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Deuteronomy 23 :: Legacy Standard Bible (LSB)

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Those Who May Not Enter the Assembly

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:1 -

“No one who is [fn]emasculated or has his male organ cut off shall enter the assembly of Yahweh.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:2 - “No one of illegitimate birth shall enter the assembly of Yahweh; even to the tenth generation, none of his seed shall enter the assembly of Yahweh.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:3 - “No Ammonite or Moabite shall enter the assembly of Yahweh; even to the tenth generation, none of their seed shall ever enter the assembly of Yahweh,
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:4 - because they did not meet you with [fn]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 [fn]Mesopotamia, to curse you.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:5 - “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.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:6 - “You shall never seek their peace or their prosperity all your days.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:7 -

“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.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:8 - “The sons of the third generation who are born to them may enter the assembly of Yahweh.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:9 -

“When you go out as [fn]an army against your enemies, you shall keep yourself from every evil thing.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:10 -

“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 [fn]reenter the camp.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:11 - “But it shall be when evening approaches, he shall bathe himself with water, and at sundown he may [fn]reenter the camp.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:12 -

“You shall also have a place outside the camp and go out there,

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:13 - and you shall have a [fn]spade among your tools, and it shall be when you sit down outside, you shall dig with it and shall turn [fn]to cover up your excrement.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:14 - “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 [fn]anything indecent among you, [fn]or He will turn away from you.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:15 -

“You shall not hand over to his master a slave who has [fn]escaped from his master to you.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:16 - “He shall live with you in your midst, in the place which he shall choose in one of your gates of the towns where it pleases him; you shall not mistreat him.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:17 -

“None of the daughters of Israel shall be a cult prostitute, nor shall any of the sons of Israel be a cult prostitute.

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Deuteronomy 23:17 Commentaries
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:18 - “You shall not bring the hire of a harlot or the wages of a [fn]dog into the house of Yahweh your God for any votive offering, for both of these are an abomination to Yahweh your God.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:19 -

“You shall not charge interest to your brother: interest on money, food, or anything that may be loaned at interest.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:20 - “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 [fn]that you send forth your hand to do in the land which you are about to enter to [fn]possess.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:21 -

“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.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:22 - “However, if you refrain from vowing, it will not be a sin in you.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:23 - “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.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:24 -

“When you enter your neighbor’s vineyard, then you may eat grapes [fn]until you are fully satisfied, but you shall not put any in your [fn]basket.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:25 -

“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.

LSB Footnotes
Lit wounded by crushing of testicles
Lit bread
Heb Aram-naharaim
Or a camp
Lit come to the midst of
Lit come to the midst of
Lit peg
Lit and
Lit nakedness of anything
Lit and
Lit delivered himself
Male prostitute, sodomite
Lit the putting forth of your hand
Lit possess it
Lit according to your satisfaction of your soul
Or vessel
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