Deuteronomy 23
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Exclusion from the Congregation

1There shal none that hath his stones broken or yt is gelded, come in to the cogregacion of the LORDE. 2There shal no whores childe also come in to the cogregacion of ye LORDE, no not after ye tenth generacio, but shal neuer come in to ye cogregacio of ye LORDE. 3The Ammonites & Moabites shal not come in to ye cogregacio of ye LORDE, no not after ye tenth generacion, but shall neuer come in, 4because they met you not wt bred & water in ye waye, wha ye came out of Egipte. And besides yt, they hired agaynst you Balaa ye sonne of Beor, ye interpreter out of Mesopotamia, to curse ye. 5But ye LORDE yi God wolde not heare Balaam, and turned the curse to a blessynge vnto the: because the LORDE yi God loued the. 6Thou shalt wysh him nether prosperite ner health all thy life longe for euer.

7Thou shalt not abhorre an Edomite: for he is thy brother. An Egipcian shalt thou not abhorre, for thou wast a straunger in his londe. 8The children whom they beget in the thirde generacion, shal come in to the congregacion of ye LORDE.

Uncleanness in the Camp
(Leviticus 15:1–12)

9Wha thou goest out to fighte agaynst thine enemies, kepe the from all wickednesse.

10Yf there be eny man amonge you which is vncleane, so that eny thinge is chaunced to him by nighte, the same shal go out of ye hoost 11vntyll he haue bathed himselfe with water before euen: and whan the Sonne is gone downe, he shall come in to the hoost agayne.

12And without the hoost thou shalt haue place to resorte vnto for necessyte, 13& thou shalt haue a shouell vnder the gyrdle: and whan thou wilt set ye downe without, thou shalt dygge therwith: and whan thou hast done thine easement, thou shalt couer that which is departed from the. 14For the LORDE thy God walketh in thine hooste, to delyuer the, and to geue thine enemies before the. Therfore shall thy hooste be holy, that he se no vncleane thinge in the, and so turne himselfe from the.

Miscellaneous Laws

15Thou shalt not delyuer vnto his master the seruaunt, which is escaped fro him vnto the. 16He shall dwell with the in the place that he choseth within eny of thy gates, for his wealth, and thou shalt not vexe him.

17There shal be no whore amonge ye doughters of Israel, nether whorekeper amonge the sonnes of Israel. 18Thou shalt not bringe ye hyre of an whoore ner the price of a dogg in to the house of the LORDE yi God for eny maner of vowe: for they both are abhominacion vnto the LORDE thy God.

19Thou shalt occupye no vsury vnto yi brother, nether with money, ner with fode, ner with eny maner thinge that vsury maye be vsed withall. 20(Vnto a strauger thou maiest lende vpo vsury, but not vnto thy brother) yt the LORDE thy God maye blesse the in all yt thou takest in hade, in the lode whither thou commest in to possesse it.

21Whan thou makest a vowe vnto ye LORDE yi God, to shalt not be slacke to perfourme it: for the LORDE thy God shal requyre it of the, and it shal be synne vnto the. 22Yf thou leaue vowinge, then is it no synne vnto the. 23But that which is proceaded out of yi lyppes shalt thou kepe, and do therafter, acordinge as thou hast vowed vnto the LORDE of a frewyll, which thou hast spoken wt thy mouth.

24Whan thou goest in to thy neghtours vyniarde, thou mayest eate of the grapes acordinge to thy desyre, tyll thou haue ynough. But thou shalt put none in to thy vessell.

25Whan thou goest in thy neghbours cornefelde, thou mayest plucke the eares with thine hande, but with a syccle mayest thou not reape therin.


Coverdale Bible of 1535

Section Headings Courtesy Berean Bible

Deuteronomy 22
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