Deuteronomy 23 :: New American Standard Bible 2020 (NASB20)

Persons Excluded from the Assembly

“No^H3808 one^H6481 who is [fn]emasculated^H1795^H6481 or has his male^H8212 organ^H8212 cut^H3772 off^H3772 may enter^H935 the assembly^H6951 of the LORD^H3068.

Deu 23:2

Deu 23:2“No one of illegitimate birth may enter the assembly of the LORD; none of his descendants, even to the tenth generation, may enter the assembly of the LORD.

Deu 23:3

Deu 23:3“No Ammonite or Moabite may enter the assembly of the LORD; none of their descendants, even to the tenth generation, may ever enter the assembly of the LORD,

Deu 23:4

Deu 23:4because 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.

Deu 23:5

Deu 23:5“Nevertheless, the LORD your God was unwilling to listen to Balaam, but the LORD your God turned the curse into a blessing for you because the LORD your God loves you.

Deu 23:6

Deu 23:6“You shall never seek their peace or their prosperity all your days.

Deu 23:7

“You shall not loathe^H8581 an [fn]Edomite^H130, for he is your brother^H251; you shall not loathe^H8581 an Egyptian^H4713, because^H3588 you were a stranger^H1616 in his land^H776.

Deu 23:8

Deu 23:8“The sons of the third generation who are born to them may enter the assembly of the LORD.

Deu 23:9

“When^H3588 you go^H3318 out^H3318 as [fn]an army^H4264 against^H5921 your enemies^H340, you shall be on guard^H8104 against^H4480 every^H3605 evil^H7451 thing^H1697.

Deu 23:10

“If^H3588 there is among you any^H376 man^H376 who^H834 is unclean^H3808^H2889 because^H4480 of a nocturnal^H3915 emission^H7137, then he must go^H3318 outside^H413^H4480^H2351 the camp^H4264; he may not [fn]reenter^H935^H8432 the camp^H4264.

Deu 23:11

Deu 23:11“But when evening approaches, he shall bathe himself with water, and at sundown he may [fn]reenter the camp.

Deu 23:12

“You shall also have^H1961 a place^H3027 allocated outside^H4480^H2351 the camp^H4264, so that you may go^H3318 out^H3318 there^H8033 to relieve yourself,

Deu 23:13

Deu 23:13and 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 and cover up your excrement.

Deu 23:14

Deu 23:14“Since the LORD your God walks in the midst of your camp to save you and to [fn]defeat your enemies before you, your camp must be holy; so He must not see [fn]anything indecent among you [fn]or He will turn away from you.

Deu 23:15

“You shall not hand^H5462 over^H5462 to his master^H113 a slave^H5650 who^H834 has [fn]escaped^H5337 from his master^H113 to you.

Deu 23:16

Deu 23:16“He shall live with you in your midst, in the place that he chooses in one of your [fn]towns where it pleases him; you shall not mistreat him.

Deu 23:17

“None^H3808 of the daughters^H1323 of Israel^H3478 shall be a cult^H6945 prostitute^H6945, nor^H3808 shall any^H4480 of the sons^H1121 of Israel^H3478 be a cult^H6945 prostitute^H6945.

Deu 23:18

Deu 23:18“You shall not bring the earnings of a prostitute or the money for a [fn]dog into the house of the LORD your God as payment for any vowed offering, because both of these are an abomination to the LORD your God.

Deu 23:19

“You are not to charge^H5391 interest^H5391 to your countrymen^H251: interest^H5392 on money^H3701, food^H400, or anything^H3605^H1697 that may be loaned^H5391 on^H5391 interest^H5391.

Deu 23:20

Deu 23:20“You may charge interest to a foreigner, but to your countrymen you shall not charge interest, so that the LORD your God may bless you in all [fn]that you undertake in the land which you are about to enter to [fn]possess.

Deu 23:21

“When^H3588 you make^H5087 a vow^H5088 to the LORD^H3068 your God^H430, you shall not delay^H309 to pay^H7999 it, for the LORD^H3068 your God^H430 will certainly^H1875 require^H1875 it of you, and it will be a sin^H2399 [fn]for you.

Deu 23:22

Deu 23:22“However, if you refrain from making vows, it will not be a sin [fn]for you.

Deu 23:23

Deu 23:23“You shall be careful and perform what goes out of your lips, since in fact you have vowed a [fn]voluntary offering to the LORD your God, whatever you have [fn]promised.

Deu 23:24

“When^H3588 you enter^H935 your neighbor’s^H7453 vineyard^H3754, you may eat^H398 grapes^H6025 [fn]until you are satisfied^H7648; but you are not to put^H5414 any in your [fn]basket^H3627.

Deu 23:25

“When^H3588 you enter^H935 your neighbor’s^H7453 standing^H7054 grain^H7054, you may pluck^H6998 the heads^H4425 of^H4425 grain^H4425 with your hand^H3027, but you are not to [fn]use^H5130 a sickle^H2770 on your neighbor’s^H7453 standing^H7054 grain^H7054.

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NASB20 Footnotes

(23:1)

Lit wounded by crushing of testicles

(23:4)

Lit bread

(23:4)

Heb Aram-naharaim

(23:7)

I.e., a descendant of Esau

(23:9)

Or a camp

(23:10)

Lit come to the midst of

(23:11)

Lit come to the midst of

(23:13)

Lit peg

(23:14)

Lit give

(23:14)

Lit nakedness of anything

(23:14)

Lit and

(23:15)

Lit delivered himself

(23:16)

Lit gates in the good to him

(23:18)

Prob. refers to a male prostitute

(23:20)

Lit the putting forth of your hand

Lit possess it

Lit in you

Lit in you

Or freewill offering

(23:23)

Lit spoken with your mouth

(23:24)

Lit according to your soul, your satiation

(23:24)

Lit container

(23:25)

Lit brandish

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Persons Excluded from the Assembly

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