Deuteronomy 23 Parallel Bible Translations

Deuteronomy 23 ▼
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1 He wounded by crushing, and having the privy member cut off, shall not come in to the gathering of Jehovah. “No one whose testicles are crushed or whose male organ is cut off shall enter the assembly of the LORD. No one who has been emasculated by crushing or cutting may enter the assembly of the LORD.
2 The corrupted shall not come in to the gathering of Jehovah; also the tenth generation to him shall not come into the gathering of Jehovah. “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. No one born of a forbidden marriage nor any of their descendants may enter the assembly of the LORD, not even in the tenth generation.
3 An Ammonite and a Moabite shall not come into the gathering of Jehovah; also the tenth generation to them shall not come in to the gathering of Jehovah, even forever: “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, No Ammonite or Moabite or any of their descendants may enter the assembly of the LORD, not even in the tenth generation.
4 For the word that they met you not with bread and with water in the way in your coming out of Egypt, and who hired against thee Balaam, son of Beor of Pethor, of Arum of the two rivers, to curse thee. because 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. For 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 to pronounce a curse on you.
5 And Jehovah thy God willed not to hear to Balaam: and Jehovah thy God will turn to thee the curse to a blessing, for Jehovah thy God loved thee. But 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. However, 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.
6 Thou shalt not seek their peace and their good all thy days to forever. You shall not seek their peace or their prosperity all your days forever. Do not seek a treaty of friendship with them as long as you live.
7 Thou shalt not abhor an Edomite, for he is thy brother: thou shalt not abhor an Egyptian for thou wert a stranger in his land. “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. Do not despise an Edomite, for the Edomites are related to you. Do not despise an Egyptian, because you resided as foreigners in their country.
8 The sons which shall be begotten to them, the third generation to them shall come in to the gathering of Jehovah. Children born to them in the third generation may enter the assembly of the LORD. The third generation of children born to them may enter the assembly of the LORD.
9 When the camp shall go forth against thine enemies, and watch thyself from every evil word. “When you are encamped against your enemies, then you shall keep yourself from every evil thing. When you are encamped against your enemies, keep away from everything impure.
10 If there shall be in thee a man that shall not be clean from chance of the night, and he shall go forth without the camp; he shall not come in to the midst of the camp: “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, If one of your men is unclean because of a nocturnal emission, he is to go outside the camp and stay there.
11 And it was turning to evening, he shall wash in water: and as the sun went down he shall come into the midst of the camp. but when evening comes, he shall bathe himself in water, and as the sun sets, he may come inside the camp. But as evening approaches he is to wash himself, and at sunset he may return to the camp.
12 And a hand shall be to thee from without the camp, and thou shalt go forth there without: “You shall have a place outside the camp, and you shall go out to it. Designate a place outside the camp where you can go to relieve yourself.
13 And a peg shall be to thee upon thy utensil: and it was in thy sitting down without, and digging with it, and turn thou back and cover thy excrement: And 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. As part of your equipment have something to dig with, and when you relieve yourself, dig a hole and cover up your excrement.
14 For Jehovah thy God goes in the midst of thy camp to deliver thee, and to give thine enemies before thy face; and thy camp was holy; and he will not see in thee the nakedness of a word and turn back from after thee. Because 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. For 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.
15 Thou shalt not deliver the servant to his lord who shall be delivered to thee from his lord. “You shall not give up to his master a slave who has escaped from his master to you. If a slave has taken refuge with you, do not hand them over to their master.
16 With thee he shall dwell in the midst of thee in the place which he shall choose in one of thy gates, in the good to him: thou shalt not oppress him. He 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. Let them live among you wherever they like and in whatever town they choose. Do not oppress them.
17 Thou shalt not be a harlot from the daughters of Israel, and a male prostitute from the sons of Israel. “None of the daughters of Israel shall be a cult prostitute, and none of the sons of Israel shall be a cult prostitute. No Israelite man or woman is to become a shrine prostitute.
18 Thou shalt not bring the hire of a harlot, and the price of a dog to the house of Jehovah thy God, for any vow: for these two are also an abomination to Jehovah thy God. You shall not bring the fee of a prostitute or the wages of a dog 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. You must not bring the earnings of a female prostitute or of a male prostitute into the house of the LORD your God to pay any vow, because the LORD your God detests them both.
19 Thou shalt not lend upon interest to thy brother; interest of silver, interest of food, interest of any word which shall be lent on interest. “You shall not charge interest on loans to your brother, interest on money, interest on food, interest on anything that is lent for interest. Do not charge a fellow Israelite interest, whether on money or food or anything else that may earn interest.
20 To a foreigner thou shalt lend on interest; and to thy brother thou shalt not lend on interest: so that Jehovah thy God shall bless thee in all the stretching forth of thy hand upon the land which thou goest there to possess it. You 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. You 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.
21 When thou shalt vow a vow to Jehovah thy God thou shalt not delay to complete it, for Jehovah thy God requiring, will require it from thee; and it was sin in thee. “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. If 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.
22 And if thou shalt cease to vow, it shall not be sin in thee. But if you refrain from vowing, you will not be guilty of sin. But if you refrain from making a vow, you will not be guilty.
23 That going out of thy lips, thou shalt watch and do according as thou didst vow to Jehovah thy God; a voluntary gift which thou spakest with thy mouth. You 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. Whatever your lips utter you must be sure to do, because you made your vow freely to the LORD your God with your own mouth.
24 When thou shalt come into the vineyard of thy friend, and eat there grapes according to thy soul, to thy satisfying; and thou shalt not give into thy vessel. “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. If you enter your neighbor’s vineyard, you may eat all the grapes you want, but do not put any in your basket.
25 When thou shalt come into thy friend's standing grain, pluck off the ears with thine hand, and thou shalt not lift up a sickle upon thy friend's standing grain. If 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. If you enter your neighbor’s grainfield, you may pick kernels with your hands, but you must not put a sickle to their standing grain.
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