Deuteronomy 23

¹“A eunuch, one whose testicles have been debilitated or cut off, or whose penis has been cut off, shall not enter into the church of the Lord.

²The offspring of a harlot, that is, one born of a prostitute, shall not enter into the church of the Lord, until the tenth generation.

³The Ammonite and the Moabite, even after the tenth generation, shall not enter into the church of the Lord forever,

⁴because they were not willing to meet you with bread and water along the way, when you had departed from Egypt, and because they hired against you Balaam, the son of Beor, from Mesopotamia in Syria, in order to curse you.

⁵But the Lord your God was not willing to listen to Balaam, and he turned his cursing into your blessing, because he loves you.

⁶You shall not make peace with them, nor shall you seek their prosperity, throughout all the days of your life forever.

⁷You shall not abhor anyone from Idumea, for he is your brother, nor the Egyptian, for you were a new arrival in his land.

⁸Those who have been born of them, in the third generation, shall enter into the church of the Lord.

⁹When you have gone out to war against your enemies, you shall keep yourself from everything that is evil.

¹⁰If there is a man among you who has been defiled by a dream in the night, he shall depart from the camp.

¹¹And he shall not return before the evening, after he has washed with water, and then, after the sun sets, he shall return to the camp.

¹²You shall have a place beyond the camp to which you may go for the necessities of nature,

¹³carrying a small shovel at your belt. And when you would sit down, you shall dig around, and then, with the soil that was dug up, you shall cover

¹⁴that from which you were relieved. For the Lord your God walks in the midst of your camp, in order to rescue you, and to deliver your enemies to you. And so, let your camp be holy, and let nothing filthy appear within it, lest he abandon you.

¹⁵You shall not deliver a servant who has fled to you to his master.

¹⁶He shall live with you in a place that pleases him, and he shall rest in one of your cities. You shall not grieve him.

¹⁷There shall be no prostitutes among the daughters of Israel, nor anyone among the sons of Israel who visits a prostitute.

¹⁸You shall not offer money from a prostitute, nor the price of a dog, in the house of the Lord your God, no matter what you may have vowed. For both of these are an abomination with the Lord your God.

¹⁹You shall not lend money, or grain, or anything else at all, to your brother at interest,

²⁰but only to a foreigner. For you shall lend to your brother whatever he needs without interest, so that the Lord your God may bless you in all your works in the land, which you shall enter so as to possess it.

²¹When you have made a vow to the Lord your God, you shall not be late in paying it. For the Lord your God demands it. And if you delay, it shall be imputed to you as a sin.

²²If you are not willing to make a promise, then it shall be without sin.

²³But as soon as it has departed from your lips, you shall observe and do just as you have promised to the Lord your God and just as you have spoken by your own free will and with your own mouth.

²⁴Upon entering your neighbor’s vineyard, you may eat as many grapes as you please. But you may not carry any out with you.

²⁵If you enter into your friend’s grain field, you may break off the ears, and rub them in your hand, but you may not reap them with a sickle.”

Deuteronomy 23

¹An eunuch, whose testicles are broken or cut away, or yard cut off, shall not enter into the church of the Lord.

²A mamzer, that is to say, one born of a prostitute, shall not enter into the church of the Lord, until the tenth generation.

³The Ammonite and the Moabite, even after the tenth generation shall not enter into the church of the Lord for ever:

⁴Because they would not meet you with bread and water in the way, when you came out of Egypt: and because they hired against thee Balaam, the son of Beor, from Mesopotamia in Syria, to curse thee.

⁵And the Lord thy God would not hear Balaam, and he turned his cursing into thy blessing, because he loved thee.

⁶Thou shalt not make peace with them, neither shalt thou seek their prosperity all the days of thy life for ever.

⁷Thou shalt not abhor the Edomite, because he is thy brother: nor the Egyptian, because thou wast a stranger in his land.

⁸They that are born of them, in the third generation shall enter into the church of the Lord.

⁹When thou goest out to war against thy enemies, thou shalt keep thyself from every evil thing.

¹⁰If there be among you any man, that is defiled in a dream by night, he shall go forth out of the camp,

¹¹And shall not return, before he be washed with water in the evening: and after sunset he shall return into the camp.

¹²Thou shalt have a place without the camp, to which thou mayst go for the necessities of nature,

¹³Carrying a paddle at thy girdle. And when thou sittest down, thou shalt dig round about, and with the earth that is dug up thou shalt cover

¹⁴That which thou art eased of: (for the Lord thy God walketh in the midst of thy camp, to deliver thee, and to give up thy enemies to thee:) and let thy camp be holy, and let no uncleanness appear therein, lest he go away from thee.

¹⁵Thou shalt not deliver to his master the servant that is fled to thee.

¹⁶He shall dwell with thee in the place that shall please him, and shall rest in one of thy cities: give him no trouble.

¹⁷There shall be no whore among the daughters of Israel, nor whoremonger among the sons of Israel.

¹⁸Thou shalt not offer the hire of a strumpet, nor the price of a dog, in the house of the Lord thy God, whatsoever it be that thou hast vowed: because both these are an abomination to the Lord thy God.

¹⁹Thou shalt not lend to thy brother money to usury, nor corn, nor any other thing:

²⁰But to the stranger. To thy brother thou shalt lend that which he wanteth, without usury: that the Lord thy God may bless thee in all thy works in the land, which thou shalt go in to possess.

²¹When thou hast made a vow to the Lord thy God, thou shalt not delay to pay it: because the Lord thy God will require it. And if thou delay, it shall be imputed to thee for a sin.

²²If thou wilt not promise, that shalt be without sin.

²³But that which is once gone out of thy lips, thou shalt observe, and shalt do as thou hast promised to the Lord thy God, and hast spoken with thy own will and with thy own mouth.

²⁴Going into thy neighbour's vineyard, thou mayst eat as many grapes as thou pleasest: but must carry none out with thee:

²⁵If thou go into thy friend's corn, thou mayst break the ears, and rub them in thy hand: but not reap them with a sickle.