Deuteronomy 23-24New King James Version (NKJV)
Those Excluded from the Congregation
23 “He who is emasculated by crushing or
mutilation shall not enter the assembly of the Lord.
2 “One of illegitimate birth shall
not enter the assembly of the Lord; even to the tenth generation none of
his descendants shall enter the assembly of the Lord.
3 “An Ammonite or Moabite shall not
enter the assembly of the Lord; even to the tenth generation none of
his descendants shall enter the assembly of
the Lord forever, 4 because they did not
meet you with bread and water on the road when you came out of Egypt, and
because they hired against you Balaam the son of Beor from Pethor of
Mesopotamia,[a] to curse you. 5 Nevertheless
the Lord your God would not listen to Balaam, but
the Lord your God turned the curse into a blessing for you, because
the Lord your God loves you. 6 You shall
not seek their peace nor their prosperity all your days forever.
7 “You shall not abhor an Edomite,
for he is your brother. You shall not abhor an Egyptian, because
you were an alien in his land. 8 The children of
the third generation born to them may enter the assembly of the Lord.
Cleanliness of the Campsite
9 “When the army goes out against
your enemies, then keep yourself from every wicked thing. 10 If
there is any man among you who becomes unclean by some occurrence in the night,
then he shall go outside the camp; he shall not come inside the camp. 11 But
it shall be, when evening comes, that he shall wash with water; and when the
sun sets, he may come into the camp.
12 “Also you shall have a place
outside the camp, where you may go out; 13 and you
shall have an implement among your equipment, and when you sit down outside,
you shall dig with it and turn and cover your refuse. 14 For
the Lord your God walks in the midst of your camp, to deliver you and
give your enemies over to you; therefore your camp shall be holy, that He may
see no unclean thing among you, and turn away from you.
Miscellaneous Laws
15 “You shall not give back to his
master the slave who has escaped from his master to you. 16 He
may dwell with you in your midst, in the place which he chooses within one of
your gates, where it seems best to him; you shall not oppress him.
17 “There shall be no ritual harlot[b] of the daughters of
Israel, or a perverted[c] one of the sons of
Israel. 18 You shall not bring the wages of a
harlot or the price of a dog to the house of the Lord your God for
any vowed offering, for both of these are an abomination to
the Lord your God.
19 “You shall not charge interest to
your brother—interest on money or food or anything
that is lent out at interest. 20 To a foreigner you
may charge interest, but to your brother you shall not charge interest, that
the Lord your God may bless you in all to which you set your hand in
the land which you are entering to possess.
21 “When you make a vow to
the Lord your God, you shall not delay to pay it; for
the Lord your God will surely require it of you, and it would be sin
to you. 22 But if you abstain from vowing, it shall
not be sin to you. 23 That which has gone from your
lips you shall keep and perform, for you voluntarily vowed to
the Lord your God what you have promised with your mouth.
24 “When you come into your
neighbor’s vineyard, you may eat your fill of grapes at your pleasure, but you
shall not put any in your container. 25 When
you come into your neighbor’s standing grain, you may pluck the heads with your
hand, but you shall not use a sickle on your neighbor’s standing grain.
Law Concerning Divorce
24 “When a man takes a wife and marries her, and
it happens that she finds no favor in his eyes because he has found some
uncleanness in her, and he writes her a certificate of divorce, puts it in
her hand, and sends her out of his house, 2 when
she has departed from his house, and goes and becomes another man’s wife, 3 if the
latter husband detests her and writes her a certificate of divorce, puts it in
her hand, and sends her out of his house, or if the latter husband dies who
took her as his wife, 4 then her former
husband who divorced her must not take her back to be his wife after she has
been defiled; for that is an abomination before the Lord,
and you shall not bring sin on the land which the Lord your God is
giving you as an inheritance.
Miscellaneous Laws
5 “When a man has taken a new wife,
he shall not go out to war or be charged with any business; he shall be free at
home one year, and bring happiness to his wife whom he has taken.
6 “No man shall take the lower or the
upper millstone in pledge, for he takes one’s living in
pledge.
7 “If a man is found kidnapping any
of his brethren of the children of Israel, and mistreats him or sells him, then
that kidnapper shall die; and you shall put away the evil from among you.
8 “Take heed in an outbreak of
leprosy, that you carefully observe and do according to all that the priests,
the Levites, shall teach you; just as I commanded them, so you
shall be careful to do. 9 Remember what
the Lord your God did to Miriam on the way when you came out of Egypt!
10 “When you lend your brother
anything, you shall not go into his house to get his pledge. 11 You
shall stand outside, and the man to whom you lend shall bring the pledge out to
you. 12 And if the man is poor,
you shall not keep his pledge overnight. 13 You
shall in any case return the pledge to him again when the sun goes down, that
he may sleep in his own garment and bless you; and it shall be righteousness to
you before the Lord your God.
14 “You shall not oppress a hired
servant who is poor and needy, whether one of
your brethren or one of the aliens who is in your land within
your gates. 15 Each day you shall give him his
wages, and not let the sun go down on it, for he is poor and
has set his heart on it; lest he cry out against you to the Lord, and it
be sin to you.
16 “Fathers shall not be put to death
for their children, nor shall children be put to death
for their fathers; a person shall be put to death for his own
sin.
17 “You shall not pervert justice due
the stranger or the fatherless, nor take a widow’s garment as a pledge. 18 But
you shall remember that you were a slave in Egypt, and the Lord your
God redeemed you from there; therefore I command you to do this thing.
19 “When you reap your harvest in
your field, and forget a sheaf in the field, you shall not go back to get it;
it shall be for the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, that
the Lord your God may bless you in all the work of your hands. 20 When
you beat your olive trees, you shall not go over the boughs again; it shall be
for the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow. 21 When
you gather the grapes of your vineyard, you shall not glean it afterward;
it shall be for the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow. 22 And
you shall remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt; therefore I
command you to do this thing.
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