Deuteronomy, 23

New Jerusalem Bible

1 'A man must not take his father's wife; he must not withdraw the skirt of his father's cloak from her.

2 'A man whose testicles have been crushed or whose male member has been cut off must not be admitted to the assembly of Yahweh.

3 No half-breed may be admitted to the assembly of Yahweh; not even his descendants to the tenth generation may be admitted to the assembly of Yahweh.

4 No Ammonite or Moabite may be admitted to the assembly of Yahweh; not even his descendants to the tenth generation may be admitted to the assembly of Yahweh, and this is for all time;

5 since they did not come to meet you with food and drink when you were on your way out of Egypt, and even hired Balaam son of Beor to oppose you by cursing you, from Pethor in Aram Naharaim.

6 But Yahweh your God refused to listen to Balaam, and Yahweh your God turned the curse on you into a blessing, because Yahweh your God loved you.

7 Never, as long as you live, must you seek their welfare or their prosperity.

8 'You must not regard the Edomite as detestable, for he is your brother; you must not regard the Egyptian as detestable, since you were once a foreigner in his country.

9 The third generation of children born to these may be admitted to the assembly of Yahweh.

10 'When you are in camp, at war with your enemies, you must avoid anything bad.

11 If any one of you is unclean by reason of a nocturnal emission, he must leave and not come back into camp,

12 but towards evening wash himself, and return to camp at sunset.

13 'You must have a latrine outside the camp, and go out to this;

14 you must have a trowel in your equipment and, when you squat outside, you must scrape a hole with it, then turn round and cover up your excrement.

15 For Yahweh your God goes about the inside of your camp to guard you and put your enemies at your mercy. Your camp must therefore be a holy place; Yahweh must not see anything indecent there or he will desert you.

16 'You must not allow a master to imprison a slave who has escaped from him and come to you.

17 Let him make his home with you and yours, wherever he pleases in whichever of your towns he prefers; you must not molest him.

18 'There must be no sacred prostitute among the women of Israel, and no sacred prostitute among the men of Israel.

19 You must not bring the wages of a prostitute or the earnings of a 'dog' to the house of Yahweh your God, whatever vow you may have made: both are detestable to Yahweh your God.

20 'You must not lend on interest to your brother, whether the loan be of money, of food, or of anything else that may earn interest.

21 You may demand interest on a loan to a foreigner, but you must not demand interest from your brother; so that Yahweh your God may bless you in all your labours, in the country which you are about to enter and make your own.

22 'If you make a vow to Yahweh your God, you must not be slack about fulfilling it: Yahweh your God will certainly hold you answerable for it and you will incur guilt.

23 If, however, you make no vow, you do not incur guilt.

24 Whatever passes your lips you must keep to, and the vow that you have made to Yahweh, your generous God, you must fulfil.

25 'If you go into your neighbour's vineyard, you may eat as many grapes as you please, but you must not put any in your basket.

26 If you go into your neighbour's standing corn, you may pick ears by hand, but you must not put a sickle into your neighbour's corn.'




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Deuteronomy 23 deals with social laws and norms that govern the life of the community of Israel. The chapter begins with people who cannot be part of the Assembly of God, including the eunuchs, the Ammonites and the Moabites. Then instructions on the cleaning of the camp, personal hygiene and the treatment of fugitive slaves are given. The chapter continues with the rules for dealing with the vows made to God and ends with the guidelines on the harvest and the sharing of land products.

1 Kings 21:1-3: "It succeeded, after these things, that Naboth, the Jezreelite, had a vineyard by the palace of Ahab, king of Samaria. Then he said the Naboth, saying, Give me your vineyard so that Serve me from a vegetable garden, for it is close to my house; and I will give you another better vineyard; or if you get you, I will give you your value in cash. But Nabote said to Ahab: Keep me The Lord that I give you the inheritance of my parents. " This verse talks about the possession of the earth, which is mentioned in Deuteronomy 23:23. The earth belongs to God, and the people of Israel must respect the laws and regulations He has established for their proper possession and use.

Psalm 15:1-2: "Lord, who will dwell in your tabernacle? Who will live in your holy mountain? This verse talks about moral purity, which is mentioned in Deuteronomy 23:9-14. Personal hygiene is important to moral purity, and the people of Israel must be aware to avoid any impurities, both physical and moral.

Jeremiah 38:6: "They then took to Jeremiah, and thrown him into the Cistern of Malkiah, son of the king, who was in the guardian atrium; and they descended Jeremiah with ropes; in the cistern there was no water, but mud; and If Jeremiah in the mud. " This verse talks about punishment and torture, which are mentioned in Deuteronomy 23:15-16. The people of Israel should not treat their fugitive slaves with cruelty or excessive punishments.

Isaiah 56:4-5: "For thus says the Lord, to the eunuchs who keep my Saturdays, and choose what I like, and embrace my covenant, I will give them in my house and inside my walls A memorial and a better name than children and daughters; an eternal name I will give each one of them, which will never go out. " This verse talks about the eunuchs, which are mentioned in Deuteronomy 23:1 as being excluded from the Assembly of the Lord. Here Isaiah says that those who keep the Saturdays of the Lord and embrace His covenant will be blessed with an eternal name in the house of the Lord.

Numbers 22:12: "And God said to Balaam, Thou shalt not with them or curse this people, because blessed is." This verse talks about the fact that God forbids the Ammonites and the Moabites from being part of the Assembly of the Lord, which is mentioned in Deuteronomy 23:3-6. The Ammonites and the Moabites could not enter the Lord's Assembly until the tenth generation, because of the way they treated Israel on the way to Canaan.


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