23:1 He that is fractured or mutilated in
his private parts shall not enter into the assembly of the Lord.
23:2 [One born] of a harlot shall not enter into the assembly of the Lord.
23:3 The Ammanite and Moabite shall not enter into the assembly of the Lord,
even until the tenth generation he shall not enter into the assembly of the
Lord, even for ever:
23:4 because they met you not with bread and water by the way, when ye went
out of Egypt; and because they hired against thee Balaam the son of Beor of
Mesopotamia to curse thee.
23:5 But the Lord thy God would not hearken to Balaam; and the Lord thy God
changed the curses into blessings, because the Lord thy God loved thee.
23:6 Thou shalt not speak peaceably or profitably to them all thy days for
ever.
23:7 Thou shalt not abhor an Edomite, because he is thy brother; thou shalt
not abhor an Egyptian, because thou wast a stranger in his land.
23:8 If sons be born to them, in the third generation they shall enter into
the assembly of the Lord.
23:9 And if thou shouldest go forth to engage with thine enemies, then thou
shalt keep thee from every wicked thing.
23:10 If there should be in thee a man who is not clean by reason of his
issue by night, then he shall go forth out of the camp, and he shall not
enter into the camp.
23:11 And it shall come to pass toward evening he shall wash his body with
water, and when the sun has gone down, he shall go into the camp.
23:12 And thou shalt have a place outside of the camp, and thou shalt go out
thither,
23:13 and thou shalt have a trowel on thy girdle; and it shall come to pass
when thou wouldest relieve thyself abroad, that thou shalt dig with it, and
shalt bring back the earth and cover thy nuisance.
23:14 Because the Lord thy God walks in thy camp to deliver thee, and to
give up thine enemy before thy face; and thy camp shall be holy, and there
shall not appear in thee a disgraceful thing and [so] he shall turn away
from thee.
23:15 Thou shalt not deliver a servant to his master, who [coming] from his
master attaches himself to thee.
23:16 He shall dwell with thee, he shall dwell among you where he shall
please; thou shalt not afflict him.
23:17 There shall not be a harlot of the daughters of Israel, and there
shall not be a fornicator of the sons of Israel; there shall not be an
idolatress of the daughters of Israel, and there shall not be an initiated
person of the sons of Israel.
23:18 Thou shalt not bring the hire of a harlot, nor the price of a dog into
the house of the Lord thy God, for any vow; because even both are an
abomination to the Lord thy God.
23:19 Thou shalt not lend to thy brother on usury of silver, or usury of
meat, or usury of any thing which thou mayest lend out.
23:20 Thou mayest lend on usury to a stranger, but to thy brother thou shalt
not lend on usury; that the Lord thy God may bless thee in all thy works
upon the land, into which thou art entering to inherit it.
23:21 And if thou wilt vow a vow to the Lord thy God, thou shalt not delay
to pay it; for the Lord thy God will surely require it of thee, and
[otherwise] it shall be sin in thee.
23:22 But if thou shouldest be unwilling to vow, it is not sin in thee.
23:23 Thou shalt observe the words that proceed from between thy lips; and
as thou hast vowed a gift to the Lord God, [so] shalt thou do that which
thou hast spoken with thy mouth.
23:24 And if thou shouldest go into the vineyard of thy neighbour, thou
shalt eat grapes sufficient to satisfy thy desire; but thou mayest not put
them into a vessel.
23:25 And if thou shouldest go into the corn field of thy neighbour, then
thou mayest gather the ears with thy hands; but thou shalt not put the
sickle to thy neighbour's corn. |
23:1 He that is wounded in the stones, or
hath his privy member cut off, shall not enter into the congregation of the
LORD.
23:2 A bastard shall not enter into the congregation of the LORD; even to
his tenth generation shall he not enter into the congregation of the LORD.
23:3 An Ammonite or Moabite shall not enter into the congregation of the
LORD; even to their tenth generation shall they not enter into the
congregation of the LORD for ever:
23:4 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 of Pethor of Mesopotamia, to curse thee.
23:5 Nevertheless the LORD thy God would not hearken unto Balaam; but the
LORD thy God turned the curse into a blessing unto thee, because the LORD
thy God loved thee.
23:6 Thou shalt not seek their peace nor their prosperity all thy days for
ever.
23:7 Thou shalt not abhor an Edomite; for he is thy brother: thou shalt not
abhor an Egyptian; because thou wast a stranger in his land.
23:8 The children that are begotten of them shall enter into the
congregation of the LORD in their third generation.
23:9 When the host goeth forth against thine enemies, then keep thee from
every wicked thing.
23:10 If there be among you any man, that is not clean by reason of
uncleanness that chanceth him by night, then shall he go abroad out of the
camp, he shall not come within the camp:
23:11 But it shall be, when evening cometh on, he shall wash himself with
water: and when the sun is down, he shall come into the camp again.
23:12 Thou shalt have a place also without the camp, whither thou shalt go
forth abroad:
23:13 And thou shalt have a paddle upon thy weapon; and it shall be, when
thou wilt ease thyself abroad, thou shalt dig therewith, and shalt turn back
and cover that which cometh from thee:
23:14 For the LORD 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 see no unclean thing in thee, and turn away from thee.
23:15 Thou shalt not deliver unto his master the servant which is escaped
from his master unto thee:
23:16 He shall dwell with thee, even among you, in that place which he shall
choose in one of thy gates, where it liketh him best: thou shalt not oppress
him.
23:17 There shall be no whore of the daughters of Israel, nor a sodomite of
the sons of Israel.
23:18 Thou shalt not bring the hire of a whore, or the price of a dog, into
the house of the LORD thy God for any vow: for even both these are
abomination unto the LORD thy God.
23:19 Thou shalt not lend upon usury to thy brother; usury of money, usury
of victuals, usury of any thing that is lent upon usury:
23:20 Unto a stranger thou mayest lend upon usury; but unto thy brother thou
shalt not lend upon usury: that the LORD thy God may bless thee in all that
thou settest thine hand to in the land whither thou goest to possess it.
23:21 When thou shalt vow a vow unto the LORD thy God, thou shalt not slack
to pay it: for the LORD thy God will surely require it of thee; and it would
be sin in thee.
23:22 But if thou shalt forbear to vow, it shall be no sin in thee.
23:23 That which is gone out of thy lips thou shalt keep and perform; even a
freewill offering, according as thou hast vowed unto the LORD thy God, which
thou hast promised with thy mouth.
23:24 When thou comest into thy neighbor's vineyard, then thou mayest eat
grapes thy fill at thine own pleasure; but thou shalt not put any in thy
vessel.
23:25 When thou comest into the standing corn of thy neighbor, then thou
mayest pluck the ears with thine hand; but thou shalt not move a sickle unto
thy neighbor's standing corn. |