Deuteronomy 23

Deuteronomy 23:1 “No man whose testicles have been crushed or whose penis has been eliminated may enter Yahveh’s collected assembly.

Deuteronomy 23:2 No one of illegitimate birth may enter Yahveh’s collected assembly; none of his descendants, even to the tenth generation, may enter Yahveh’s collected assembly.

Deuteronomy 23:3 No Ammonite or Moabite may enter Yahveh’s collected assembly; none of their descendants, even to the tenth generation, may enter Yahveh’s collected assembly permanently.

Deuteronomy 23:4 This is because they did not meet you with food and water on the journey after you came out of Egypt and because Balaam, son of Beor from Pethor in Aram-naharaim, was hired to curse you.

Deuteronomy 23:5 Yet Yahveh, your God, would not listen to Balaam, but he turned the affliction into empowerment for you because Yahveh, your God, cares about you.

Deuteronomy 23:6 Never pursue their welfare or prosperity all your days – permanently.

Deuteronomy 23:7 Do not despise an Edomite, because he is your brother. Do not despise an Egyptian because you were a guest in his land.

Deuteronomy 23:8 The children born to them in the third generation may enter Yahveh’s collected assembly.

Deuteronomy 23:9 “When you are encamped against your enemies, be careful to avoid anything offensive.

Deuteronomy 23:10 If there is a man among you who is not pure because of a bodily emission during the night, he must go outside the camp; he may not come anywhere inside the camp.

Deuteronomy 23:11 When evening approaches, he is to wash with water, and when the sun sets, he may come inside the camp.

Deuteronomy 23:12 You are to have a place outside the camp and go there to relieve yourself.

Deuteronomy 23:13 You are to have a digging tool in your equipment; when you relieve yourself, dig a hole with it and cover up your excrement.

Deuteronomy 23:14 You see, Yahveh, your God, walks throughout your camp to protect you and deliver your enemies to you, so your encampments must be sacred. He must not see anything indecent among you, or he will turn away from you.

Deuteronomy 23:15 “Do not return a slave to his master when he has escaped from his master to you.

Deuteronomy 23:16 Let him stay among you wherever he wants within your city gates. Do not mistreat him.

Deuteronomy 23:17 “No Israelite woman is to be a cult prostitute, and no Israelite man is to be a cult prostitute.

Deuteronomy 23:18 Do not bring a female prostitute’s wages or a male prostitute’s earnings into the house of Yahveh your God to fulfill any solemn pledge because both are repulsive to Yahveh your God.

Deuteronomy 23:19 “Do not charge your brother interest on silver, food, or anything that can earn interest.

Deuteronomy 23:20 You may charge a foreigner interest. Still, you must not charge your brother Israelite interest so that Yahveh, your God, may empower you in everything you do in the land you are entering to take possession of.

Deuteronomy 23:21 “If you make a solemn pledge to Yahveh your God, do not be slow to keep it, because he will require it of you, and it will be counted against you as a failure.

Deuteronomy 23:22 But if you refrain from making a vow, it will not be counted against you as a failure.

Deuteronomy 23:23 Be careful to do whatever comes from your lips because you have spontaneously voluntarily vowed what you promised to Yahveh, your God.

Deuteronomy 23:24 “When you enter your neighbor’s vineyard, you may eat as many grapes as you want until you are full, but do not put any in your container.

Deuteronomy 23:25 When you enter your neighbor’s standing grain, you may pluck heads of grain with your hand, but do not put a sickle to your neighbor’s grain.

Deuteronomy 23 quotes:

“We are persuaded that every true servant of Christ must be a man of one idea, and that idea is Christ; he must belong to the very oldest school — the school of Christ ; he must be as narrow as the truth of God; and he must, with stern decision, refuse to move one hair’s breadth in the direction of this infidel age. We cannot shake off the conviction that the effort on the part of the preachers and teachers of Christendom to keep abreast of the literature of the day must, to a very large extent, account for the rapid advance of rationalism and infidelity. They have got away from the holy Scriptures, and sought to adorn their ministry by the resources of philosophy, science, and literature. They have catered more for the intellect than for the heart and conscience. The pure and precious doctrines of holy Scripture, the sincere milk of the Word, the gospel of the grace of God and of the glory of Christ, were found insufficient to attract and keep together large congregations.”

Mackintosh Charles Henry. Notes on the Book of Deuteronomy. Loizeaux Bros 1880. p. 349.

“The common theme running through the laws contained in this section1 is the question of admission to the assembly of the Lord (vv. 2, 3, 4, 9). The assembly (qāhāl) of the Lord refers to the covenant people of God, particularly when they are gathered in his presence. Although the normal use of the noun (and the related verb) in Deuteronomy appears in a context dealing with Horeb/Sinai,2 here the word has general reference to Israel as a worshipping community.3 Thus to enter the assembly of the Lord would indicate a person who became a true Israelite and who therefore shared in the worship of the Lord. The expression is somewhat narrower in its intent than Israel, taksn as a whole, for there would be resident aliens and others who, though a part of the community,4 were nevertheless not full members of it.”

Craigie, Peter C.. The Book of Deuteronomy (The New International Commentary on the Old Testament) (p. 296). Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.. Kindle Edition.

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