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Deuteronomy 23
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Exclusion from the Lord’s People

23"No man who has been castrated or whose penis has been cut off may be included among the LORD's people.H6481H1795H8212H3772H935H6951H3068 2"No one born out of wedlock or any descendant of such a person, even in the tenth generation, may be included among the LORD's people.H4464H935H6951H3068H6224H1755H935H6951H3068 3"No Ammonite or Moabite - or any of their descendants, even in the tenth generation - may be included among the LORD's people.H5984H4125H935H6951H3068H6224H1755H935H6951H3068H5704H5769 4They refused to provide you with food and water when you were on your way out of Egypt, and they hired Balaam son of Beor, from the city of Pethor in Mesopotamia, to curse you.H1697H6923H3899H4325H1870H3318H4714H7936H1109H1121H1160H6604H763H7043 5But the LORD your God would not listen to Balaam; instead he turned the curse into a blessing, because he loved you.H3068H430H14H8085H1109H3068H430H2015H7045H1293H3068H430H157 6As long as you are a nation, never do anything to help these nations or to make them prosperous.H1875H7965H2896H3117H5769 7"Do not despise the Edomites; they are your relatives. And do not despise the Egyptians; you once lived in their land.H8581H130H251H8581H4713H1616H776 8From the third generation onward their descendants may be included among the LORD's people.H1121H3205H935H6951H3068H7992H1755

Keeping the Military Camp Clean

9"When you are in camp in time of war, you are to avoid anything that would make you ritually unclean.H4264H3318H341H8104H7451H1697 10If a man becomes unclean because he has had a wet dream during the night, he is to go outside the camp and stay there.H376H2889H7137H3915H3318H2351H4264H935H8432H4264 11Toward evening he is to wash himself, and at sunset he may come back into camp.H6153H6437H7364H4325H8121H935H935H8432H4264 12"You are to have a place outside the camp where you can go when you need to relieve yourselves.H3027H2351H4264H3318H2351 13Carry a stick as part of your equipment, so that when you have a bowel movement you can dig a hole and cover it up.H3489H240H3427H2351H2658H7725H3680H6627 14Keep your camp ritually clean, because the LORD your God is with you in your camp to protect you and to give you victory over your enemies. Do not do anything indecent that would cause the LORD to turn his back on you.H3068H430H1980H7130H4264H5337H5414H341H6440H4264H6918H7200H6172H1697H7725H310

Various Laws

15"If slaves run away from their owners and come to you for protection, do not send them back.H5462H113H5650H5337H113 16They may live in any of your towns that they choose, and you are not to treat them harshly.H3427H7130H4725H977H259H8179H2896H3238 17"No Israelite, man or woman, is to become a temple prostitute.H6948H1323H3478H6945H1121H3478 18Also, no money earned in this way may be brought into the house of the LORD your God in fulfillment of a vow. The LORD hates temple prostitutes.H935H868H2181H4242H3611H1004H3068H430H5088H8147H8441H3068H430 19"When you lend money or food or anything else to Israelites, do not charge them interest.H5391H251H5392H3701H5392H400H5392H1697H5391 20You may charge interest on what you lend to foreigners, but not on what you lend to Israelites. Obey this rule, and the LORD your God will bless everything you do in the land that you are going to occupy.H5237H5391H251H5391H3068H430H1288H4916H3027H776H935H3423 21"When you make a vow to the LORD your God, do not put off doing what you promised; the LORD will hold you to your vow, and it is a sin not to keep it.H5087H5088H3068H430H309H7999H3068H430H1875H1875H2399 22It is no sin not to make a vow to the LORD,H2308H5087H2399 23but if you make one voluntarily, be sure that you keep it.H4161H8193H8104H6213H5071H5087H3068H430H1696H6310 24"When you walk along a path in someone else's vineyard, you may eat all the grapes you want, but you must not carry any away in a container.H935H7453H3754H398H6025H7648H5315H5414H3627 25When you walk along a path in someone else's grainfield, you may eat all the grain you can pull off with your hands, but you must not cut any grain with a sickle.H935H7054H7453H6998H4425H3027H5130H2770H7453H7054


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