>to cover up your excrement. <span class="reftext"><a href="/deuteronomy/23-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Since Yahweh your God walks in the midst of your camp to deliver you and to give your enemies over to you, therefore your camp must be holy; and He must not see <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>anything indecent among you, <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>or He will turn away from you. <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/deuteronomy/23-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>“You shall not hand over to his master a slave who has <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>escaped from his master to you. <span class="reftext"><a href="/deuteronomy/23-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>He shall live with you in your midst, in the place which he shall choose in one of your gates <i>of the towns</i> where it pleases him; you shall not mistreat him. <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/deuteronomy/23-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>“None of the daughters of Israel shall be a cult prostitute, nor shall any of the sons of Israel be a cult prostitute. <span class="reftext"><a href="/deuteronomy/23-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>You shall not bring the hire of a harlot or the wages of a <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>dog into the house of Yahweh your God for any votive offering, for both of these are an abomination to Yahweh your God. <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/deuteronomy/23-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>“You shall not charge interest to your brother: interest on money, food, <i>or</i> anything that may be loaned at interest. <span class="reftext"><a href="/deuteronomy/23-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>You may charge interest to a foreigner, but to your brother you shall not charge interest, so that Yahweh your God may bless you in all <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>that you send forth your hand <i>to do</i> in the land which you are about to enter to <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>possess. <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/deuteronomy/23-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>“When you make a vow to Yahweh your God, you shall not delay to pay it, for Yahweh your God will surely require it of you; and it will be a sin in you. <span class="reftext"><a href="/deuteronomy/23-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>However, if you refrain from vowing, it will not be a sin in you. <span class="reftext"><a href="/deuteronomy/23-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>You shall be careful and do what goes out from your lips, just as you have voluntarily vowed to Yahweh your God that which you spoke with your mouth. <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/deuteronomy/23-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>“When you enter your neighbor’s vineyard, then you may eat grapes <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>until you are fully satisfied, but you shall not put any in your <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>basket. <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/deuteronomy/23-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>“When you enter your neighbor’s standing grain, then you may pluck the heads with your hand, but you shall not wield a sickle in your neighbor’s standing grain.<A name="fn"></a></p><br /><br /><span class="fnverse">1</span> Lit <i>wounded by crushing</i> of testicles<br><span class="fnverse">4</span> Lit <i>bread</i><br><span class="fnverse">4</span> Heb <i>Aram-naharaim</i><br><span class="fnverse">9</span> Or <i>a camp</i><br><span class="fnverse">10</span> Lit <i>come to the midst of</i><br><span class="fnverse">11</span> Lit <i>come to the midst of</i><br><span class="fnverse">13</span> Lit <i>peg</i><br><span class="fnverse">13</span> Lit <i>and</i><br><span class="fnverse">14</span> Lit <i>nakedness of anything</i><br><span class="fnverse">14</span> Lit <i>and</i><br><span class="fnverse">15</span> Lit <i>delivered himself</i><br><span class="fnverse">18</span> Male prostitute, sodomite<br><span class="fnverse">20</span> Lit <i>the putting forth of your hand</i><br><span class="fnverse">20</span> Lit <i>possess it</i><br><span class="fnverse">24</span> Lit <i>according to your satisfaction of your soul</i><br><span class="fnverse">24</span> Or <i>vessel</i><br></div><br /><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Legacy Standard Bible Copyright ©2021 by The Lockman Foundation<br>All rights reserved. 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