1“No one whose testicles are crushed or whose male organ is cut off shall enter the assembly of the Lord.2“No one born of a forbidden union may enter the assembly of the Lord. Even to the tenth generation, none of his descendants may enter the assembly of the Lord. (Zec 9:6)3“No Ammonite or Moabite may enter the assembly of the Lord. Even to the tenth generation, none of them may enter the assembly of the Lord forever, (Ne 13:1)4because they did not meet you with bread and with 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. (Nu 22:5; De 2:29; Ac 7:2; 2Pe 2:15)5But the Lord your God would not listen to Balaam; instead the Lord your God turned the curse into a blessing for you, because the Lord your God loved you. (Nu 23:11; Nu 24:10)6You shall not seek their peace or their prosperity all your days forever. (Ezr 9:12)7“You shall not abhor an Edomite, for he is your brother. You shall not abhor an Egyptian, because you were a sojourner in his land. (Ge 25:24; Ex 22:21; Ex 23:9; Le 19:34; Nu 20:14; De 10:19; Ob 1:10; Ob 1:12)8Children born to them in the third generation may enter the assembly of the Lord.
Uncleanness in the Camp
9“When you are encamped against your enemies, then you shall keep yourself from every evil thing.10“If any man among you becomes unclean because of a nocturnal emission, then he shall go outside the camp. He shall not come inside the camp, (Le 15:16)11but when evening comes, he shall bathe himself in water, and as the sun sets, he may come inside the camp. (Le 15:5)12“You shall have a place outside the camp, and you shall go out to it.13And you shall have a trowel with your tools, and when you sit down outside, you shall dig a hole with it and turn back and cover up your excrement.14Because the Lord your God walks in the midst of your camp, to deliver you and to give up your enemies before you, therefore your camp must be holy, so that he may not see anything indecent among you and turn away from you. (Le 26:12)
Miscellaneous Laws
15“You shall not give up to his master a slave[1] who has escaped from his master to you. (1Sa 30:15)16He shall dwell with you, in your midst, in the place that he shall choose within one of your towns, wherever it suits him. You shall not wrong him.17“None of the daughters of Israel shall be a cult prostitute, and none of the sons of Israel shall be a cult prostitute. (Le 19:29; 1Ki 14:24; 1Ki 15:12; 1Ki 22:46; 2Ki 23:7)18You shall not bring the fee of a prostitute or the wages of a dog[2] into the house of the Lord your God in payment for any vow, for both of these are an abomination to the Lord your God.19“You shall not charge interest on loans to your brother, interest on money, interest on food, interest on anything that is lent for interest. (Ex 22:25; Ne 5:10)20You may charge a foreigner interest, but you may not charge your brother interest, that the Lord your God may bless you in all that you undertake in the land that you are entering to take possession of it. (De 15:3; De 15:10)21“If you make a vow to the Lord your God, you shall not delay fulfilling it, for the Lord your God will surely require it of you, and you will be guilty of sin. (Nu 30:2; Ps 66:13; Ps 76:11)22But if you refrain from vowing, you will not be guilty of sin.23You shall be careful to do what has passed your lips, for you have voluntarily vowed to the Lord your God what you have promised with your mouth.24“If you go into your neighbor’s vineyard, you may eat your fill of grapes, as many as you wish, but you shall not put any in your bag.25If you go into your neighbor’s standing grain, you may pluck the ears with your hand, but you shall not put a sickle to your neighbor’s standing grain. (Mt 12:1; Mr 2:23; Lu 6:1)
1[1] No-one who has been emasculated by crushing or cutting may enter the assembly of the Lord.2No-one born of a forbidden marriage[2] nor any of their descendants may enter the assembly of the Lord, not even in the tenth generation.3No Ammonite or Moabite or any of their descendants may enter the assembly of the Lord, not even in the tenth generation.4For they did not come to meet you with bread and water on your way when you came out of Egypt, and they hired Balaam son of Beor from Pethor in Aram Naharaim[3] to pronounce a curse on you.5However, the Lord your God would not listen to Balaam but turned the curse into a blessing for you, because the Lord your God loves you.6Do not seek a treaty of friendship with them as long as you live.7Do not despise an Edomite, for the Edomites are related to you. Do not despise an Egyptian, because you resided as foreigners in their country.8The third generation of children born to them may enter the assembly of the Lord.
Uncleanness in the camp
9When you set up camp against your enemies, keep away from everything impure.10If one of your men is unclean because of a nocturnal emission, he is to go outside the camp and stay there.11But as evening approaches he is to wash himself, and at sunset he may return to the camp.12Designate a place outside the camp where you can go to relieve yourself.13As part of your equipment have something to dig with, and when you relieve yourself, dig a hole and cover up your excrement.14For the Lord your God moves about in your camp to protect you and to deliver your enemies to you. Your camp must be holy, so that he will not see among you anything indecent and turn away from you.
Miscellaneous laws
15If a slave has taken refuge with you, do not hand them over to their master.16Let them live among you wherever they like and in whatever town they choose. Do not oppress them.17No Israelite man or woman is to become a shrine-prostitute.18You must not bring the earnings of a female prostitute or of a male prostitute[4] into the house of the Lord your God to pay any vow, because the Lord your God detests them both.19Do not charge a fellow Israelite interest, whether on money or food or anything else that may earn interest.20You may charge a foreigner interest, but not a fellow Israelite, so that the Lord your God may bless you in everything you put your hand to in the land you are entering to possess.21If you make a vow to the Lord your God, do not be slow to pay it, for the Lord your God will certainly demand it of you and you will be guilty of sin.22But if you refrain from making a vow, you will not be guilty.23Whatever your lips utter you must be sure to do, because you made your vow freely to the Lord your God with your own mouth.24If you enter your neighbour’s vineyard, you may eat all the grapes you want, but do not put any in your basket.25If you enter your neighbour’s cornfield, you may pick the ears with your hands, but you must not put a sickle to their standing corn.
1No man whose sex organs have been crushed or cut can join in worship with the LORD’s people.2No one born to an unmarried woman can join in worship with the LORD’s people. That also applies to the person’s children for all time to come.3The people of Ammon and Moab can’t join in worship with the LORD’s people. That also applies to their children after them for all time to come.4The Ammonites and Moabites didn’t come to meet you with food and water on your way out of Egypt. They even hired Balaam from Pethor in Aram Naharaim to put a curse on you. Balaam was the son of Beor.5The LORD your God wouldn’t listen to Balaam. Instead, he turned the curse into a blessing for you. He did it because he loves you.6So don’t make a peace treaty with the Ammonites and Moabites as long as you live.7Don’t hate the people of Edom. They are your relatives. Don’t hate the people of Egypt. After all, you lived as outsiders in their country.8The great-grandchildren of the Edomites and Egyptians can join in worship with the LORD’s people.
Keep the camp of the soldiers pure and ‘clean’
9There will be times when you are at war with your enemies. And your soldiers will be in camp. Then keep away from anything that isn’t pure and ‘clean’.10Suppose semen flows from the body of one of your soldiers during the night. Then that will make him ‘unclean’. He must go outside the camp and stay there.11But as evening approaches, he must wash himself. When the sun goes down, he can return to the camp.12Choose a place outside the camp where you can go to the toilet.13Keep a shovel among your tools. When you go to the toilet, dig a hole. Then cover up your waste.14The LORD your God walks around in your camp. He’s there to keep you safe. He’s also there to hand your enemies over to you. So your camp must be holy. Then he won’t see anything among you that is shameful. He won’t turn away from you.
Several other laws
15If a slave comes to you for safety, don’t hand them over to their master.16Let them live among you anywhere they want to. Let them live in any town they choose. Don’t treat them badly.17A man or woman in Israel must not become a temple prostitute.18The LORD your God hates the money that men and women get for being prostitutes. So don’t take that money into the house of the LORD to pay what you promised to give.19Don’t charge your own people any interest. Don’t charge them when they borrow money, food or anything else.20You can charge interest to people from another country. But don’t charge your own people. Then the LORD your God will bless you in everything you do. He will bless you in the land you are entering to take as your own.21Don’t put off giving to the LORD your God everything you promise him. He will certainly require it from you. And you will be guilty of committing a sin.22But if you don’t make a promise, you won’t be guilty.23Make sure you do what you promised to do. With your own mouth you made the promise to the LORD your God. No one forced you to do it.24When you enter your neighbour’s vineyard, you can eat all the grapes you want. But don’t put any of them in your basket.25When you enter your neighbour’s field, you can pick ears of corn. But don’t cut down their standing corn.
Deuteronomy 23
King James Version
1He that is wounded in the stones, or hath his privy member cut off, shall not enter into the congregation of the LORD.2A 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.3An 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:4Because 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.5Nevertheless 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.6Thou shalt not seek their peace nor their prosperity all thy days for ever.7Thou shalt not abhor an Edomite; for he is thy brother: thou shalt not abhor an Egyptian; because thou wast a stranger in his land.8The children that are begotten of them shall enter into the congregation of the LORD in their third generation.9When the host goeth forth against thine enemies, then keep thee from every wicked thing.10If 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:11But 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 .12Thou shalt have a place also without the camp, whither thou shalt go forth abroad:13And 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:14For 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.15Thou shalt not deliver unto his master the servant which is escaped from his master unto thee:16He 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.17There shall be no whore of the daughters of Israel, nor a sodomite of the sons of Israel.18Thou 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.19Thou shalt not lend upon usury to thy brother; usury of money, usury of victuals, usury of any thing that is lent upon usury:20Unto 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.21When 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.22But if thou shalt forbear to vow, it shall be no sin in thee.23That 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.24When thou comest into thy neighbour's vineyard, then thou mayest eat grapes thy fill at thine own pleasure; but thou shalt not put any in thy vessel.25When thou comest into the standing corn of thy neighbour, then thou mayest pluck the ears with thine hand; but thou shalt not move a sickle unto thy neighbour's standing corn.
1Ein Mann darf eine Frau seines Vaters nicht heiraten; denn er darf das Bett seines Vaters nicht aufdecken. (Le 18:8; Le 20:11; De 27:20; 1Co 5:1)
Zutritt zur Versammlung des Herrn
2In die Versammlung des HERRN darf keiner kommen, dessen Hoden zerquetscht sind oder dessen Glied verstümmelt ist.3In die Versammlung des HERRN darf kein Bastard kommen; auch in der zehnten Generation dürfen seine Nachkommen nicht in die Versammlung des HERRN kommen.4In die Versammlung des HERRN darf kein Ammoniter oder Moabiter kommen, auch nicht in der zehnten Generation. Niemals dürfen ihre Nachkommen in die Versammlung des HERRN kommen; (Ne 13:1)5denn sie sind euch nicht mit Brot und Wasser auf dem Weg entgegengegangen, als ihr aus Ägypten zogt, und Moab hat Bileam, den Sohn Beors, aus Petor in Mesopotamien gegen dich gedungen, damit er dich verfluchte - (Nu 22:1)6doch der HERR, dein Gott, hat sich geweigert, Bileam zu erhören, und der HERR, dein Gott, hat für dich den Fluch in Segen verwandelt; denn der HERR, dein Gott, liebt dich. (De 10:15)7Du sollst dich nie und nimmer um einen Friedens- und Freundschaftsvertrag mit ihnen bemühen. (Ezr 9:12)8Der Edomiter dagegen soll dir kein Gräuel sein; denn er ist dein Bruder. Der Ägypter soll dir kein Gräuel sein; denn du hast als Fremder in seinem Land gewohnt.9In der dritten Generation dürfen ihre leiblichen Nachkommen in die Versammlung des HERRN kommen.
Reinheit des Heerlagers
10Wenn du ins Feld ziehst und gegenüber deinen Feinden das Lager aufschlägst, sollst du dich vor jeder Unsauberkeit hüten.11Wenn jemand unter dir ist, der nicht mehr rein ist, weil nachts etwas geschah, soll er in das Vorgelände des Lagers gehen und das Lager nicht betreten.12Wenn der Abend kommt, soll er sich mit Wasser waschen, und wenn die Sonne untergeht, darf er in das Lager zurückkehren.13Du sollst im Vorgelände des Lagers eine Ecke haben, wo du austreten kannst.14In deinem Gepäck sollst du eine Schaufel haben, und wenn du dich draußen hinhocken willst, dann grab damit ein Loch und nachher deck deine Notdurft wieder zu!15Denn der HERR, dein Gott, hält sich in der Mitte deines Lagers auf, um dich der Gefahr zu entreißen und dir deine Feinde auszuliefern. Dein Lager soll heilig sein, damit er bei dir nichts Anstößiges sieht und sich nicht von dir abwendet.
Verbot der Auslieferung von Flüchtlingen
16Du sollst einen fremden Untertan, der vor seinem Herrn bei dir Schutz sucht, seinem Herrn nicht ausliefern.17Bei dir soll er wohnen dürfen, in deiner Mitte, in einem Ort, den er sich in einem deiner Stadtbereiche auswählt, wo es ihm gefällt. Du sollst ihn nicht ausbeuten. (Ex 22:20; Le 19:33)
Verbotene Heiligung von Personen
18Unter den Frauen Israels soll es keine Geheiligte geben und unter den Männern Israels soll es keinen Geheiligten geben.[1] (1Ki 14:24; 1Ki 15:12; 1Ki 22:47; 2Ki 23:7)
Verbotene Abgabe an den Tempel
19Du sollst weder Dirnenlohn noch Hundegeld in den Tempel des HERRN, deines Gottes, bringen. Kein Gelübde kann dazu verpflichten; denn auch diese beiden Dinge sind dem HERRN, deinem Gott, ein Gräuel.
Zinsen
20Du darfst von deinem Bruder keine Zinsen nehmen: weder Zinsen für Geld noch Zinsen für Getreide noch Zinsen für sonst etwas, wofür man Zinsen nimmt. (Ex 22:24; Le 25:36; De 15:3)21Von einem Ausländer darfst du Zinsen nehmen, von deinem Bruder darfst du keine Zinsen nehmen, damit der HERR, dein Gott, dich segnet in allem, was deine Hände schaffen, in dem Land, in das du hineinziehst, um es in Besitz zu nehmen.
Gelübde
22Wenn du vor dem HERRN, deinem Gott, ein Gelübde machst, sollst du nicht zögern, es zu erfüllen; sonst wird es der HERR, dein Gott, von dir einfordern und die Strafe für diese Sünde wird über dich kommen. (Nu 30:3; Ec 5:3; Mt 5:33)23Wenn du davon absiehst, Gelübde zu machen, wird auch die Strafe für diese Sünde nicht über dich kommen.24Was dir über die Lippen gekommen ist, darauf sollst du auch achten und du sollst es halten, da du dem HERRN, deinem Gott, ja aus freien Stücken gelobt hast, was dein Mund genannt hat.
Früchte am Weg
25Wenn du in den Weinberg eines andern kommst, darfst du so viel Trauben essen, wie du magst, bis du satt bist, nur darfst du nichts in ein Gefäß tun.26Wenn du durch das Kornfeld eines andern kommst, darfst du mit der Hand Ähren abreißen, aber die Sichel darfst du auf dem Kornfeld eines andern nicht schwingen. (Mt 12:1; Mr 2:23; Lu 6:1)