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| Deuteronomy 23:1 |
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"No one who is emasculated or has his male
organ cut off shall enter the assembly of the LORD. |
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| Deuteronomy 23:2 |
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No one of illegitimate birth shall enter the
assembly of the LORD; none of his descendants, even to the tenth generation, shall
enter the assembly of the LORD. |
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| Deuteronomy 23:3 |
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No Ammonite or Moabite shall enter the assembly
of the LORD; none of their descendants, even to the tenth generation, shall ever
enter the assembly of the LORD, |
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| Deuteronomy 23:4 |
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because they did not meet you with food and
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. |
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| Deuteronomy 23:5 |
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Nevertheless, the LORD your God was not willing
to listen to Balaam, but the LORD your God turned the curse into a blessing for
you because the LORD your God loves you. |
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| Deuteronomy 23:6 |
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You shall never seek their peace or their prosperity
all your days. |
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| Deuteronomy 23:7 |
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"You shall not detest an Edomite, for he is
your brother; you shall not detest an Egyptian, because you were an alien in his
land. |
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| Deuteronomy 23:8 |
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The sons of the third generation who are born
to them may enter the assembly of the LORD. |
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| Deuteronomy 23:9 |
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"When you go out as an army against your enemies,
you shall keep yourself from every evil thing. |
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| Deuteronomy 23:10 |
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"If there is among you any man who is unclean
because of a nocturnal emission, then he must go outside the camp; he may not
reenter the camp. |
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| Deuteronomy 23:11 |
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But it shall be when evening approaches, he
shall bathe himself with water, and at sundown he may reenter the camp. |
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| Deuteronomy 23:12 |
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"You shall also have a place outside the camp
and go out there, |
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| Deuteronomy 23:13 |
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and you shall have a spade among your tools,
and it shall be when you sit down outside, you shall dig with it and shall turn
to cover up your excrement. |
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| Deuteronomy 23:14 |
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Since the LORD your God walks in the midst of
your camp to deliver you and to defeat your enemies before you, therefore your
camp must be holy; and He must not see anything indecent among you or He will
turn away from you. |
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| Deuteronomy 23:15 |
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"You shall not hand over to his master a slave
who has escaped from his master to you. |
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| Deuteronomy 23:16 |
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He shall live with you in your midst, in the
place which he shall choose in one of your towns where it pleases him; you shall
not mistreat him. |
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| Deuteronomy 23:17 |
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"None of the daughters of Israel shall be a
cult prostitute, nor shall any of the sons of Israel be a cult prostitute. |
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| Deuteronomy 23:18 |
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You shall not bring the hire of a harlot or
the wages of a dog into the house of the LORD your God for any votive offering,
for both of these are an abomination to the LORD your God. |
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| Deuteronomy 23:19 |
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"You shall not charge interest to your countrymen:
interest on money, food, or anything that may be loaned at interest. |
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| Deuteronomy 23:20 |
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You may charge interest to a foreigner, but
to your countrymen you shall not charge interest, so that the LORD your God may
bless you in all that you undertake in the land which you are about to enter to
possess. |
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| Deuteronomy 23:21 |
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"When you make a vow to the LORD your God,
you shall not delay to pay it, for it would be sin in you, and the LORD your God
will surely require it of you. |
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| Deuteronomy 23:22 |
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However, if you refrain from vowing, it would
not be sin in you. |
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| Deuteronomy 23:23 |
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You shall be careful to perform what goes out
from your lips, just as you have voluntarily vowed to the LORD your God, what
you have promised. |
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| Deuteronomy 23:24 |
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"When you enter your neighbor's vineyard, then
you may eat grapes until you are fully satisfied, but you shall not put any in
your basket. |
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| Deuteronomy 23:25 |
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"When you enter your neighbor's standing grain,
then you may pluck the heads with your hand, but you shall not wield a sickle
in your neighbor's standing grain. |
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