Deut.23.1
He that is wounded in the stones, or hath his privy member cut off, shall not enter into the congregation of the LORD.
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No eunuch is to enter the congregation of GOD.
Deut.23.1
No one who has been emasculated by crushing or cutting may enter the assembly of the LORD.
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"He who is emasculated by crushing or mutilation shall not enter the assembly of the LORD.
Deut.23.1
"If a man's testicles are crushed or his penis is cut off, he may not be included in the assembly of the LORD.
Deut.23.2
A bastard shall not enter into the congregation of the LORD; even to his tenth generation shall he not enter into the congregation of the LORD.
Deut.23.2
No bastard is to enter the congregation of GOD, even to the tenth generation, nor any of his children.
Deut.23.2
No one born of a forbidden marriage nor any of his descendants may enter the assembly of the LORD, even down to the tenth generation.
Deut.23.2
"One of illegitimate birth shall not enter the assembly of the LORD; even to the tenth generation none of his descendants shall enter the assembly of the LORD.
Deut.23.2
"Those of illegitimate birth and their descendants for ten generations may not be included in the assembly of the LORD.
Deut.23.3
An Ammonite or Moabite shall not enter into the congregation of the LORD; even to their tenth generation shall they not enter into the congregation of the LORD for ever:
Deut.23.3
No Ammonite or Moabite is to enter the congregation of GOD, even to the tenth generation, nor any of his children, ever.
Deut.23.3
No Ammonite or Moabite or any of his descendants may enter the assembly of the LORD, even down to the tenth generation.
Deut.23.3
"An Ammonite or Moabite shall not enter the assembly of the LORD; even to the tenth generation none of his descendants shall enter the assembly of the LORD forever,
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"No Ammonites or Moabites, or any of their descendants for ten generations, may be included in the assembly of the LORD.
Deut.23.4
Because they met you not with bread and with water in the way, when ye came forth out of Egypt; and because they hired against thee Balaam the son of Beor of Pethor of Mesopotamia, to curse thee.
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Those nations didn't treat you with hospitality on your travels out of Egypt, and on top of that they also hired Balaam son of Beor from Pethor in Mesopotamia to curse you.
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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.
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because they did not meet you with bread and water on the road when you came out of Egypt, and because they hired against you Balaam the son of Beor from Pethor of Mesopotamia, to curse you.
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These nations did not welcome you with food and water when you came out of Egypt. Instead, they tried to hire Balaam son of Beor from Pethor in Aram-naharaim to curse you.
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Nevertheless the LORD thy God would not hearken unto Balaam; but the LORD thy God turned the curse into a blessing unto thee, because the LORD thy God loved thee.
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GOD, your God, refused to listen to Balaam but turned the curse into a blessing--how GOD, your God, loves you!
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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.
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Nevertheless the LORD your God would not listen to Balaam, but the LORD your God turned the curse into a blessing for you, because the LORD your God loves you.
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(But the LORD your God would not listen to Balaam. He turned the intended curse into a blessing because the LORD your God loves you.)
Deut.23.6
Thou shalt not seek their peace nor their prosperity all thy days for ever.
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Don't even try to get along with them or do anything for them, ever.
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Do not seek a treaty of friendship with them as long as you live.
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You shall not seek their peace nor their prosperity all your days forever.
Deut.23.6
You must never, as long as you live, try to help the Ammonites or the Moabites in any way.
Deut.23.7
Thou shalt not abhor an Edomite; for he is thy brother: thou shalt not abhor an Egyptian; because thou wast a stranger in his land.
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But don't spurn an Edomite; he's your kin. And don't spurn an Egyptian; you were a foreigner in his land.
Deut.23.7
Do not abhor an Edomite, for he is your brother. Do not abhor an Egyptian, because you lived as an alien in his country.
Deut.23.7
"You shall not abhor an Edomite, for he is your brother. You shall not abhor an Egyptian, because you were an alien in his land.
Deut.23.7
"Do not detest the Edomites or the Egyptians, because the Edomites are your relatives, and you lived as foreigners among the Egyptians.
Deut.23.8
The children that are begotten of them shall enter into the congregation of the LORD in their third generation.
Deut.23.8
Children born to Edomites and Egyptians may enter the congregation of GOD in the third generation. [JC]
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The third generation of children born to them may enter the assembly of the LORD.
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The children of the third generation born to them may enter the assembly of the LORD.
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The third generation of Egyptians who came with you from Egypt may enter the assembly of the LORD.
Deut.23.9
When the host goeth forth against thine enemies, then keep thee from every wicked thing.
Deut.23.9
When you are camped out, at war with your enemies, be careful to keep yourself from anything ritually defiling.
Deut.23.9
When you are encamped against your enemies, keep away from everything impure.
Deut.23.9
"When the army goes out against your enemies, then keep yourself from every wicked thing.
Deut.23.9
"When you go to war against your enemies, stay away from everything impure.
Deut.23.10
If there be among you any man, that is not clean by reason of uncleanness that chanceth him by night, then shall he go abroad out of the camp, he shall not come within the camp:
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If one of your men has become ritually unclean because of a nocturnal emission, he must go outside the camp and stay there
Deut.23.10
If one of your men is unclean because of a nocturnal emission, he is to go outside the camp and stay there.
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If there is any man among you who becomes unclean by some occurrence in the night, then he shall go outside the camp; he shall not come inside the camp.
Deut.23.10
"Any man who becomes ceremonially defiled because of a nocturnal emission must leave the camp and stay away all day.
Deut.23.11
But it shall be, when evening cometh on, he shall wash himself with water: and when the sun is down, he shall come into the camp again.
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until evening when he can wash himself, returning to the camp at sunset.
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But as evening approaches he is to wash himself, and at sunset he may return to the camp.
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But it shall be, when evening comes, that he shall wash with water; and when the sun sets, he may come into the camp.
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Toward evening he must bathe himself, and at sunset he may return to the camp.
Deut.23.12
Thou shalt have a place also without the camp, whither thou shalt go forth abroad:
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Mark out an area outside the camp where you can go to relieve yourselves.
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Designate a place outside the camp where you can go to relieve yourself.
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"Also you shall have a place outside the camp, where you may go out;
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"Mark off an area outside the camp for a latrine.
Deut.23.13
And thou shalt have a paddle upon thy weapon; and it shall be, when thou wilt ease thyself abroad, thou shalt dig therewith, and shalt turn back and cover that which cometh from thee:
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Along with your weapons have a stick with you. After you relieve yourself, dig a hole with the stick and cover your excrement.
Deut.23.13
As part of your equipment have something to dig with, and when you relieve yourself, dig a hole and cover up your excrement.
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and you shall have an implement among your equipment, and when you sit down outside, you shall dig with it and turn and cover your refuse.
Deut.23.13
Each of you must have a spade as part of your equipment. Whenever you relieve yourself, you must dig a hole with the spade and cover the excrement.
Deut.23.14
For the LORD thy God walketh in the midst of thy camp, to deliver thee, and to give up thine enemies before thee; therefore shall thy camp be holy: that he see no unclean thing in thee, and turn away from thee.
Deut.23.14
GOD, your God, strolls through your camp; he's present to deliver you and give you victory over your enemies. Keep your camp holy; don't permit anything indecent or offensive in GOD's eyes. [JC]
Deut.23.14
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.
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For the LORD your God walks in the midst of your camp, to deliver you and give your enemies over to you; therefore your camp shall be holy, that He may see no unclean thing among you, and turn away from you.
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The camp must be holy, for the LORD your God moves around in your camp to protect you and to defeat your enemies. He must not see any shameful thing among you, or he might turn away from you.
Deut.23.15
Thou shalt not deliver unto his master the servant which is escaped from his master unto thee:
Deut.23.15
Don't return a runaway slave to his master; he's come to you for refuge.
Deut.23.15
If a slave has taken refuge with you, do not hand him over to his master.
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"You shall not give back to his master the slave who has escaped from his master to you.
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"If slaves should escape from their masters and take refuge with you, do not force them to return.
Deut.23.16
He shall dwell with thee, even among you, in that place which he shall choose in one of thy gates, where it liketh him best: thou shalt not oppress him.
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Let him live wherever he wishes within the protective gates of your city. Don't take advantage of him.
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Let him live among you wherever he likes and in whatever town he chooses. Do not oppress him.
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He may dwell with you in your midst, in the place which he chooses within one of your gates, where it seems best to him; you shall not oppress him.
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Let them live among you in whatever town they choose, and do not oppress them.
Deut.23.17
There shall be no whore of the daughters of Israel, nor a sodomite of the sons of Israel.
Deut.23.17
No daughter of Israel is to become a sacred prostitute; and no son of Israel is to become a sacred prostitute.
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No Israelite man or woman is to become a shrine prostitute.
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"There shall be no ritual harlot of the daughters of Israel, or a perverted one of the sons of Israel.
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"No Israelite man or woman may ever become a temple prostitute.
Deut.23.18
Thou shalt not bring the hire of a whore, or the price of a dog, into the house of the LORD thy God for any vow: for even both these are abomination unto the LORD thy God.
Deut.23.18
And don't bring the fee of a sacred whore or the earnings of a priest-pimp to the house of GOD, your God, to pay for any vow--they are both an abomination to GOD, your God.
Deut.23.18
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.
Deut.23.18
You shall not bring the wages of a harlot or the price of a dog to the house of the LORD your God for any vowed offering, for both of these are an abomination to the LORD your God.
Deut.23.18
Do not bring to the house of the LORD your God any offering from the earnings of a prostitute, whether a man or a woman, for both are detestable to the LORD your God.
Deut.23.19
Thou shalt not lend upon usury to thy brother; usury of money, usury of victuals, usury of any thing that is lent upon usury:
Deut.23.19
Don't charge interest to your kinsmen on any loan: not for money or food or clothing or anything else that could earn interest.
Deut.23.19
Do not charge your brother interest, whether on money or food or anything else that may earn interest.
Deut.23.19
"You shall not charge interest to your brother--interest on money or food or anything that is lent out at interest.
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"Do not charge interest on the loans you make to a fellow Israelite, whether it is money, food, or anything else that may be loaned with interest.
Deut.23.20
Unto a stranger thou mayest lend upon usury; but unto thy brother thou shalt not lend upon usury: that the LORD thy God may bless thee in all that thou settest thine hand to in the land whither thou goest to possess it.
Deut.23.20
You may charge foreigners interest, but you may not charge your brothers interest; that way GOD, your God, will bless all the work that you take up and the land that you are entering to possess.
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You may charge a foreigner interest, but not a brother 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.
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To a foreigner you may charge interest, but to your brother you shall not charge interest, that the LORD your God may bless you in all to which you set your hand in the land which you are entering to possess.
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You may charge interest to foreigners, but not to Israelites, so the LORD your God may bless you in everything you do in the land you are about to enter and occupy.
Deut.23.21
When thou shalt vow a vow unto the LORD thy God, thou shalt not slack to pay it: for the LORD thy God will surely require it of thee; and it would be sin in thee.
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When you make a vow to GOD, your God, don't put off keeping it; GOD, your God, expects you to keep it and if you don't you're guilty.
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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.
Deut.23.21
"When you make a vow to the LORD your God, you shall not delay to pay it; for the LORD your God will surely require it of you, and it would be sin to you.
Deut.23.21
"When you make a vow to the LORD your God, be prompt in doing whatever you promised him. For the LORD your God demands that you promptly fulfill all your vows. If you don't, you will be guilty of sin.
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But if thou shalt forbear to vow, it shall be no sin in thee.
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But if you don't make a vow in the first place, there's no sin.
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But if you refrain from making a vow, you will not be guilty.
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But if you abstain from vowing, it shall not be sin to you.
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However, it is not a sin to refrain from making a vow.
Deut.23.23
That which is gone out of thy lips thou shalt keep and perform; even a freewill offering, according as thou hast vowed unto the LORD thy God, which thou hast promised with thy mouth.
Deut.23.23
If you say you're going to do something, do it. Keep the vow you willingly vowed to GOD, your God. You promised it, so do it.
Deut.23.23
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.
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That which has gone from your lips you shall keep and perform, for you voluntarily vowed to the LORD your God what you have promised with your mouth.
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But once you have voluntarily made a vow, be careful to do as you have said, for you have made a vow to the LORD your God.
Deut.23.24
When thou comest into thy neighbour's vineyard, then thou mayest eat grapes thy fill at thine own pleasure; but thou shalt not put any in thy vessel.
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When you enter your neighbor's vineyard, you may eat all the grapes you want until you're full, but you may not put any in your bucket or bag.
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If you enter your neighbor's vineyard, you may eat all the grapes you want, but do not put any in your basket.
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"When you come into your neighbor's vineyard, you may eat your fill of grapes at your pleasure, but you shall not put any in your container.
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"You may eat your fill of grapes from your neighbor's vineyard, but do not take any away in a basket.
Deut.23.25
When thou comest into the standing corn of thy neighbour, then thou mayest pluck the ears with thine hand; but thou shalt not move a sickle unto thy neighbour's standing corn.
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And when you walk through the ripe grain of your neighbor, you may pick the heads of grain, but you may not swing your sickle there.
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If you enter your neighbor's grainfield, you may pick kernels with your hands, but you must not put a sickle to his standing grain.
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When you come into your neighbor's standing grain, you may pluck the heads with your hand, but you shall not use a sickle on your neighbor's standing grain.
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And you may pluck a few heads of your neighbor's grain by hand, but you may not harvest it with a sickle.
