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Text -- Deuteronomy 23:8-25 (NET)
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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 .
Respect for Others’ Property
23:19 You must not charge interest on a loan to your fellow Israelite, whether on money , food , or anything else that has been loaned with interest .
23:20 You may lend with interest to a foreigner , but not to your fellow Israelite; if you keep this command the Lord your God will bless you in all you undertake in the land you are about to enter to possess .
23:21 When you make a vow to the Lord your God you must not delay in fulfilling it, for otherwise he will surely hold you accountable as a sinner .
23:22 If you refrain from making a vow , it will not be sinful .
23:23 Whatever you vow , you must be careful to do what you have promised , such as what you have vowed to the Lord your God as a freewill offering .
23:24 When you enter the vineyard of your neighbor you may eat as many grapes as you please , but you must not take away any in a container .
23:25 When you go into the ripe grain fields of your neighbor you may pluck off the kernels with your hand , but you must not use a sickle on your neighbor’s ripe grain .
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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 |
Vows |
WAR; WARFARE |
VESSEL |
Agriculture |
Usury |
LAW OF MOSES |
Sanitation |
Interest |
VOW |
Offerings |
HARLOT |
NEIGHBOR |
Purification |
LAW IN THE OLD TESTAMENT |
Creditor |
GOD, 2 |
LEND, LOAN |
Lending |
TRADE |
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expand allCommentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes
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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NET Notes: Deu 23:18 Heb “of a dog.” This is the common Hebrew term for a noncultic (i.e., “secular”) male prostitute. See note on the phrase ̶...
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NET Notes: Deu 23:19 Heb “to your brother” (likewise in the following verse). Since this is not limited to actual siblings, “fellow Israelite” is u...
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