Deuteronomy:23

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* He that is wounded in the stones , or hath his privy member cut off , (note :)Either to bear office , or to marry a wife .(:note ) shall not enter into the congregation of the LORD . * * The Ammonites and the Moabites shall not enter into the Congregation of the Lord : euen to their tenth generation shal they not enter into the Congregation of the Lord for euer , * Because they (note :)By this he condemns all who do not aid the children of God in their calling .(:note ) 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 . * Neuerthelesse , the Lorde thy God would not hearken vnto Balaam , but the Lord thy God turned the curse to a blessing vnto thee , because the Lord thy God loued thee . * Thou (note :)You shall have nothing to do with them .(:note ) shalt not seek their peace nor their prosperity all thy days for ever . * Thou shalt not abhorre an Edomite : for he is thy brother , neither shalt thou abhorre an Egyptian , because thou wast a strager in his land . * The children that are begotten (note :)If the fathers have renounced their idolatry , and received circumcision .(:note ) of them shall enter into the congregation of the LORD in their third generation . * When thou goest out with the host against thine enemies , keepe thee then from all wickednesse . * If there be among you any that is vncleane by that which commeth to him by night , he shall goe out of the hoste , and shall not enter into the hoste , * But at euen he shall wash him selfe with water , and when the sunne is downe , he shall enter into the hoste . * Thou shalt have a place also without the camp , whither thou shalt (note :)For the necessities of nature .(:note ) go forth abroad : * 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 (note :)Meaning by this that his people should be pure both in body and soul .(:note ) cover that which cometh from thee : * For the Lord thy God walketh in the mids of thy campe to deliuer thee , and to giue thee thine enemies before thee : therefore thine hoste shalbe holy , that he see no filthie thing in thee and turne away from thee . * Thou shalt not (note :)This is meant of the heathen , who fled because of their masters ' cruelty , and embrace the true religion .(:note ) deliver unto his master the servant which is escaped from his master unto thee : * He shall dwell with thee , euen among you , in what place he shal chuse , in one of thy cities where it liketh him best : thou shalt not vexe him . * There shalbe no whore of the daughters of Israel , neither shal there be a whore keeper of the sonnes of Israel . * Thou shalt not bring the (note :)Forbidding that any income gained from evil things should be applied to the service of God , ( Mic_2:7 ).(:note ) 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 . * Thou shalt not giue to vsurie to thy brother : as vsurie of money , vsurie of meate , vsurie of any thing that is put to vsurie . * Unto a (note :)This was permitted for a time because of the hardness of their hearts .(:note ) stranger thou mayest lend upon usury ; but unto thy brother thou shalt not lend upon usury : that the LORD thy God may If you show charity to your brother , God will declare his love toward you . bless thee in all that thou settest thine hand to in the land whither thou goest to possess it . * When thou shalt vowe a vowe vnto the Lord thy God , thou shalt not be slacke to paye it : for the Lorde thy God will surely require it of thee , and so it should be sinne vnto thee . * But when thou absteinest from vowing , it shalbe no sinne vnto thee . * That which is gone out of thy lips thou shalt (note :)If the vow is lawful and godly .(:note ) keep and perform ; [even ] a freewill offering , according as thou hast vowed unto the LORD thy God , which thou hast promised with thy mouth . * When thou comest into (note :)Being hired for labour .(:note ) thy neighbour 's vineyard , then thou mayest eat grapes thy fill at thine own pleasure ; but thou shalt not put [any ] in thy To bring home to your house . vessel . * When thou commest into thy neighbours corne thou mayest plucke the eares with thine hand , but thou shalt not moue a sickle to thy neighbours corne .

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