Deuteronomy 23:25 - Prayer Tents

23"No man whose testicles have been crushed or whose penis has been cut off may participate in the assembly of the Lord.H6481H1795H8212H3772H935H6951H3068 2Furthermore, no one born due to an illicit sexual relationship may participate in the assembly of the Lord, including his descendants to the tenth generation.1H4464H935H6951H3068H6224H1755H935H6951H3068 3"No Ammonite or Moabite may participate in the assembly of the Lord, and none of their descendants shall be admitted to the assembly of the Lord, to the tenth generation,H5984H4125H935H6951H3068H6224H1755H935H6951H3068H5704H5769 4because they didn't come to meet you with food and water along the way as you were coming out of Egypt. Instead, they hired Beor's son Balaam from Pethor in Aram-naharaim to curse you.H1697H6923H3899H4325H1870H3318H4714H7936H1109H1121H1160H6604H763H7043 5However, the Lord your God didn't listen to Balaam. The Lord your God turned Balaam's curse into a blessing, because the Lord your God loves you.H3068H430H14H8085H1109H3068H430H2015H7045H1293H3068H430H157 6Don't seek a peace treaty with them as long as you live.5H1875H7965H2896H3117H5769 7"Don't detest Edomites, since they are related to you. Don't detest Egyptians, either, because you were strangers in their land.H8581H130H251H8581H4713H1616H776 8Their grandchildren may participate in the assembly of the Lord."H1121H3205H935H6951H3068H7992H1755 9"When you are encamped for battle against your enemies, be on guard against every form of impropriety.H4264H3318H341H8104H7451H1697 10If someone among you becomes unclean due to nocturnal emissions, he must leave the camp and stay outside.H376H2889H7137H3915H3318H2351H4264H935H8432H4264 11As evening approaches he must wash himself with water. Then at sunset, he may return to the camp.H6153H6437H7364H4325H8121H935H935H8432H4264 12"Choose a place outside the camp for a latrine.H3027H2351H4264H3318H2351 13Include a spade among your equipment so that when you squat to relieve yourself, you can dig a hole and then cover your excrement.H3489H240H3427H2351H2658H7725H3680H6627 14For the Lord your God is on the move within your camp to deliver you and to hand your enemies over to you. Therefore your camp must be holy so that he will not see anything indecent among you and turn away from you."H3068H430H1980H7130H4264H5337H5414H341H6440H4264H6918H7200H6172H1697H7725H310 15"Don't hand over a slave who escaped from his master when he runs to you.H5462H113H5650H5337H113 16Let him live among you wherever he chooses in any of your cities that he likes. Don't mistreat him."H3427H7130H4725H977H259H8179H2896H3238 17"There shall be no cultic prostitutes from among the daughters or the sons of Israel.H6948H1323H3478H6945H1121H3478 18Don't bring the earnings of a female prostitute nor the income of a male prostitute into the house of the Lord your God as payment for any vow. Both of these are detestable to the Lord your God."H935H868H2181H4242H3611H1004H3068H430H5088H8147H8441H3068H430 19"Don't charge interest to your relatives, whether for money, food, or for anything that has been loaned at interest.H5391H251H5392H3701H5392H400H5392H1697H5391 20You may charge interest to a foreigner, but don't charge interest to your relatives, so the Lord your God may bless you in everything you undertake in the land that you are about to enter and possess.H5237H5391H251H5391H3068H430H1288H4916H3027H776H935H3423 21"When you make a vow to the Lord your God, don't delay paying it, because the Lord your God will certainly demand payment from you, and then you will be guilty of sin.H5087H5088H3068H430H309H7999H3068H430H1875H1875H2399 22But if you refrain from making a vow, then you won't be guilty.H2308H5087H2399 23Be sure you do whatever you promise, because you have given your word voluntarily to the Lord your God.H4161H8193H8104H6213H5071H5087H3068H430H1696H6310 24"When you enter your countrymen's vineyard, you may eat the grapes to your satisfaction, but don't take any in a basket.H935H7453H3754H398H6025H7648H5315H5414H3627 25When you enter your countrymen's grain fields, you may pluck the grain with your hand, but don't put a sickle to his standing grain."H935H7054H7453H6998H4425H3027H5130H2770H7453H7054