Deuteronomy 23

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1. 1No man whose testicles have been crushed or whose male organ has been cut off may enter the assembly of the LORD.
2. 2No one born from a forbidden union may enter the assembly of the LORD. Even after 10 generations, none of his descendants may enter the assembly of the LORD.
3. 3No Ammonite or Moabite may enter the assembly of the LORD. Even after 10 generations, none of their descendants may ever enter the assembly of the LORD.
4. 4This is 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 from Pethor in Mesopotamia to curse you.
5. 5But the LORD your God refused to listen to Balaam. Instead, the LORD your God turned the curse into a blessing for you, because the LORD your God loves you.
6. 6Do not seek their peace or prosperity for as long as you live.
7. 7Don't despise an Edomite, because he is your brother. Don't despise an Egyptian, because you once lived as foreigners in his land.
8. 8The grandchildren of Edomites and Egyptians — the 3rd generation born among you — may enter the assembly of the LORD.
9. 9When your army goes out to fight your enemies, keep yourself from every wicked thing.
10. 10If any man in the camp becomes unclean because of something that happens to him during the night, he must leave the camp and stay outside.
11. 11When evening comes, he must wash himself with water. Then after the sun goes down, he may return to the camp.
12. 12Set aside a designated area outside the camp where you can go to relieve yourselves.
13. 13Keep a small shovel with your equipment. When you relieve yourself outside the camp, dig a hole with it, and then cover up your waste before you leave.
14. 14The LORD your God moves through the middle of your camp to protect you and hand your enemies over to you. So your camp must be kept holy. If he sees anything unclean among you, he will turn away from you.
15. 15If a slave escapes from his master and comes to you for refuge, don't hand him back.
16. 16Let him live among you in whatever town he chooses, wherever he likes best. Don't mistreat him.
17. 17There shall be no prostitute among the daughters of Israel, nor any male prostitute among the sons of Israel.
18. 18Do not bring the earnings of a female prostitute or the price of a dog into the house of the LORD your God for any vow, for both are an abomination to the LORD your God.
19. 19Don't charge interest when you lend to a fellow Israelite — not on money, not on food, not on anything at all.
20. 20You may charge interest to a foreigner, but not to a fellow Israelite. Follow this so that the LORD your God will bless everything you do in the land you are about to enter and possess.
21. 21When you make a vow to the LORD your God, don't put off fulfilling it. The LORD your God will hold you to it, and failing to keep it would be sin.
22. 22But if you choose not to make a vow, it is not a sin for you.
23. 23But whatever promise leaves your lips, you must follow through on it. If you've made a voluntary vow to the LORD your God — something you promised with your own mouth — you must do it.
24. 24When you walk through your neighbor's vineyard, you're free to eat as many grapes as you want while you're there. But don't take any away in a container.
25. 25When you walk through your neighbor's grain field, you may pick heads of grain by hand. But don't take a sickle to your neighbor's standing grain.