Deuteronomy:23
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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 .