Deuteronomy 23

Revised Geneva Translation

23 “No one who is hurt by crushing, or who has had his private parts cut off, shall enter into the Congregation of the LORD.

² “A bastard shall not enter into the Congregation of the LORD. Up to his tenth generation shall he not enter into the Congregation of the LORD.

³ “The Ammonites and the Moabites shall not enter into the Congregation of the LORD. Up to their tenth generation they shall not enter into the Congregation of the LORD, forever,

⁴ “because they did not meet you with bread and water on the way, when you came out of Egypt, and because they hired Balaam — the son of Beor, of Pethor in Aram-naharaim — against you, to curse you.

⁵ “Nevertheless, the LORD your God would not listen to Balaam. But the LORD your God turned the curse to a blessing for you because the LORD 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. Nor shall you abhor an Egyptian, because you were a stranger in his land.

⁸ The children who are begotten of those in their third generation shall enter into the Congregation of the LORD.

⁹ “When you go out with the army against your enemies, then keep yourself from all wickedness.

¹⁰ “If there is anyone among you who is unclean by that which comes to him by night, he shall go out of the camp, and shall not enter the camp.

¹¹ “But at evening, he shall wash with water. And when the Sun is down, he shall enter the camp.

¹² “You shall also have a place outside the camp to which you shall go out.

¹³ “And you shall have an implement among your weapons. And when you would sit down outside, you shall dig with it. And upon returning, you shall cover your excrements.

¹⁴ “For the LORD your God walks in the midst of your camp, to deliver you and to give you your enemies before you. Therefore, your camp shall be holy, so that He sees no filthy thing in you, and turn away from you.

¹⁵ “You shall not deliver the servant to his master, who has escaped from his master to you.

¹⁶ “He shall dwell with you, amongxus you, in whatever place he shall choose, in one of your cities he likes best. You shall not trouble him.

¹⁷ “There shall be no whore from the daughters of Israel. Nor shall there be a whore keeper from the sons of Israel.

¹⁸ “You shall bring neither the price of a whore nor the price of a dog into the House of the LORD your God, for any vow. For both of these are abomination to the LORD your God.

¹⁹ “You shall not charge interest to your brother — on money, on meat, on anything that may be lent with interest.

²⁰ “You may lend with interest to a stranger. But you shall not lend with interest to your brother, so that the LORD your God may bless you in all that you set your hand to in the land to which you go to possess.

²¹ “When you shall vow a vow to the LORD your God, you shall not be slow to pay it. For the LORD your God will surely require it of you. And so it would be sin to you.

²² “But when you abstain from vowing, it shall be no sin to you.

²³ “That which has gone out of your lips you shall keep and perform, as you have vowed it willingly to the LORD your God. You have spoken it with your mouth.

²⁴ “When you come to your neighbor’s vineyard, then you may eat grapes at your pleasure, as much as you will. But you shall put none in your container.

²⁵ “When you come to your neighbor’s corn, you may pluck the ears with your hand. But you shall not move a sickle to your neighbor’s corn.”