Chapter 23

He that is wounded in the stones,⁷ or hath his privy member cut off,⁷ shall not enter⁴ into the congregation of the LORD.

A bastard shall not enter⁴ into the congregation of the LORD; even to his tenth generation shall he not enter⁴ into the congregation of the LORD.

An Ammonite or Moabite shall not enter⁴ into the congregation of the LORD; even to their tenth generation shall they not enter⁴ into the congregation of the LORD for ever:

Because they met¹⁴ you not with bread and with water in the way, when ye came forth² out of Egypt; and because they hired¹ against thee Balaam the son of Beor of Pethor of Mesopotamia, to curse¹⁵ thee.

Nevertheless the LORD thy God would¹ not hearken² unto Balaam; but the LORD thy God turned⁴ the curse into a blessing unto thee, because the LORD thy God loved¹ thee.

Thou shalt not seek⁴ their peace nor their prosperity all thy days for ever.

Thou shalt not abhor¹⁷ an Edomite; for he [is] thy brother: thou shalt not abhor¹⁷ an Egyptian; because thou wast a stranger in his land.

The children that are begotten¹¹ of them shall enter⁴ into the congregation of the LORD in their third generation.

When the host goeth forth⁴ against thine enemies,⁶ then keep⁸ thee from every wicked thing.

If there be among you any man, that is not clean by reason of uncleanness that chanceth him by night, then shall he go¹ abroad out of the camp, he shall not come⁴ within the camp:

But it shall be, when evening cometh on,² he shall wash⁴ [himself] with water: and when the sun is down,² he shall come⁴ into the camp [again].

Thou shalt have a place also without the camp, whither thou shalt go forth¹ abroad:

And thou shalt have a paddle upon thy weapon; and it shall be, when thou wilt ease² thyself abroad, thou shalt dig¹ therewith, and shalt turn back¹ and cover¹⁴ that which cometh from thee:

For the LORD thy God walketh¹⁰² in the midst of thy camp, to deliver⁵³ thee, and to give up² thine enemies⁶ before thee; therefore shall thy camp be holy: that he see⁴ no unclean thing in thee, and turn away¹ from thee.

Thou shalt not deliver⁵⁵ unto his master the servant which is escaped¹¹ from his master unto thee:

He shall dwell⁴ with thee, [even] among you, in that place which he shall choose⁴ in one of thy gates, where it liketh him best: thou shalt not oppress⁵⁵ him.

There shall be no whore of the daughters of Israel, nor a sodomite of the sons of Israel.

Thou shalt not bring⁵⁵ the hire of a whore,⁶ 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.

Thou shalt not lend upon usury⁵⁵ to thy brother; usury of money, usury of victuals, usury of any thing that is lent upon usury:⁴

Unto a stranger thou mayest lend upon usury;⁵⁵ but unto thy brother thou shalt not lend upon usury:⁵⁵ that the LORD thy God may bless¹⁷ thee in all that thou settest thine hand to in the land whither thou goest⁶ to possess² it.

When thou shalt vow⁴ a vow unto the LORD thy God, thou shalt not slack¹⁷ to pay¹⁵ it: for the LORD thy God will surely² require⁴ it of thee; and it would be sin in thee.

But if thou shalt forbear⁴ to vow,² it shall be no sin in thee.

That which is gone out of thy lips thou shalt keep⁴ and perform;¹ [even] a freewill offering, according as thou hast vowed¹ unto the LORD thy God, which thou hast promised¹⁴ with thy mouth.

When thou comest⁴ into thy neighbour's vineyard, then thou mayest eat¹ grapes thy fill at thine own pleasure; but thou shalt not put⁴ [any] in thy vessel.

When thou comest⁴ into the standing corn of thy neighbour, then thou mayest pluck¹ the ears with thine hand; but thou shalt not move⁵⁵ a sickle unto thy neighbour's standing corn.