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Deuteronomy 23

Chapter 23 in 30 seconds

Who may join the assembly of Yahweh, and who may not. Keep the army camp clean, and yes, there is a rule about bathroom breaks with a shovel. Do not send a runaway slave back to his master. No interest on loans to fellow Israelites. And keep your vows.

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Exclusion from the Congregation

1No man with crushed or severed genitals may enter the assembly of Yahweh.

2No one of illegitimate birth may enter the assembly of Yahweh, nor may any of his descendants, even to the tenth generation.

  • DT 23:2[DEMONIC]Children of forbidden unions excluded to tenth generation; Ammonite/Moabite

3No Ammonite or Moabite or any of their descendants may enter the assembly of Yahweh, even to the tenth generation. 4For they did not meet you with food and water on your way out of Egypt, and they hired Balaam son of Beor from Pethor in Aram-naharaim to curse you. 5Yet Yahweh your God would not listen to Balaam, and Yahweh your God turned the curse into a blessing for you, because Yahweh your God loves you. 6You are not to seek peace or prosperity from them as long as you live.

7Do not despise an Edomite, for he is your brother. Do not despise an Egyptian, because you lived as a foreigner in his land. 8The third generation of children born to them may enter the assembly of Yahweh.

Uncleanness in the Camp// Leviticus 15:1–12

9When you are encamped against your enemies, then you shall keep yourself from every wicked thing. 10If any man among you becomes unclean because of a nocturnal emission, he must leave the camp and stay outside. 11When evening approaches, he must wash with water, and when the sun sets he may return to the camp.

12You must have a place outside the camp to go and relieve yourself. 13And you must have a digging tool in your equipment so that when you relieve yourself you can dig a hole and cover up your excrement.

14For Yahweh your God walks throughout your camp to protect you and deliver your enemies to you. Your camp must be holy, lest He see anything unclean among you and turn away from you.

Miscellaneous Laws

15Do not return a slave to his master if he has taken refuge with you. 16Let him live among you wherever he chooses, in the town of his pleasing. Do not oppress him.

17No daughter or son of Israel is to be a shrine prostitute. 18You must not bring the wages of a prostitute, whether female or male, into the house of Yahweh your God to fulfill any vow, because both are detestable to Yahweh your God.

  • DT 23:17[DEMONIC]No Israelite may be a shrine prostitute

19Do not charge your brother interest on money, food, or any other type of loan. 20You may charge a foreigner interest, but not your brother, so that Yahweh your God may bless you in everything to which you put your hand in the land that you are entering to possess.

21If you make a vow to Yahweh your God, do not be slow to keep it, because He will surely require it of you, and you will be guilty of sin. 22But if you refrain from making a vow, you will not be guilty of sin. 23Be careful to follow through on what comes from your lips, because you have freely vowed to Yahweh your God with your own mouth.

24When you enter your neighbor’s vineyard, you may eat your fill of grapes, but you must not put any in your basket.

25When you enter your neighbor’s grainfield, you may pluck the heads of grain with your hand, but you must not put a sickle to your neighbor’s grain.

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