Deuteronomy 23

Thomson^{(i) 1} A man who is made a eunuch by bruising, or by cutting, shall not come into the congregation of the Lord; ² nor shall the son of a harlot come into the congregation of the Lord. ³ An Amorite, and a Moabite, shall not come into the congregation of the Lord: even to the tenth generation, they shall not come into the congregation of the Lord; nay; even for ever; ⁴ because they did not meet you with bread and water on the way, when you were coming out of Egypt; and because they hired against thee, Balaam, son of Beor, of Mesopotamia, to curse thee; ⁵ but the Lord thy God would not hearken to Balaam. Nay, the Lord thy God turned the curses into a blessing, because the Lord thy God loved thee. ⁶ Thou shalt not propose terms of peace with them, nor what is conducive to their welfare, all thy days, forever. ⁷ Thou shalt not abominate an Idumean; for he is thy brother. Thou shalt not hold in abhorrence an Egyptian; because thou wast a sojourner in his land. ⁸ If either of these have sons, they may come into the congregation of the Lord, in the third generation. ⁹ When thou goest out to encamp against thine enemies, thou shalt be on thy guard against every evil thing. ¹⁰ If there be with thee a man who is unclean, by reason of any nightly pollution, he shall go out of the camp, or he shall not come into the camp; ¹¹ but towards evening he shall wash his body with water, and when the sun is set, he may come into the camp. ¹² Moreover thou shalt have a place without the camp, and thou shalt go out thither. ¹³ And thou shalt have in thy girdle a spaddle, and when thou hast eased thyself abroad, thou shalt dig with it, and cover thy uncleanness. ¹⁴ Because the Lord thy God walketh about in thy camp, to save thee, and subdue thine enemy before thee, therefore thy camp must be holy. There must be nothing unseemly seen with thee, that he may not turn away from thee. ¹⁵ Thou shalt not deliver up to his master, a servant who hath fled to thee, from his master. ¹⁶ He shall dwell among you wherever he pleaseth. Thou shalt not afflict him. ¹⁷ There shall not be a harlot of the daughters of Israel, nor a whoremonger of the sons of Israel. ¹⁸ There shall not be a prostitute among the daughters of Israel, nor shall any of the Israelites be a votary of prostitution. Thou shalt not bring the hire of an harlot, nor the price of a dog, into the house of the Lord, for any vow, for both are an abomination to the Lord thy God. ¹⁹ Thou shalt not take interest of thy brother, for money, nor for victuals, nor for any thing which thou mayst lend him. ²⁰ To a stranger thou mayst lend on interest; but to thy brother thou shalt not lend on interest; that the Lord thy God may bless thee in all thy works, in the land to which thou art going to take possession of it. ²¹ If thou vowest a vow to the Lord thy God, thou shalt not delay to pay it; for the Lord thy God will surely require it of thee; and it would be a sin in thee. ²² If thou dost not chuse to make a vow, it is no sin in thee. ²³ Thou must be careful of what have proceeded from thy lips; and offer, in the manner thou hast vowed to the Lord thy God, the gift which thou hast promised with thy mouth. ²⁴ [Omitted] ²⁵ If thou comest into thy neighbour's field of standing corn, thou mayst gather ears with thy hands; but thou shalt not put a sickle into thy neighbour's field of standing grain. And if thou comest into thy neighbour's vineyard, thou mayst eat grapes, till thy soul is satisfied, but thou shalt not put any into a vessel.