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23 Celui dont les testicules ont été écrasés ou l'urètre coupé n'entrera point dans l'assemblée de l'Éternel.

Celui qui est issu d'une union illicite n'entrera point dans l'assemblée de l'Éternel; même sa dixième génération n'entrera point dans l'assemblée de l'Éternel.

L'Ammonite et le Moabite n'entreront point dans l'assemblée de l'Éternel, même à la dixième génération et à perpétuité,

parce qu'ils ne sont pas venus au-devant de vous avec du pain et de l'eau, sur le chemin, lors de votre sortie d'Égypte, et parce qu'ils ont fait venir contre toi à prix d'argent Balaam, fils de Beor, de Pethor en Mésopotamie, pour qu'il te maudisse.

Mais l'Éternel, ton Dieu, n'a point voulu écouter Balaam; et l'Éternel, ton Dieu, a changé pour toi la malédiction en bénédiction, parce que tu es aimé de l'Éternel, ton Dieu.

Tu n'auras souci ni de leur prospérité ni de leur bien-être, tant que tu vivras, à perpétuité.

Tu n'auras point en abomination l'Édomite, car il est ton frère; tu n'auras point en abomination l'Égyptien, car tu as été étranger dans son pays:

les fils qui leur naîtront à la troisième génération entreront dans l'assemblée de l'Éternel.

Lorsque tu camperas contre tes ennemis, garde-toi de toute chose mauvaise.

10 S'il y a chez toi un homme qui ne soit pas pur, par suite d'un accident nocturne, il sortira du camp, et n'entrera point dans le camp;

11 sur le soir il se lavera dans l'eau, et après le coucher du soleil il pourra rentrer au camp.

12 Tu auras un lieu hors du camp, et c'est là dehors que tu iras.

13 Tu auras parmi ton bagage un instrument, dont tu te serviras pour faire un creux et recouvrir tes excréments, quand tu voudras aller dehors.

14 Car l'Éternel, ton Dieu, marche au milieu de ton camp pour te protéger et pour livrer tes ennemis devant toi; ton camp devra donc être saint, afin que l'Éternel ne voie chez toi rien d'impur, et qu'il ne se détourne point de toi.

15 Tu ne livreras point à son maître un esclave qui se réfugiera chez toi, après l'avoir quitté.

16 Il demeurera chez toi, au milieu de toi, dans le lieu qu'il choisira, dans l'une de tes villes, où bon lui semblera: tu ne l'opprimeras point.

17 Il n'y aura aucune prostituée parmi les filles d'Israël, et il n'y aura aucun prostitué parmi les fils d'Israël.

18 Tu n'apporteras point dans la maison de l'Éternel, ton Dieu, le salaire d'une prostituée ni le prix d'un chien, pour l'accomplissement d'un voeu quelconque; car l'un et l'autre sont en abomination à l'Éternel, ton Dieu.

19 Tu n'exigeras de ton frère aucun intérêt ni pour argent, ni pour vivres, ni pour rien de ce qui se prête à intérêt.

20 Tu pourras tirer un intérêt de l'étranger, mais tu n'en tireras point de ton frère, afin que l'Éternel, ton Dieu, te bénisse dans tout ce que tu entreprendras au pays dont tu vas entrer en possession.

21 Si tu fais un voeu à l'Éternel, ton Dieu, tu ne tarderas point à l'accomplir: car l'Éternel, ton Dieu, t'en demanderait compte, et tu te chargerais d'un péché.

22 Si tu t'abstiens de faire un voeu, tu ne commettras pas un péché.

23 Mais tu observeras et tu accompliras ce qui sortira de tes lèvres, par conséquent les voeux que tu feras volontairement à l'Éternel, ton Dieu, et que ta bouche aura prononcés.

24 Si tu entres dans la vigne de ton prochain, tu pourras à ton gré manger des raisins et t'en rassasier; mais tu n'en mettras point dans ton vase.

25 Si tu entres dans les blés de ton prochain, tu pourras cueillir des épis avec la main, mais tu n'agiteras point la faucille sur les blés de ton prochain.

23 Ingen som är snöpt, vare sig genom krossning eller genom stympning, skall komma in i HERRENS församling.

Ingen som är född i äktenskapsbrott eller blodskam skall komma in i HERRENS församling; icke ens den som i tionde led är avkomling av en sådan skall komma in i HERRENS församling.

Ingen ammonit eller moabit skall komma in i HERRENS församling; icke ens den som i tionde led är avkomling av en sådan skall någonsin komma in i HERRENS församling --

detta därför att de icke kommo eder till mötes med mat och dryck på vägen, när I drogen ut ur Egypten, och därför att han mot dig lejde, Bileam, Beors son, från Petor i Aram-Naharaim, för att denne skulle förbanna dig.

Men HERREN, din Gud, ville icke höra på Bileam, utan HERREN, din Gud, förvandlade förbannelsen till välsignelse för dig, ty HERREN, din Gud, älskade dig.

Du skall aldrig, i all din tid, fråga efter deras välfärd och lycka.

Edoméen skall däremot icke för dig vara en styggelse, ty han är din broder. Egyptiern skall icke heller för dig vara en styggelse, ty i hans land har du bott såsom främling.

Barn som födas av dessa i tredje led må komma in i HERRENS församling.

När du drager ut mot dina fiender och slår läger, skall du taga, dig till vara för allt vad orent är.

10 Om bland dig finnes någon som icke är ren, därigenom att något har hänt honom under natten, så skall han gå ut till något ställe utanför lägret; han får icke komma in i lägret.

11 Och mot aftonen skall han bada sig i vatten, och när solen går ned, får han gå in i lägret. --

12 Du skall hava en särskild plats utanför lägret, dit du kan gå avsides.

13 Och du skall jämte annat som du bär hava en pinne, och när du vill sätta dig därute, skall du med den gräva en grop och sedan åter täcka över din uttömning.

14 Ty HERREN, din Gud, vandrar fram i ditt läger för att hjälpa dig och giva dina fiender i ditt våld; därför skall ditt läger vara heligt, så att han icke hos dig ser något som väcker hans leda och fördenskull vänder sig bort ifrån dig.

15 En träl som har flytt till dig från sin herre skall du icke utlämna till hans herre.

16 Han skall få stanna hos dig, mitt ibland dig, på det ställe som han utväljer inom någon av dina städer, var han finner för gott; och du skall icke förtrycka honom.

17 Ingen tempeltärna skall finnas bland Israels döttrar, och ingen tempelbolare bland Israels söner.

18 Du skall icke bära skökolön och hundpenningar in i HERRENS, din Guds, hus, till gäldande av något löfte; ty det ena som det andra är en styggelse för HERREN, din Gud.

19 Du skall icke taga ränta av din broder, varken på penningar eller på livsmedel eller på något annat varpå ränta kan tagas.

20 Av utlänningen må du taga ränta, men icke av din broder, på det att HERREN, din Gud, i allt vad du företager dig, må välsigna dig i det land dit du nu kommer, för att taga det i besittning.

21 Om du har gjort ett löfte åt HERREN, din Gud, skall du icke dröja att infria det, ty HERREN, din Gud, skall förvisso utkräva det av dig, och synd kommer att vila på dig.

22 Men om du underlåter att göra något löfte, så kommer icke därigenom synd att vila på dig.

23 Vad dina läppar hava talat skall du hålla och göra, i enlighet med det frivilliga löfte du har givit HERREN, din Gud, och uttalat med din mun.

24 När du kommer in i din nästas vingård, får du där äta druvor, så mycket dig lyster, till dess du bliver mätt, men du får icke lägga något i ditt kärl.

25 När du kommer in på din nästas sädesfält, får du plocka ax med din hand, men med skära får du icke komma vid din nästas säd.

Exclusion From the Assembly

23 [a]No one who has been emasculated(A) by crushing or cutting may enter the assembly of the Lord.

No one born of a forbidden marriage[b] nor any of their descendants may enter the assembly of the Lord, not even in the tenth generation.

No Ammonite(B) or Moabite or any of their descendants may enter the assembly of the Lord, not even in the tenth generation.(C) For they did not come to meet you with bread and water(D) on your way when you came out of Egypt, and they hired Balaam(E) son of Beor from Pethor in Aram Naharaim[c](F) to pronounce a curse on you.(G) However, the Lord your God would not listen to Balaam but turned the curse(H) into a blessing for you, because the Lord your God loves(I) you. Do not seek a treaty(J) of friendship with them as long as you live.(K)

Do not despise an Edomite,(L) for the Edomites are related to you.(M) Do not despise an Egyptian, because you resided as foreigners in their country.(N) The third generation of children born to them may enter the assembly of the Lord.

Uncleanness in the Camp

When you are encamped against your enemies, keep away from everything impure.(O) 10 If one of your men is unclean because of a nocturnal emission, he is to go outside the camp and stay there.(P) 11 But as evening approaches he is to wash himself, and at sunset(Q) he may return to the camp.(R)

12 Designate a place outside the camp where you can go to relieve yourself. 13 As part of your equipment have something to dig with, and when you relieve yourself, dig a hole and cover up your excrement. 14 For the Lord your God moves(S) about in your camp to protect you and to deliver your enemies to you. Your camp must be holy,(T) so that he will not see among you anything indecent and turn away from you.

Miscellaneous Laws

15 If a slave has taken refuge(U) with you, do not hand them over to their master.(V) 16 Let them live among you wherever they like and in whatever town they choose. Do not oppress(W) them.

17 No Israelite man(X) or woman is to become a shrine prostitute.(Y) 18 You must not bring the earnings of a female prostitute or of a male prostitute[d] into the house of the Lord your God to pay any vow, because the Lord your God detests them both.(Z)

19 Do not charge a fellow Israelite interest, whether on money or food or anything else that may earn interest.(AA) 20 You may charge a foreigner(AB) interest, but not a fellow Israelite, so that the Lord your God may bless(AC) you in everything you put your hand to in the land you are entering to possess.

21 If you make a vow to the Lord your God, do not be slow to pay it,(AD) for the Lord your God will certainly demand it of you and you will be guilty of sin.(AE) 22 But if you refrain from making a vow, you will not be guilty.(AF) 23 Whatever your lips utter you must be sure to do, because you made your vow freely to the Lord your God with your own mouth.

24 If you enter your neighbor’s vineyard, you may eat all the grapes you want, but do not put any in your basket. 25 If you enter your neighbor’s grainfield, you may pick kernels with your hands, but you must not put a sickle to their standing grain.(AG)

Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 23:1 In Hebrew texts 23:1-25 is numbered 23:2-26.
  2. Deuteronomy 23:2 Or one of illegitimate birth
  3. Deuteronomy 23:4 That is, Northwest Mesopotamia
  4. Deuteronomy 23:18 Hebrew of a dog

23 He that is wounded in the stones, or hath his privy member cut off, shall not enter into the congregation of the Lord.

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.

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:

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.

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.

Thou shalt not seek their peace nor their prosperity all thy days for ever.

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.

The children that are begotten of them shall enter into the congregation of the Lord in their third generation.

When the host goeth forth against thine enemies, then keep thee from every wicked thing.

10 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:

11 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.

12 Thou shalt have a place also without the camp, whither thou shalt go forth abroad:

13 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:

14 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.

15 Thou shalt not deliver unto his master the servant which is escaped from his master unto thee:

16 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.

17 There shall be no whore of the daughters of Israel, nor a sodomite of the sons of Israel.

18 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.

19 Thou shalt not lend upon usury to thy brother; usury of money, usury of victuals, usury of any thing that is lent upon usury:

20 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.

21 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.

22 But if thou shalt forbear to vow, it shall be no sin in thee.

23 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.

24 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.

25 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.

Those Excluded from the Congregation

23 “He who is emasculated by crushing or mutilation shall (A)not enter the assembly of the Lord.

“One of illegitimate birth shall not enter the assembly of the Lord; even to the tenth generation none of his descendants shall enter the assembly of the Lord.

(B)“An Ammonite or Moabite shall not enter the assembly of the Lord; even to the tenth generation none of his descendants shall enter the assembly of the Lord forever, (C)because they did not meet you with bread and water on the road when you came out of Egypt, and (D)because they hired against you Balaam the son of Beor from Pethor of [a]Mesopotamia, to curse you. Nevertheless the Lord your God would not listen to Balaam, but the Lord your God turned the curse into a blessing for you, because the Lord your God (E)loves you. (F)You shall not seek their peace nor their prosperity all your days forever.

“You shall not abhor an Edomite, (G)for he is your brother. You shall not abhor an Egyptian, because (H)you were an alien in his land. The children of the third generation born to them may enter the assembly of the Lord.

Cleanliness of the Campsite

“When the army goes out against your enemies, then keep yourself from every wicked thing. 10 (I)If there is any man among you who becomes unclean by some occurrence in the night, then he shall go outside the camp; he shall not come inside the camp. 11 But it shall be, when evening comes, that (J)he shall wash with water; and when the sun sets, he may come into the camp.

12 “Also you shall have a place outside the camp, where you may go out; 13 and you shall have an implement among your equipment, and when you sit down outside, you shall dig with it and turn and cover your refuse. 14 For the Lord your God (K)walks in the midst of your camp, to deliver you and give your enemies over to you; therefore your camp shall be holy, that He may see no unclean thing among you, and turn away from you.

Miscellaneous Laws

15 (L)“You shall not give back to his master the slave who has escaped from his master to you. 16 He may dwell with you in your midst, in the place which he chooses within one of your gates, where it [b]seems best to him; (M)you shall not oppress him.

17 “There shall be no ritual [c]harlot (N)of the daughters of Israel, or a (O)perverted[d] one of the sons of Israel. 18 You shall not bring the wages of a harlot or the price of a dog to the house of the Lord your God for any vowed offering, for both of these are [e]an abomination to the Lord your God.

19 (P)“You shall not charge interest to your brother—interest on money or food or anything that is lent out at interest. 20 (Q)To a foreigner you may charge interest, but to your brother you shall not charge interest, (R)that the Lord your God may bless you in all to which you set your hand in the land which you are entering to possess.

21 (S)“When you make a vow to the Lord your God, you shall not delay to pay it; for the Lord your God will surely require it of you, and it would be sin to you. 22 But if you abstain from vowing, it shall not be sin to you. 23 (T)That which has gone from your lips you shall keep and perform, for you voluntarily vowed to the Lord your God what you have promised with your mouth.

24 “When you come into your neighbor’s vineyard, you may eat your fill of grapes at your pleasure, but you shall not put any in your container. 25 When you come into your neighbor’s standing grain, (U)you may pluck the heads with your hand, but you shall not use a sickle on your neighbor’s standing grain.

Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 23:4 Heb. Aram Naharaim
  2. Deuteronomy 23:16 pleases him best
  3. Deuteronomy 23:17 Heb. qedeshah, fem. of qadesh (next note)
  4. Deuteronomy 23:17 Heb. qadesh, one practicing sodomy and prostitution in religious rituals
  5. Deuteronomy 23:18 detestable