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Chapter 23 |
| 1 | He that is
wounded in the stones, or hath his privy member cut off, shall not enter into
the congregation of the LORD. |
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2 | A bastard shall not enter into the
congregation of the LORD; even to his tenth generation shall he not enter into
the congregation of the LORD. |
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3 | An Ammonite or Moabite shall not enter
into the congregation of the LORD; even to their tenth generation shall they
not enter into the congregation of the LORD for ever: |
| 4 | Because they
met you not with bread and with water in the way, when ye came forth out of
Egypt; and because they hired against thee Balaam the son of Beor of Pethor of
Mesopotamia, to curse thee. |
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5 | Nevertheless the LORD thy God would not
hearken unto Balaam; but the LORD thy God turned the curse into a blessing unto
thee, because the LORD thy God loved thee. |
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6 | Thou shalt not seek their
peace nor their prosperity all thy days for ever. |
| 7 | Thou shalt not
abhor an Edomite; for he is thy brother: thou shalt not abhor an Egyptian;
because thou wast a stranger in his land. |
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8 | The children that are
begotten of them shall enter into the congregation of the LORD in their third
generation. |
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| When the host goeth forth against thine enemies, then
keep thee from every wicked thing. |
| 10 | If there be among you any
man, that is not clean by reason of uncleanness that chanceth him by night,
then shall he go abroad out of the camp, he shall not come within the
camp: |
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But it shall be, when evening cometh on, he shall wash himself
with water: and when the sun is down, he shall come into the camp again.
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| 12 | Thou shalt have a place also without the camp, whither thou shalt go
forth abroad: |
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13 | And thou shalt have a paddle upon thy weapon; and
it shall be, when thou wilt ease thyself abroad, thou shalt dig therewith, and
shalt turn back and cover that which cometh from thee: |
| 14 | For the LORD
thy God walketh in the midst of thy camp, to deliver thee, and to give up thine
enemies before thee; therefore shall thy camp be holy: that he see no unclean
thing in thee, and turn away from thee. |
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15 | Thou shalt not deliver
unto his master the servant which is escaped from his master unto thee:
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| 16 | He shall dwell with thee, even among you, in that place which he shall
choose in one of thy gates, where it liketh him best: thou shalt not oppress
him. |
| 17 |
There shall be no whore of the daughters of Israel, nor a
sodomite of the sons of Israel. |
| 18 | Thou shalt not bring the hire
of a whore, 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. |
| 19 | Thou
shalt not lend upon usury to thy brother; usury of money, usury of victuals,
usury of any thing that is lent upon usury: |
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20 | Unto a stranger thou
mayest lend upon usury; but unto thy brother thou shalt not lend upon usury:
that the LORD thy God may bless thee in all that thou settest thine hand to in
the land whither thou goest to possess it. |
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21 | When thou shalt vow a
vow unto the LORD thy God, thou shalt not slack to pay it: for the LORD thy God
will surely require it of thee; and it would be sin in thee. |
| 22 | But
if thou shalt forbear to vow, it shall be no sin in thee. |
| 23 | That
which is gone out of thy lips thou shalt keep and perform; even a freewill
offering, according as thou hast vowed unto the LORD thy God, which thou hast
promised with thy mouth. |
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24 | When thou comest into thy neighbor's
vineyard, then thou mayest eat grapes thy fill at thine own pleasure; but thou
shalt not put any in thy vessel. |
| 25 | When thou comest into the
standing corn of thy neighbor, then thou mayest pluck the ears with thine hand;
but thou shalt not move a sickle unto thy neighbor's standing corn. |
