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Text -- Deuteronomy 23:1-18 (NET)
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Context
Purity in Public Worship
23:1 A man with crushed or severed genitals may not enter the assembly of the Lord .
23:2 A person of illegitimate birth may not enter the assembly of the Lord ; to the tenth generation no one related to him may do so.
23:3 An Ammonite or Moabite may not enter the assembly of the Lord ; to the tenth generation none of their descendants shall ever do so,
23:4 for they did not meet you with food and water on the way as you came from Egypt , and furthermore , they hired Balaam son of Beor of Pethor in Aram Naharaim to curse you.
23:5 But the Lord your God refused to listen to Balaam and changed the curse to a blessing , for the Lord your God loves you.
23:6 You must not seek peace and prosperity for them through all the ages to come.
23:7 You must not hate an Edomite , for he is your relative ; you must not hate an Egyptian , for you lived as a foreigner in his land .
23:8 Children of the third generation born to them may enter the assembly of the Lord .
Purity in Personal Hygiene
23:9 When you go out as an army against your enemies , guard yourselves against anything impure .
23:10 If there is someone among you who is impure because of some nocturnal emission , he must leave the camp ; he may not reenter it immediately.
23:11 When evening arrives he must wash himself with water and then at sunset he may reenter the camp .
23:12 You are to have a place outside the camp to serve as a latrine .
23:13 You must have a spade among your other equipment and when you relieve yourself outside you must dig a hole with the spade and then turn and cover your excrement .
23:14 For the Lord your God walks about in the middle of your camp to deliver you and defeat your enemies for you. Therefore your camp should be holy , so that he does not see anything indecent among you and turn away from you.
Purity in the Treatment of the Nonprivileged
23:15 You must not return an escaped slave to his master when he has run away to you .
23:16 Indeed, he may live among you in any place he chooses , in whichever of your villages he prefers ; you must not oppress him.
Purity in Cultic Personnel
23:17 There must never be a sacred prostitute among the young women of Israel nor a sacred male prostitute among the young men of Israel .
23:18 You must never bring the pay of a female prostitute or the wage of a male prostitute into the temple of the Lord your God in fulfillment of any vow , for both of these are abhorrent to the Lord your God .
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
Moses |
Congregation |
DEUTERONOMY |
VESSEL |
Alien |
WAR; WARFARE |
LAW OF MOSES |
Inhospitableness |
Balaam |
Sanitation |
Ammonites |
HEREDITY |
HARLOT |
MINGLED PEOPLE; (MIXED MULTITUDE) |
Pethor |
God |
LAW IN THE OLD TESTAMENT |
Purification |
Citizenship |
Mesopotamia |
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expand allCommentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes
NET Notes -> Deu 23:1; Deu 23:1; Deu 23:1; Deu 23:2; Deu 23:2; Deu 23:3; Deu 23:3; Deu 23:3; Deu 23:4; Deu 23:5; Deu 23:5; Deu 23:7; Deu 23:7; Deu 23:8; Deu 23:9; Deu 23:10; Deu 23:12; Deu 23:13; Deu 23:13; Deu 23:13; Deu 23:14; Deu 23:14; Deu 23:15; Deu 23:16; Deu 23:17; Deu 23:17; Deu 23:17; Deu 23:17; Deu 23:18; Deu 23:18
NET Notes: Deu 23:1 The Hebrew term translated “assembly” (קָהָל, qahal) does not refer here to the nation as such but to the fo...
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NET Notes: Deu 23:2 Heb “enter the assembly of the Lord.” The phrase “do so” has been used in the translation for stylistic reasons to avoid redun...
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NET Notes: Deu 23:3 Heb “enter the assembly of the Lord.” The phrase “do so” has been used in the translation for stylistic reasons to avoid redun...
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NET Notes: Deu 23:5 The verb אָהַב (’ahav, “love”) here and commonly elsewhere in the Book of Deuteronomy speaks of God...
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NET Notes: Deu 23:8 Concessions were made to the Edomites and Egyptians (as compared to the others listed in vv. 1-6) because the Edomites (i.e., Esauites) were full R...
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NET Notes: Deu 23:9 Heb “evil.” The context makes clear that this is a matter of ritual impurity, not moral impurity, so it is “evil” in the sense...
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NET Notes: Deu 23:10 Heb “nocturnal happening.” The Hebrew term קָרֶה (qareh) merely means “to happen” so the phrase ...
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NET Notes: Deu 23:14 Heb “nakedness of a thing”; NLT “any shameful thing.” The expression עֶרְוַת ד...
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NET Notes: Deu 23:15 The Hebrew text includes “from his master,” but this would be redundant in English style.
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