Deuteronomy 23:25 - Prayer Tents

23No eunuch is to enter the congregation of GOD.H6481H1795H8212H3772H935H6951H3068 2No bastard is to enter the congregation of GOD, even to the tenth generation, nor any of his children.H4464H935H6951H3068H6224H1755H935H6951H3068 3No Ammonite or Moabite is to enter the congregation of GOD, even to the tenth generation, nor any of his children, ever.H5984H4125H935H6951H3068H6224H1755H935H6951H3068H5704H5769 4Those nations didn't treat you with hospitality on your travels out of Egypt, and on top of that they also hired Balaam son of Beor from Pethor in Mesopotamia to curse you.H1697H6923H3899H4325H1870H3318H4714H7936H1109H1121H1160H6604H763H7043 5GOD, your God, refused to listen to Balaam but turned the curse into a blessing—how GOD, your God, loves you!H3068H430H14H8085H1109H3068H430H2015H7045H1293H3068H430H157 6Don't even try to get along with them or do anything for them, ever.H1875H7965H2896H3117H5769 7But don't spurn an Edomite; he's your kin. And don't spurn an Egyptian; you were a foreigner in his land.H8581H130H251H8581H4713H1616H776 8Children born to Edomites and Egyptians may enter the congregation of GOD in the third generation.H1121H3205H935H6951H3068H7992H1755 9When you are camped out, at war with your enemies, be careful to keep yourself from anything ritually defiling.H4264H3318H341H8104H7451H1697 10If one of your men has become ritually unclean because of a nocturnal emission, he must go outside the camp and stay thereH376H2889H7137H3915H3318H2351H4264H935H8432H4264 11until evening when he can wash himself, returning to the camp at sunset.H6153H6437H7364H4325H8121H935H935H8432H4264 12Mark out an area outside the camp where you can go to relieve yourselves.H3027H2351H4264H3318H2351 13Along with your weapons have a stick with you. After you relieve yourself, dig a hole with the stick and cover your excrement.H3489H240H3427H2351H2658H7725H3680H6627 14GOD, your God, strolls through your camp; he's present to deliver you and give you victory over your enemies. Keep your camp holy; don't permit anything indecent or offensive in GOD's eyes.H3068H430H1980H7130H4264H5337H5414H341H6440H4264H6918H7200H6172H1697H7725H310 15Don't return a runaway slave to his master; he's come to you for refuge.H5462H113H5650H5337H113 16Let him live wherever he wishes within the protective gates of your city. Don't take advantage of him.H3427H7130H4725H977H259H8179H2896H3238 17No daughter of Israel is to become a sacred prostitute; and no son of Israel is to become a sacred prostitute.H6948H1323H3478H6945H1121H3478 18And don't bring the fee of a sacred whore or the earnings of a priest-pimp to the house of GOD, your God, to pay for any vow—they are both an abomination to GOD, your God.H935H868H2181H4242H3611H1004H3068H430H5088H8147H8441H3068H430 19Don't charge interest to your kinsmen on any loan: not for money or food or clothing or anything else that could earn interest.H5391H251H5392H3701H5392H400H5392H1697H5391 20You may charge foreigners interest, but you may not charge your brothers interest; that way GOD, your God, will bless all the work that you take up and the land that you are entering to possess.H5237H5391H251H5391H3068H430H1288H4916H3027H776H935H3423 21When you make a vow to GOD, your God, don't put off keeping it; GOD, your God, expects you to keep it and if you don't you're guilty.H5087H5088H3068H430H309H7999H3068H430H1875H1875H2399 22But if you don't make a vow in the first place, there's no sin.H2308H5087H2399 23If you say you're going to do something, do it. Keep the vow you willingly vowed to GOD, your God. You promised it, so do it.H4161H8193H8104H6213H5071H5087H3068H430H1696H6310 24When you enter your neighbor's vineyard, you may eat all the grapes you want until you're full, but you may not put any in your bucket or bag.H935H7453H3754H398H6025H7648H5315H5414H3627 25And when you walk through the ripe grain of your neighbor, you may pick the heads of grain, but you may not swing your sickle there.H935H7054H7453H6998H4425H3027H5130H2770H7453H7054