Deuteronomy 23

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Persons Excluded from the Assembly

23 “^(A)No one who is ^[a]emasculated or has his male organ cut off may enter the assembly of the Lord. ²No one of illegitimate birth may enter the assembly of the Lord; none of his descendants, even to the tenth generation, may enter the assembly of the Lord. ³^(B)No Ammonite or Moabite may enter the assembly of the Lord; none of their descendants, even to the tenth generation, may ever enter the assembly of the Lord, ⁴^(C)because they did not meet you with ^[b]food and water on the way when you came out of Egypt, and because they hired against you ^(D)Balaam the son of Beor from Pethor of ^[c]Mesopotamia, to curse you. ⁵Nevertheless, the Lord your God was unwilling to listen to Balaam, but the Lord your God ^(E)turned the curse into a blessing for you because the Lord your God ^(F)loves you. ⁶^(G)You shall never seek their peace or their prosperity all your days.

⁷“You shall not loathe an ^[d]Edomite, for ^(H)he is your brother; you shall not loathe an Egyptian, ^(I)because you were a stranger in his land. ⁸The sons of the third generation who are born to them may enter the assembly of the Lord.

⁹“When you go out as ^[e]an army against your enemies, you shall be on guard against every evil thing.

¹⁰“^(J)If there is among you any man who is unclean because of a nocturnal emission, then he must go outside the camp; he may not ^[f]reenter the camp. ¹¹But when evening approaches, he shall bathe himself with water, and at sundown he may ^[g]reenter the camp.

¹²“You shall also have a place allocated outside the camp, so that you may go out there to relieve yourself, ¹³and you shall have a ^[h]spade among your tools, and it shall be when you sit down outside, you shall dig with it and shall turn and cover up your excrement. ¹⁴Since ^(K)the Lord your God walks in the midst of your camp to save you and to ^[i]defeat your enemies before you, your camp must be ^(L)holy; so He must not see ^[j]anything indecent among you ^[k]or He will turn away from you.

¹⁵“^(M)You shall not hand over to his master a slave who has ^[l]escaped from his master to you. ¹⁶He shall live with you in your midst, in the place that he chooses in one of your ^[m]towns where it pleases him; ^(N)you shall not mistreat him.

¹⁷“^(O)None of the daughters of Israel shall be a cult prostitute, ^(P)nor shall any of the sons of Israel be a cult prostitute. ¹⁸You shall not bring the earnings of a prostitute or the money for a ^[n]^(Q)dog into the house of the Lord your God as payment for any vowed offering, because both of these are an abomination to the Lord your God.

¹⁹“^(R)You are not to charge interest to your countrymen: interest on money, food, or anything that may be loaned on interest. ²⁰^(S)You may charge interest to a foreigner, but to your countrymen you shall not charge interest, so that ^(T)the Lord your God may bless you in all ^[o]that you undertake in the land which you are about to enter to ^[p]possess.

²¹“^(U)When you make a vow to the Lord your God, you shall not delay to pay it, for the Lord your God will certainly require it of you, and it will be a sin ^[q]for you. ²²However, if you refrain from making vows, it will not be a sin ^[r]for you. ²³You shall be careful and perform what goes out of your lips, since in fact you have vowed a ^[s]voluntary offering to the Lord your God, whatever you have ^[t]promised.

²⁴“When you enter your neighbor’s vineyard, you may eat grapes ^[u]until you are satisfied; but you are not to put any in your ^[v]basket.

²⁵“^(V)When you enter your neighbor’s standing grain, you may pluck the heads of grain with your hand, but you are not to ^[w]use a sickle on your neighbor’s standing grain.

Footnotes

Deuteronomy 23:1 Lit wounded by crushing of testicles
Deuteronomy 23:4 Lit bread
Deuteronomy 23:4 Heb Aram-naharaim
Deuteronomy 23:7 I.e., a descendant of Esau
Deuteronomy 23:9 Or a camp
Deuteronomy 23:10 Lit come to the midst of
Deuteronomy 23:11 Lit come to the midst of
Deuteronomy 23:13 Lit peg
Deuteronomy 23:14 Lit give
Deuteronomy 23:14 Lit nakedness of anything
Deuteronomy 23:14 Lit and
Deuteronomy 23:15 Lit delivered himself
Deuteronomy 23:16 Lit gates in the good to him
Deuteronomy 23:18 Prob. refers to a male prostitute
Deuteronomy 23:20 Lit the putting forth of your hand
Deuteronomy 23:20 Lit possess it
Deuteronomy 23:21 Lit in you
Deuteronomy 23:22 Lit in you
Deuteronomy 23:23 Or freewill offering
Deuteronomy 23:23 Lit spoken with your mouth
Deuteronomy 23:24 Lit according to your soul, your satiation
Deuteronomy 23:24 Lit container
Deuteronomy 23:25 Lit brandish

Psalm 112-113

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Prosperity of One Who Fears the Lord.

112 ^[a]Praise ^[b]the Lord!
^(A)Blessed is a person who ^[c]fears the Lord,
Who greatly ^(B)delights in His commandments.
²His ^[d]^(C)descendants will be mighty ^[e]on the earth;
The generation of the ^(D)upright will be blessed.
³^(E)Wealth and riches are in his house,
And his righteousness endures forever.
⁴Light shines in the darkness ^(F)for the upright;
He is ^(G)gracious, compassionate, and righteous.
⁵It goes well for a person who ^(H)is gracious and lends;
He will ^[f]maintain his cause in judgment.
⁶For he will ^(I)never be shaken;
The ^(J)righteous will be ^[g]remembered forever.

⁷He will not fear ^(K)bad news;
His ^(L)heart is steadfast, ^(M)trusting in the Lord.
⁸His ^(N)heart is firm, he ^(O)will not fear,
^[h]But will ^(P)look with satisfaction on his enemies.
⁹^[i]He ^(Q)has given freely to the poor,
His righteousness endures forever;
His ^(R)horn will be exalted in honor.

¹⁰The ^(S)wicked will see it and be ^[j]vexed,
He will ^(T)gnash his teeth and ^(U)melt away;
The ^(V)desire of the wicked will perish.

The Lord Exalts the Humble.

113 ^[k]Praise ^[l]the Lord!
^(W)Praise Him, you ^(X)servants of the Lord,
Praise the name of the Lord.
²^(Y)Blessed be the name of the Lord
From this time on and forever.
³^(Z)From ^[m]the rising of the sun to its setting,
The ^(AA)name of the Lord is to be praised.
⁴The Lord is ^(AB)high above all nations;
His ^(AC)glory is above the heavens.

⁵^(AD)Who is like the Lord our God,
Who ^(AE)is enthroned on high,
⁶Who ^(AF)looks far down to
The heavens and the earth?
⁷He ^(AG)raises the poor from the dust,
He lifts the needy from the garbage heap,
⁸To ^(AH)seat them with noblemen,
With the noblemen of His people.
⁹He ^(AI)has the infertile woman live in the house
As a joyful mother of children.
^[n]Praise ^[o]the Lord!

Footnotes

Psalm 112:1 Or Hallelujah! Blessed
Psalm 112:1 Heb Yah
Psalm 112:1 Or reveres
Psalm 112:2 Lit seed
Psalm 112:2 Or in the land
Psalm 112:5 Or conduct his affairs with justice
Psalm 112:6 Lit for an eternal remembrance
Psalm 112:8 Lit until he looks
Psalm 112:9 Lit He has scattered, he has given to...
Psalm 112:10 Or angry
Psalm 113:1 Or Hallelujah! Praise
Psalm 113:1 Heb Yah
Psalm 113:3 I.e., the east to the west
Psalm 113:9 Or Hallelujah!
Psalm 113:9 Heb Yah

Isaiah 50

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God Helps His Servant

50 This is what the Lord says:

“Where is the ^(A)certificate of divorce
By which I have ^(B)sent your mother away?
Or to whom of My creditors did I ^(C)sell you?
Behold, you were sold for your ^(D)wrongdoings,
And for your ^(E)wrongful acts your mother ^(F)was sent away.
²Why was there ^(G)no one when I came?
When I called, why was there no one to answer?
Is My ^(H)hand so short that it cannot redeem?
Or do I have no power to rescue?
Behold, I ^(I)dry up the sea with My rebuke,
I ^(J)turn rivers into a wilderness;
Their fish stink for lack of water,
And die of thirst.
³I ^(K)clothe the heavens with blackness,
And make sackcloth their covering.”

⁴The Lord ^[a]God has given Me the tongue of ^(L)disciples,
So that I may know how to ^(M)sustain the weary one with a word.
He awakens Me ^(N)morning by morning,
He awakens My ear to listen as a disciple.
⁵The Lord God has ^(O)opened My ear,
And I was ^(P)not disobedient,
Nor did I turn back.
⁶I ^(Q)gave My back to those who strike Me,
And My cheeks to those who pull out My beard;
I did not hide My face from insults and spitting.
⁷For the Lord God ^(R)helps Me,
Therefore, I am ^(S)not disgraced;
Therefore, I have made My face like ^(T)flint,
And I know that I will not be ashamed.
⁸He who ^(U)vindicates Me is near;
Who will contend with Me?
Let us ^(V)stand up to each other.
Who has a case against Me?
Let him approach Me.
⁹Behold, ^(W)the Lord God helps Me;
^(X)Who is he who condemns Me?
Behold, ^(Y)they will all wear out like a garment;
A moth will eat them.
¹⁰Who is among you who fears the Lord,
Who obeys the voice of His ^(Z)servant,
Who ^(AA)walks in darkness and has no light?
Let him ^(AB)trust in the name of the Lord and rely on his God.
¹¹Behold, all you who ^(AC)kindle a fire,
Who encircle yourselves with flaming arrows,
Walk in the light of your fire
And among the flaming arrows you have set ablaze.
This you will have from My hand:
You will ^(AD)lie down in torment.

Footnotes

Isaiah 50:4 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord, and so throughout the ch

Revelation 20

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Satan Bound

20 Then I saw ^(A)an angel coming down from heaven, holding the ^(B)key of the abyss and a great chain ^[a]in his hand. ²And he took hold of the ^(C)dragon, the serpent of old, who is the devil and Satan, and ^(D)bound him for a thousand years; ³and he threw him into the ^(E)abyss and shut it and ^(F)sealed it over him, so that he would ^(G)not deceive the nations any longer, until the thousand years were completed; after these things he must be released for a short time.

⁴Then I saw ^(H)thrones, and ^(I)they sat on them, and ^(J)judgment was given to them. And I saw ^(K)the souls of those who had been beheaded because of ^[b]their ^(L)testimony of Jesus and because of the word of God, and those who had not ^(M)worshiped the beast or his image, and had not received the ^(N)mark on their foreheads and on their hands; and they ^(O)came to life and ^(P)reigned with Christ for a thousand years. ⁵The rest of the dead did not come to life until the thousand years were completed. ^(Q)This is the first resurrection. ⁶^(R)Blessed and holy is the one who has a part in the first resurrection; over these the ^(S)second death has no power, but they will be ^(T)priests of God and of Christ, and will ^(U)reign with Him for a thousand years.

Satan Freed and Doomed

⁷When the thousand years are completed, Satan will be ^(V)released from his prison, ⁸and will come out to ^(W)deceive the nations which are at the ^(X)four corners of the earth, ^(Y)Gog and Magog, to ^(Z)gather them together for the war; the number of them is like the ^(AA)sand of the ^[c]seashore. ⁹And they ^(AB)came up on the ^[d]broad plain of the earth and surrounded the ^(AC)camp of the ^[e]saints and the ^(AD)beloved city, and ^(AE)fire came down from heaven and devoured them. ¹⁰And ^(AF)the devil who ^(AG)deceived them was thrown into the ^(AH)lake of fire and ^[f]brimstone, where the ^(AI)beast and the ^(AJ)false prophet are also; and they will be ^(AK)tormented day and night forever and ever.

Judgment at the Throne of God

¹¹Then I saw a great white ^(AL)throne and Him who sat upon it, from whose ^[g]presence ^(AM)earth and heaven fled, and ^(AN)no place was found for them. ¹²And I saw the dead, the ^(AO)great and the small, standing before the throne, and ^[h]^(AP)books were opened; and another ^[i]book was opened, which is ^(AQ)the book of life; and the dead ^(AR)were judged from the things which were written in the ^[j]books, ^(AS)according to their deeds. ¹³And the sea gave up the dead who were in it, and ^(AT)Death and Hades ^(AU)gave up the dead who were in them; and they were judged, each one of them ^(AV)according to their deeds. ¹⁴Then ^(AW)Death and Hades were thrown into ^(AX)the lake of fire. This is the ^(AY)second death, the lake of fire. ¹⁵And if ^[k]anyone’s name was not found written in ^(AZ)the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire.