1 “A eunuch, one whose testicles have been debilitated or cut off, or whose penis has been cut off, shall not enter into the church of the Lord.
2 The offspring of a harlot, that is, one born of a prostitute, shall not enter into the church of the Lord, until the tenth generation.
3 The Ammonite and the Moabite, even after the tenth generation, shall not enter into the church of the Lord forever,
4 because they were not willing to meet you with bread and water along the way, when you had departed from Egypt, and because they hired against you Balaam, the son of Beor, from Mesopotamia in Syria, in order to curse you.
5 But the Lord your God was not willing to listen to Balaam, and he turned his cursing into your blessing, because he loves you.
6 You shall not make peace with them, nor shall you seek their prosperity, throughout all the days of your life forever.
7 You shall not abhor anyone from Idumea, for he is your brother, nor the Egyptian, for you were a new arrival in his land.
8 Those who have been born of them, in the third generation, shall enter into the church of the Lord.
9 When you have gone out to war against your enemies, you shall keep yourself from everything that is evil.
10 If there is a man among you who has been defiled by a dream in the night, he shall depart from the camp.
11 And he shall not return before the evening, after he has washed with water, and then, after the sun sets, he shall return to the camp.
12 You shall have a place beyond the camp to which you may go for the necessities of nature,
13 carrying a small shovel at your belt. And when you would sit down, you shall dig around, and then, with the soil that was dug up, you shall cover
14 that from which you were relieved. For the Lord your God walks in the midst of your camp, in order to rescue you, and to deliver your enemies to you. And so, let your camp be holy, and let nothing filthy appear within it, lest he abandon you.
15 You shall not deliver a servant who has fled to you to his master.
16 He shall live with you in a place that pleases him, and he shall rest in one of your cities. You shall not grieve him.
17 There shall be no prostitutes among the daughters of Israel, nor anyone among the sons of Israel who visits a prostitute.
18 You shall not offer money from a prostitute, nor the price of a dog, in the house of the Lord your God, no matter what you may have vowed. For both of these are an abomination with the Lord your God.
19 You shall not lend money, or grain, or anything else at all, to your brother at interest,
20 but only to a foreigner. For you shall lend to your brother whatever he needs without interest, so that the Lord your God may bless you in all your works in the land, which you shall enter so as to possess it.
21 When you have made a vow to the Lord your God, you shall not be late in paying it. For the Lord your God demands it. And if you delay, it shall be imputed to you as a sin.
22 If you are not willing to make a promise, then it shall be without sin.
23 But as soon as it has departed from your lips, you shall observe and do just as you have promised to the Lord your God and just as you have spoken by your own free will and with your own mouth.
24 Upon entering your neighbor’s vineyard, you may eat as many grapes as you please. But you may not carry any out with you.
25 If you enter into your friend’s grain field, you may break off the ears, and rub them in your hand, but you may not reap them with a sickle.”
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Deuteronomy 23 deals with social laws and norms that govern the life of the community of Israel. The chapter begins with people who cannot be part of the Assembly of God, including the eunuchs, the Ammonites and the Moabites. Then instructions on the cleaning of the camp, personal hygiene and the treatment of fugitive slaves are given. The chapter continues with the rules for dealing with the vows made to God and ends with the guidelines on the harvest and the sharing of land products.
1 Kings 21:1-3: "It succeeded, after these things, that Naboth, the Jezreelite, had a vineyard by the palace of Ahab, king of Samaria. Then he said the Naboth, saying, Give me your vineyard so that Serve me from a vegetable garden, for it is close to my house; and I will give you another better vineyard; or if you get you, I will give you your value in cash. But Nabote said to Ahab: Keep me The Lord that I give you the inheritance of my parents. " This verse talks about the possession of the earth, which is mentioned in Deuteronomy 23:23. The earth belongs to God, and the people of Israel must respect the laws and regulations He has established for their proper possession and use.
Psalm 15:1-2: "Lord, who will dwell in your tabernacle? Who will live in your holy mountain? This verse talks about moral purity, which is mentioned in Deuteronomy 23:9-14. Personal hygiene is important to moral purity, and the people of Israel must be aware to avoid any impurities, both physical and moral.
Jeremiah 38:6: "They then took to Jeremiah, and thrown him into the Cistern of Malkiah, son of the king, who was in the guardian atrium; and they descended Jeremiah with ropes; in the cistern there was no water, but mud; and If Jeremiah in the mud. " This verse talks about punishment and torture, which are mentioned in Deuteronomy 23:15-16. The people of Israel should not treat their fugitive slaves with cruelty or excessive punishments.
Isaiah 56:4-5: "For thus says the Lord, to the eunuchs who keep my Saturdays, and choose what I like, and embrace my covenant, I will give them in my house and inside my walls A memorial and a better name than children and daughters; an eternal name I will give each one of them, which will never go out. " This verse talks about the eunuchs, which are mentioned in Deuteronomy 23:1 as being excluded from the Assembly of the Lord. Here Isaiah says that those who keep the Saturdays of the Lord and embrace His covenant will be blessed with an eternal name in the house of the Lord.
Numbers 22:12: "And God said to Balaam, Thou shalt not with them or curse this people, because blessed is." This verse talks about the fact that God forbids the Ammonites and the Moabites from being part of the Assembly of the Lord, which is mentioned in Deuteronomy 23:3-6. The Ammonites and the Moabites could not enter the Lord's Assembly until the tenth generation, because of the way they treated Israel on the way to Canaan.
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