Deuteronomy 23

Great^{(i) 1} None that is gelded or hath hys preuye membres cutt of, shall come into the congregacyon of the Lorde. ² And he that is borne of a comen woman, shall not come into the congregacyon of the Lorde, no not in the tenth generacyon he shall not entre into the congregacyon of the Lorde. ³ The Ammonites and the Moabites shall not come into the congregacyon of the Lorde, no not in the tenth generacyon, nor they shall neuer come into the congregacyon of the Lorde, ⁴ because they met you not wyth bread and water in the waye, when ye came out of Egypt, and because they hyred agaynst the. Balaam the sonne of Beor of Pethor, of Mesopotamia, to curse the. ⁵ Neuerthelesse the Lorde thy God wolde not herken vnto Balaam, but the Lorde thy God turned the curse to a blessynge vnto the, because the Lorde thy God loued the. ⁶ Thou shalt not seke the prosperyte or welth of them all thy dayes for euer. ⁷ Thou shalt not abhorre an Edomite, for he is thy brother: nether shalt thou abhorre an Egipcian, because thou wast a straunger in hys lande. ⁸ The chyldren that are begotten of them shall come into the congregacyon of the Lorde in the .iij. generacyon. ⁹ When thou goest out wyth the host agaynst thyne enemyes, kepe the from all wickednesse. ¹⁰ If there be amonge you any man that is vncleane, by the reason of vnclennesse that chaunceth hym by nyght, let hym go out of the host, ¹¹ and not come in agayne, into the hoost, but at euen let hym wasshe hym selfe wyth water, & then when the sonne is doune, let him come into the host agayne. ¹² Thou shalt haue a place also without the host, whether thou shalt resorte to, ¹³ and thou shalt haue a sharpe poynte vpon thy wepon: and when thou wylt ease thy selfe, dygge therwith, & turne and couer that whych is departed from the. ¹⁴ For the Lord thy God walketh in the middes of thyne host, to rydd the, and to set thyne enemies before the. Therfore shall the place of thyne host be pure, that he se no vncleane thynge in the, and so turne him selfe from the. ¹⁵ Thou shalt not delyuer vnto his master the seruaunt whych is escaped from hys master vnto the. ¹⁶ He shall dwell with the, euen amonge you in what place he hym selfe lyketh best, in one of thy cyties where it is good for hym, and thou shalt not vexe hym. ¹⁷ There shalbe no whore of the daughters of Israel, nor whore keper of the sonnes of Israel. ¹⁸ Thou shalt nether brynge the hyer of an whore nor the pryce of a dogge into the house of the Lorde thy God, in any maner of vowe, for euen both of them are abhominacyon vnto the Lorde thy God. ¹⁹ Thou shalt not hurt thy brother by vsury of money, ner by vsury of corne, ner by vsury of any thynge that he maye be hurt withall. ²⁰ Unto a straunger thou mayst lende vpon vsurye, but not vnto thy brother, that the Lorde thy God may blesse the in all that thou settest thyne hande to, in the lande whether thou goest to conquere it. ²¹ When thou hast vowed a vowe vnto the Lorde thy God, thou shalt not slacke to paye it. For the Lorde thy God wyll surely requyre it of the, and it shalbe synne in the. ²² If thou shalt leue vowynge, it shalbe no synne in the: ²³ but that which is once gone out of thy lyppes, thou must kepe and do, accordynge as thou hast vowed vnto the Lorde thy God of a frewyll, and as thou hast spoken wyth thy mouth. ²⁴ When thou commest into thy neyghbours vyneyarde, thou mayst eate grapes thy belly full at thine awne pleasure: but thou shalt put none in thy vessell. ²⁵ Euen so whan thou commest into thy neyghbours corne, thou mayst plucke the eares with thyne hande, but thou shalt not moue a sycle vnto thy neyghbours corne.