Deḇarim (Deuteronomy) 23

Deut 23:1 “No one wounded, crushed or whose member is cut off does enter
the assembly of יהוה.
Deut 23:2 “No one of illegitimate birth does enter the assembly of יהוה, even
a tenth generation of his does not enter the assembly of יהוה.
Deut 23:3 “An Ammonite or Mo’aḇite does not enter the assembly of יהוה,
even a tenth generation of them does not ever enter the assembly of יהוה,
Deut 23:4 because they did not meet you with bread and water on the way
when you came out of Mitsrayim, and because they hired against you Bil‛am
son of Be‛or from Pethor of Aram Naharayim, to curse you.
Deut 23:5 “But יהוה your Elohim refused to listen to Bil‛am, and יהוה your
Elohim turned the curse into a blessing for you, because יהוה your Elohim
loves you.
Deut 23:6 “Do not seek their peace nor their good, all your days, forever.
Deut 23:7 “Do not loathe an Eḏomite, for he is your brother. Do not loathe a
Mitsrite, because you were a stranger in his land.
Deut 23:8 “The children of the third generation born to them do enter the
assembly of יהוה.
Deut 23:9 “When the army goes out against your enemies, then you shall
guard yourself from every evil matter.
Deut 23:10 “When there is any man among you who is not clean because of
an emission in the night, then he shall go outside the camp. Let him not come
into the midst of the camp.
Deut 23:11 “And it shall be, when evening comes, that he bathes with water.
And when the sun sets let him come into the midst of the camp.
Deut 23:12 “And you shall have a place outside the camp, where you shall
go out,
Deut 23:13 and you shall have a sharp implement among your equipment,
and when you sit down outside, you shall dig with it and turn and cover your
excrement.
Deut 23:14 “For יהוה your Elohim walks in the midst of your camp, to
deliver you and give your enemies over to you. Therefore your camp shall be
set-apart, so that He does not see unclean matter among you, and shall turn
away from you.
Deut 23:15 “You do not hand over to his master the slave who has escaped
from his master to you.
Deut 23:16 “Let him dwell with you in your midst, in the place which he
chooses within one of your gates, where it is pleasing to him. Do not oppress
him.
Deut 23:17 “None of the daughters of Yisra’ĕl is to be a cult prostitute, nor
any of the sons of Yisra’ĕl be a cult prostitute.
Deut 23:18 “Do not bring the gift of a whore or the pay of a dog to the House
of יהוה your Elohim for any vowed offering, for both of these are an
abomination to יהוה your Elohim.
Deut 23:19 “Do not lend at interest to your brother, interest of silver, interest
of food, or interest of whatever is lent at interest.
Deut 23:20 “To a foreigner you lend at interest, but to your brother you do
not lend at interest, so that יהוה your Elohim might bless you in all that you put
your hand to in the land which you are entering to possess.
Deut 23:21 “When you make a vow to יהוה your Elohim, do not delay to pay
it, for יהוה your Elohim is certainly requiring it of you, and it shall be sin in
you.
Deut 23:22 “But when you abstain from vowing, it is not sin in you.
Deut 23:23 “That which has gone from your lips you shall guard and do, for
you voluntarily vowed to יהוה your Elohim what you have promised with
your mouth.
Deut 23:24 “When you come into your neighbour’s vineyard, you shall eat to
the satisfaction of your desire, but do not put any in a receptacle of yours.
Deut 23:25 “When you come into your neighbour’s standing grain, you shall
pluck the heads with your hand, but do not use a sickle on your neighbour’s
standing grain.