Deuteronomy 23 - 24
Those Who May Not Enter the Assembly
23“aNo one who is 1emasculated or has his male organ cut off shall enter the assembly of Yahweh. 2“No one of illegitimate birth shall enter the assembly of Yahweh; even to the tenth generation, none of his seed shall enter the assembly of Yahweh. 3“aNo Ammonite or Moabite shall enter the assembly of Yahweh; even to the tenth generation, none of their seed shall ever enter the assembly of Yahweh, 4abecause they did not meet you with 1food and water on the way when you came out of Egypt, and because they hired against you bBalaam the son of Beor from Pethor of 2Mesopotamia, to curse you. 5“Nevertheless, Yahweh your God was not willing to listen to Balaam, but Yahweh your God aturned the curse into a blessing for you because Yahweh your God bloves you. 6“aYou shall never seek their peace or their prosperity all your days.
7“You shall not abhor an Edomite, for ahe is your brother; you shall not abhor an Egyptian, bfor you were a sojourner in his land. 8“The sons of the third generation who are born to them may enter the assembly of Yahweh.
9“When you go out as 1an army against your enemies, you shall keep yourself from every evil thing.
10“aIf there is among you any man who is unclean because of a nocturnal emission, then he must go outside the camp; he may not 1reenter the camp. 11“But it shall be when evening approaches, he shall bathe himself with water, and at sundown he may 1reenter the camp.
12“You shall also have a place outside the camp and go out there, 13and you shall have a 1spade among your tools, and it shall be when you sit down outside, you shall dig with it and shall turn 2to cover up your excrement. 14“Since aYahweh your God walks in the midst of your camp to deliver you and to give your enemies over to you, therefore your camp must be bholy; and He must not see 1anything indecent among you, 2or He will turn away from you.
15“aYou shall not hand over to his master a slave who has 1escaped from his master to you. 16“He shall live with you in your midst, in the place which he shall choose in one of your gates of the towns where it pleases him; ayou shall not mistreat him.
17“aNone of the daughters of Israel shall be a cult prostitute, bnor shall any of the sons of Israel be a cult prostitute. 18“You shall not bring the hire of a harlot or the wages of a 1,adog into the house of Yahweh your God for any votive offering, for both of these are an abomination to Yahweh your God.
19“aYou shall not charge interest to your brother: interest on money, food, or anything that may be loaned at interest. 20“aYou may charge interest to a foreigner, but to your brother you shall not charge interest, so that bYahweh your God may bless you in all 1that you send forth your hand to do in the land which you are about to enter to 2possess.
21“aWhen you make a vow to Yahweh your God, you shall not delay to pay it, for Yahweh your God will surely require it of you; and it will be a sin in you. 22“However, if you refrain from vowing, it will not be a sin in you. 23“You shall be careful and do what goes out from your lips, just as you have voluntarily vowed to Yahweh your God that which you spoke with your mouth.
24“When you enter your neighbor’s vineyard, then you may eat grapes 1until you are fully satisfied, but you shall not put any in your 2basket.
25“aWhen you enter your neighbor’s standing grain, then you may pluck the heads with your hand, but you shall not wield a sickle in your neighbor’s standing grain.
Statutes About Divorce
24“If a man takes a wife and marries her, and it happens 1that she finds no favor in his eyes because he has found some aindecency in her, and bhe writes her a certificate of divorce and puts it in her hand and sends her out from his house, 2and she goes out of his house and goes and becomes another man’s wife, 3and if the latter husband 1turns against her and writes her a certificate of divorce and puts it in her hand and sends her out of his house, or if the latter husband dies who took her to be his wife, 4then her aformer husband who sent her away is not allowed to take her again to be his wife, since she has been defiled; for that is an abomination before Yahweh, and you shall not bring sin on the land which Yahweh your God gives you as an inheritance.
5“aWhen a man takes a new wife, he shall not go out with the army nor be charged with any duty; he shall be free at home one year and shall bgive gladness to his wife whom he has taken.
Remember You Were Slaves in Egypt
6“No one shall take a handmill or an upper millstone in pledge, for he would be taking a life in pledge.
7“aIf a man is 1caught kidnapping any of his brothers of the sons of Israel, and he mistreats him or sells him, then that thief shall die; so you shall purge the evil from among you.
8“aTake care against 1an infection of leprosy, to be very careful and to do according to all that the Levitical priests instruct you; as I have commanded them, so you shall be careful to do. 9“Remember what Yahweh your God did ato Miriam on the way as you came out of Egypt.
10“aWhen you make your neighbor a loan of any sort, you shall not enter his house to take his deposit. 11“You shall stand outside, and the man to whom you make the loan shall bring the deposit out to you. 12“Now if he is an afflicted man, you shall not sleep with his deposit. 13“aWhen the sun goes down you shall surely return the deposit to him, that he may sleep in his cloak and bless you; and bit will be righteousness for you before Yahweh your God.
14“aYou shall not oppress a hired person who is afflicted and needy, whether he is one of your brothers or one of your sojourners who is in your land within your gates. 15“aYou shall give him his wages on his day 1before the sun goes down, for he is afflicted and sets his soul on it, so that bhe will not cry against you to Yahweh and it become sin in you.
16“aFathers shall not be put to death 1for their sons, nor shall sons be put to death 2for their fathers; each shall be put to death for his own sin.
17“aYou shall not pervert the justice 1due a sojourner or 2an orphan, nor btake a widow’s garment in pledge. 18“But you shall remember that you were a slave in Egypt and that Yahweh your God redeemed you from there; therefore I am commanding you to do this thing.
19“aWhen you reap your harvest in your field and have forgotten a sheaf in the field, you shall not go back to get it; it shall be bfor the sojourner, for the 1orphan, and for the widow, in order that Yahweh your God cmay bless you in all the work of your hands. 20“aWhen you beat your olive tree, you shall not go over the boughs after you finish; it shall be bfor the sojourner, for the 1orphan, and for the widow.
21“When you gather the grapes of your vineyard, you shall not glean it after you finish; it shall be for the sojourner, for the 1orphan, and for the widow. 22“And you shall remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt; therefore I am commanding you to do this thing.