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Deuteronomy 23 (WEBP)
[1] He who is emasculated by crushing or cutting shall not enter into Yahweh’s assembly.
[2] A person born of a forbidden union shall not enter into Yahweh’s assembly; even to the tenth generation shall no one of his enter into Yahweh’s assembly.
[3] An Ammonite or a Moabite shall not enter into Yahweh’s assembly; even to the tenth generation shall no one belonging to them enter into Yahweh’s assembly forever,
[4] because they didn’t meet you with bread and with water on the way when you came out of Egypt, and because they hired against you Balaam the son of Beor from Pethor of Mesopotamia, to curse you.
[5] Nevertheless Yahweh your God wouldn’t listen to Balaam, but Yahweh your God turned the curse into a blessing to you, because Yahweh your God loved you.
[6] You shall not seek their peace nor their prosperity all your days forever.
[7] You shall not abhor an Edomite, for he is your brother. You shall not abhor an Egyptian, because you lived as a foreigner in his land.
[8] The children of the third generation who are born to them may enter into Yahweh’s assembly.
[9] When you go out and camp against your enemies, then you shall keep yourselves from every evil thing.
[10] If there is among you any man who is not clean by reason of that which happens to him by night, then shall he go outside of the camp. He shall not come within the camp;
[11] but it shall be, when evening comes, he shall bathe himself in water. When the sun is down, he shall come within the camp.
[12] You shall have a place also outside of the camp where you go relieve yourself.
[13] You shall have a trowel among your weapons. It shall be, when you relieve yourself, you shall dig with it, and shall turn back and cover your excrement;
[14] for Yahweh your God walks in the middle of your camp, to deliver you, and to give up your enemies before you. Therefore your camp shall be holy, that he may not see an unclean thing in you, and turn away from you.
[15] You shall not deliver to his master a servant who has escaped from his master to you.
[16] He shall dwell with you, among you, in the place which he shall choose within one of your gates, where it pleases him best. You shall not oppress him.
[17] There shall be no prostitute of the daughters of Israel, neither shall there be a sodomite of the sons of Israel.
[18] You shall not bring the hire of a prostitute, or the wages of a male prostitute,° into the house of Yahweh your God for any vow; for both of these are an abomination to Yahweh your God.
[19] You shall not lend on interest to your brother: interest of money, interest of food, interest of anything that is lent on interest.
[20] You may charge a foreigner interest; but you shall not charge your brother interest, that Yahweh your God may bless you in all that you put your hand to, in the land where you go in to possess it.
[21] When you vow a vow to Yahweh your God, you shall not be slack to pay it, for Yahweh your God will surely require it of you; and it would be sin in you.
[22] But if you refrain from making a vow, it shall be no sin in you.
[23] You shall observe and do that which has gone out of your lips. Whatever you have vowed to Yahweh your God as a free will offering, which you have promised with your mouth, you must do.
[24] When you come into your neighbor’s vineyard, then you may eat your fill of grapes at your own pleasure; but you shall not put any in your container.
[25] When you come into your neighbor’s standing grain, then you may pluck the ears with your hand; but you shall not use a sickle on your neighbor’s standing grain.
Deuteronomy 23:18 literally, dog
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King James w/Strong’s #s
Deuteronomy 23 (KJVS)
[1] He that is wounded in the stones H6481 (8803) H1795, or hath his privy member H8212 cut off H3772 (8803), shall not enter H935 (8799) into the congregation H6951 of the LORD H3068.
[2] A bastard H4464 shall not enter H935 (8799) into the congregation H6951 of the LORD H3068; even to his tenth H6224 generation H1755 shall he not enter H935 (8799) into the congregation H6951 of the LORD H3068.
[3] An Ammonite H5984 or Moabite H4125 shall not enter H935 (8799) into the congregation H6951 of the LORD H3068; even to their tenth H6224 generation H1755 shall they not enter H935 (8799) into the congregation H6951 of the LORD H3068 for H5704 ever H5769:
[4] Because H1697 they met H6923 (8765) you not with bread H3899 and with water H4325 in the way H1870, when ye came forth H3318 (8800) out of Egypt H4714; and because they hired H7936 (8804) against thee Balaam H1109 the son H1121 of Beor H1160 of Pethor H6604 of Mesopotamia H763, to curse H7043 (8763) thee.
[5] Nevertheless the LORD H3068 thy God H430 would H14 (8804) not hearken H8085 (8800) unto Balaam H1109; but the LORD H3068 thy God H430 turned H2015 (8799) the curse H7045 into a blessing H1293 unto thee, because the LORD H3068 thy God H430 loved H157 (8804) thee.
[6] Thou shalt not seek H1875 (8799) their peace H7965 nor their prosperity H2896 all thy days H3117 for ever H5769.
[7] Thou shalt not abhor H8581 (8762) an Edomite H130; for he [is] thy brother H251: thou shalt not abhor H8581 (8762) an Egyptian H4713; because thou wast a stranger H1616 in his land H776.
[8] The children H1121 that are begotten H3205 (8735) of them shall enter H935 (8799) into the congregation H6951 of the LORD H3068 in their third H7992 generation H1755.
[9] When the host H4264 goeth forth H3318 (8799) against thine enemies H341 (8802), then keep H8104 (8738) thee from every wicked H7451 thing H1697.
[10] If there be among you any man H376, that is not clean H2889 by reason of uncleanness that chanceth H7137 him by night H3915, then shall he go H3318 (8804) abroad H2351 out of the camp H4264, he shall not come H935 (8799) within H8432 the camp H4264:
[11] But it shall be, when evening H6153 cometh on H6437 (8800), he shall wash H7364 (8799) [himself] with water H4325: and when the sun H8121 is down H935 (8800), he shall come H935 (8799) into H8432 the camp H4264 [again].
[12] Thou shalt have a place also H3027 without H2351 the camp H4264, whither thou shalt go forth H3318 (8804) abroad H2351:
[13] And thou shalt have a paddle H3489 upon thy weapon H240; and it shall be, when thou wilt ease H3427 (8800) thyself abroad H2351, thou shalt dig H2658 (8804) therewith, and shalt turn back H7725 (8804) and cover H3680 (8765) that which cometh H6627 from thee:
[14] For the LORD H3068 thy God H430 walketh H1980 (8693) in the midst H7130 of thy camp H4264, to deliver H5337 (8687) thee, and to give up H5414 (8800) thine enemies H341 (8802) before H6440 thee; therefore shall thy camp H4264 be holy H6918: that he see H7200 (8799) no unclean H6172 thing H1697 in thee, and turn away H7725 (8804) from thee H310.
[15] Thou shalt not deliver H5462 (8686) unto his master H113 the servant H5650 which is escaped H5337 (8735) from his master H113 unto thee:
[16] He shall dwell H3427 (8799) with thee, [even] among H7130 you, in that place H4725 which he shall choose H977 (8799) in one H259 of thy gates H8179, where it liketh him best H2896: thou shalt not oppress H3238 (8686) him.
[17] There shall be no whore H6948 of the daughters H1323 of Israel H3478, nor a sodomite H6945 of the sons H1121 of Israel H3478.
[18] Thou shalt not bring H935 (8686) the hire H868 of a whore H2181 (8802), or the price H4242 of a dog H3611, into the house H1004 of the LORD H3068 thy God H430 for any vow H5088: for even both H8147 these [are] abomination H8441 unto the LORD H3068 thy God H430.
[19] Thou shalt not lend upon usury H5391 (8686) to thy brother H251; usury H5392 of money H3701, usury H5392 of victuals H400, usury H5392 of any thing H1697 that is lent upon usury H5391 (8799):
[20] Unto a stranger H5237 thou mayest lend upon usury H5391 (8686); but unto thy brother H251 thou shalt not lend upon usury H5391 (8686): that the LORD H3068 thy God H430 may bless H1288 (8762) thee in all that thou settest H4916 thine hand H3027 to in the land H776 whither thou goest H935 (8802) to possess H3423 (8800) it.
[21] When thou shalt vow H5087 (8799) a vow H5088 unto the LORD H3068 thy God H430, thou shalt not slack H309 (8762) to pay H7999 (8763) it: for the LORD H3068 thy God H430 will surely H1875 (8800) require H1875 (8799) it of thee; and it would be sin H2399 in thee.
[22] But if thou shalt forbear H2308 (8799) to vow H5087 (8800), it shall be no sin H2399 in thee.
[23] That which is gone out H4161 of thy lips H8193 thou shalt keep H8104 (8799) and perform H6213 (8804); [even] a freewill offering H5071, according as thou hast vowed H5087 (8804) unto the LORD H3068 thy God H430, which thou hast promised H1696 (8765) with thy mouth H6310.
[24] When thou comest H935 (8799) into thy neighbour’s H7453 vineyard H3754, then thou mayest eat H398 (8804) grapes H6025 thy fill H7648 at thine own pleasure H5315; but thou shalt not put H5414 (8799) [any] in thy vessel H3627.
[25] When thou comest H935 (8799) into the standing corn H7054 of thy neighbour H7453, then thou mayest pluck H6998 (8804) the ears H4425 with thine hand H3027; but thou shalt not move H5130 (8686) a sickle H2770 unto thy neighbour’s H7453 standing corn H7054.
Young’s Literal Translation
Deuteronomy 23 (YLT)
[1] ‘One wounded, bruised, or cut in the member doth not enter into the assembly of Jehovah;
[2] a bastard doth not enter into the assembly of Jehovah; even a tenth generation of him doth not enter into the assembly of Jehovah.
[3] ‘An Ammonite and a Moabite doth not enter into the assembly of Jehovah; even a tenth generation of them doth not enter into the assembly of Jehovah-to the age;
[4] because that they have not come before you with bread and with water in the way, in your coming out from Egypt, and because he hath hired against thee Balaam son of Beor, of Pethor of Aram-Naharaim, to revile thee;
[5] and Jehovah thy God hath not been willing to hearken unto Balaam, and Jehovah thy God doth turn for thee the reviling to a blessing, because Jehovah thy God hath loved thee;
[6] thou dost not seek their peace and their good all thy days-to the age.
[7] ‘Thou dost not abominate an Edomite, for thy brother he is; thou dost not abominate an Egyptian, for a sojourner thou hast been in his land;
[8] sons who are begotten of them, a third generation of them, doth enter into the assembly of Jehovah.
[9] ‘When a camp goeth out against thine enemies, then thou hast kept from every evil thing.
[10] ‘When there is in thee a man who is not clean, from an accident at night-then he hath gone out unto the outside of the camp-he doth not come in unto the midst of the camp-
[11] and it hath been, at the turning of the evening, he doth bathe with water, and at the going in of the sun he doth come in unto the midst of the camp.
[12] ‘And a station thou hast at the outside of the camp, and thou hast gone out thither without,
[13] and a nail thou hast on thy staff, and it hath been, in thy sitting without, that thou hast digged with it, and turned back, and covered thy filth;
[14] for Jehovah thy God is walking up and down in the midst of thy camp, to deliver thee, and to give thine enemies before thee, and thy camp hath been holy, and He doth not see in thee the nakedness of anything, and hath turned back from after thee.
[15] ‘Thou dost not shut up a servant unto his lord, who is delivered unto thee from his lord;
[16] with thee he doth dwell, in thy midst, in the place which he chooseth within one of thy gates, where it is pleasing to him; thou dost not oppress him.
[17] ‘There is not a whore among the daughters of Israel, nor is there a whoremonger among the sons of Israel;
[18] thou dost not bring a gift of a whore, or a price of a dog, into the house of Jehovah thy God, for any vow; for the abomination of Jehovah thy God are even both of them.
[19] ‘Thou dost not lend in usury to thy brother; usury of money, usury of food, usury of anything which is lent on usury.
[20] To a stranger thou mayest lend in usury, and to thy brother thou dost not lend in usury, so that Jehovah thy God doth bless thee in every putting forth of thy hand on the land whither thou goest in to possess it.
[21] ‘When thou vowest a vow to Jehovah thy God, thou dost not delay to complete it; for Jehovah thy God doth certainly require it from thee, and it hath been in thee-sin.
[22] ‘And when thou forbearest to vow, it is not in thee a sin.
[23] The produce of thy lips thou dost keep, and hast done it, as thou hast vowed to Jehovah thy God; a free-will-offering, which thou hast spoken with thy mouth.
[24] ‘When thou comest in unto the vineyard of thy neighbour, then thou hast eaten grapes, according to thy desire, thy sufficiency; but into thy vessel thou dost not put any.
[25] When thou comest in among the standing-corn of thy neighbour, then thou hast plucked the ears with thy hand, but a sickle thou dost not wave over the standing-corn of thy neighbour.