Deuteronomy:23-24
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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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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 .
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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 :
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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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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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Thou shalt not seek their peace nor their prosperity all thy days for ever .
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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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The children that are begotten of them shall enter into the congregation of the LORD in their third generation .
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When the host goeth forth against thine enemies ,
then keep thee from every wicked thing .
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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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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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Thou shalt have a place also without the camp ,
whither thou shalt go forth abroad :
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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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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 .
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Thou shalt not deliver unto his master the servant which is escaped from his master unto thee :
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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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There shall be no whore of the daughters of Israel ,
nor a sodomite of the sons of Israel .
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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 .
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Thou shalt not lend upon usury to thy brother ;
usury of money ,
usury of victuals ,
usury of any thing that is lent upon usury :
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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 .
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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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But if thou shalt forbear to vow ,
it shall be no sin in thee .
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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 .
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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 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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When a man hath taken a wife ,
and married her ,
and it come to pass that she find no favour in his eyes ,
because he hath found some uncleanness in her :
then let him write her a bill of divorcement ,
and give it in her hand ,
and send her out of his house .
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And when she is departed out of his house ,
she may go and be another man '
s wife .
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And if the latter husband hate her ,
and write her a bill of divorcement ,
and giveth it in her hand ,
and sendeth her out of his house ;
or if the latter husband die ,
which took her to be his wife ;
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Her former husband ,
which sent her away ,
may not take her again to be his wife ,
after that she is defiled ;
for that is abomination before the LORD :
and thou shalt not cause the land to sin ,
which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance .
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When a man hath taken a new wife ,
he shall not go out to war ,
neither shall he be charged with any business :
but he shall be free at home one year ,
and shall cheer up his wife which he hath taken .
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No man shall take the nether or the upper millstone to pledge :
for he taketh a man '
s life to pledge .
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If a man be found stealing any of his brethren of the children of Israel ,
and maketh merchandise of him ,
or selleth him ;
then that thief shall die ;
and thou shalt put evil away from among you .
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Take heed in the plague of leprosy ,
that thou observe diligently ,
and do according to all that the priests the Levites shall teach you :
as I commanded them ,
so ye shall observe to do .
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Remember what the LORD thy God did unto Miriam by the way ,
after that ye were come forth out of Egypt .
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When thou dost lend thy brother any thing ,
thou shalt not go into his house to fetch his pledge .
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Thou shalt stand abroad ,
and the man to whom thou dost lend shall bring out the pledge abroad unto thee .
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And if the man be poor ,
thou shalt not sleep with his pledge :
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In any case thou shalt deliver him the pledge again when the sun goeth down ,
that he may sleep in his own raiment ,
and bless thee :
and it shall be righteousness unto thee before the LORD thy God .
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Thou shalt not oppress an hired servant that is poor and needy ,
whether he be of thy brethren ,
or of thy strangers that are in thy land within thy gates :
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At his day thou shalt give him his hire ,
neither shall the sun go down upon it ;
for he is poor ,
and setteth his heart upon it :
lest he cry against thee unto the LORD ,
and it be sin unto thee .
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The fathers shall not be put to death for the children ,
neither shall the children be put to death for the fathers :
every man shall be put to death for his own sin .
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Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of the stranger ,
nor of the fatherless ;
nor take a widow '
s raiment to pledge :
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But thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in Egypt ,
and the LORD thy God redeemed thee thence :
therefore I command thee to do this thing .
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When thou cuttest down thine harvest in thy field ,
and hast forgot a sheaf in the field ,
thou shalt not go again to fetch it :
it shall be for the stranger ,
for the fatherless ,
and for the widow :
that the LORD thy God may bless thee in all the work of thine hands .
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When thou beatest thine olive tree ,
thou shalt not go over the boughs again :
it shall be for the stranger ,
for the fatherless ,
and for the widow .
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When thou gatherest the grapes of thy vineyard ,
thou shalt not glean it afterward :
it shall be for the stranger ,
for the fatherless ,
and for the widow .
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And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in the land of Egypt :
therefore I command thee to do this thing .
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If there be a controversy between men ,
and they come unto judgment ,
that the judges may judge them ;
then they shall justify the righteous ,
and condemn the wicked .