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Deuteronomy 23

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Deuteronomy 23 Bible text

WEB: 1WEB

He who is emasculated by crushing or cutting shall not enter into Yahweh’s assembly.

ASV: 1ASV

He that is wounded in the stones, or hath his privy member cut off, shall not enter into the assembly of Jehovah.

WEB: 2WEB

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.

ASV: 2ASV

A bastard shall not enter into the assembly of Jehovah; even to the tenth generation shall none of his enter into the assembly of Jehovah.

WEB: 3WEB

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,

ASV: 3ASV

An Ammonite or a Moabite shall not enter into the assembly of Jehovah; even to the tenth generation shall none belonging to them enter into the assembly of Jehovah for ever:

WEB: 4WEB

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.

ASV: 4ASV

because they met you not with bread and with water in the way, when ye came forth out of Egypt, and because they hired against thee Balaam the son of Beor from Pethor of Mesopotamia, to curse thee.

WEB: 5WEB

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.

ASV: 5ASV

Nevertheless Jehovah thy God would not hearken unto Balaam; but Jehovah thy God turned the curse into a blessing unto thee, because Jehovah thy God loved thee.

WEB: 6WEB

You shall not seek their peace nor their prosperity all your days forever.

ASV: 6ASV

Thou shalt not seek their peace nor their prosperity all thy days for ever.

WEB: 7WEB

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.

ASV: 7ASV

Thou shalt not abhor an Edomite; for he is thy brother: thou shalt not abhor an Egyptian; because thou wast a sojourner in his land.

WEB: 8WEB

The children of the third generation who are born to them may enter into Yahweh’s assembly.

ASV: 8ASV

The children of the third generation that are born unto them shall enter into the assembly of Jehovah.

WEB: 9WEB

When you go out and camp against your enemies, then you shall keep yourselves from every evil thing.

ASV: 9ASV

When thou goest forth in camp against thine enemies, then thou shalt keep thee from every evil thing.

WEB: 10WEB

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;

ASV: 10ASV

If there be among you any man, that is not clean by reason of that which chanceth him by night, then shall he go abroad out of the camp, he shall not come within the camp:

WEB: 11WEB

but it shall be, when evening comes, he shall bathe himself in water. When the sun is down, he shall come within the camp.

ASV: 11ASV

but it shall be, when evening cometh on, he shall bathe himself in water; and when the sun is down, he shall come within the camp.

WEB: 12WEB

You shall have a place also outside of the camp where you go relieve yourself.

ASV: 12ASV

Thou shalt have a place also without the camp, whither thou shalt go forth abroad:

WEB: 13WEB

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;

ASV: 13ASV

and thou shalt have a paddle among thy weapons; and it shall be, when thou sittest down abroad, thou shalt dig therewith, and shalt turn back and cover that which cometh from thee:

WEB: 14WEB

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.

ASV: 14ASV

for Jehovah thy God walketh in the midst of thy camp, to deliver thee, and to give up thine enemies before thee; therefore shall thy camp be holy, that he may not see an unclean thing in thee, and turn away from thee.

WEB: 15WEB

You shall not deliver to his master a servant who has escaped from his master to you.

ASV: 15ASV

Thou shalt not deliver unto his master a servant that is escaped from his master unto thee:

WEB: 16WEB

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.

ASV: 16ASV

he shall dwell with thee, in the midst of thee, in the place which he shall choose within one of thy gates, where it pleaseth him best: thou shalt not oppress him.

WEB: 17WEB

There shall be no prostitute of the daughters of Israel, neither shall there be a sodomite of the sons of Israel.

ASV: 17ASV

There shall be no prostitute of the daughters of Israel, neither shall there be a sodomite of the sons of Israel.

WEB: 18WEB

You shall not bring the hire of a prostitute, or the wages of a male prostitute,

ASV: 18ASV

Thou shalt not bring the hire of a harlot, or the wages of a dog, into the house of Jehovah thy God for any vow: for even both these are an abomination unto Jehovah thy God.

WEB: 19WEB

You shall not lend on interest to your brother: interest of money, interest of food, interest of anything that is lent on interest.

ASV: 19ASV

Thou shalt not lend upon interest to thy brother; interest of money, interest of victuals, interest of anything that is lent upon interest.

WEB: 20WEB

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.

ASV: 20ASV

Unto a foreigner thou mayest lend upon interest; but unto thy brother thou shalt not lend upon interest, that Jehovah thy God may bless thee in all that thou puttest thy hand unto, in the land whither thou goest in to possess it.

WEB: 21WEB

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.

ASV: 21ASV

When thou shalt vow a vow unto Jehovah thy God, thou shalt not be slack to pay it: for Jehovah thy God will surely require it of thee; and it would be sin in thee.

WEB: 22WEB

But if you refrain from making a vow, it shall be no sin in you.

ASV: 22ASV

But if thou shalt forbear to vow, it shall be no sin in thee.

WEB: 23WEB

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.

ASV: 23ASV

That which is gone out of thy lips thou shalt observe and do; according as thou hast vowed unto Jehovah thy God, a freewill-offering, which thou hast promised with thy mouth.

WEB: 24WEB

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.

ASV: 24ASV

When thou comest into thy neighbor’s vineyard, then thou mayest eat of grapes thy fill at thine own pleasure; but thou shalt not put any in thy vessel.

WEB: 25WEB

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.

ASV: 25ASV

When thou comest into thy neighbor’s standing grain, then thou mayest pluck the ears with thy hand; but thou shalt not move a sickle unto thy neighbor’s standing grain.