Deuteronomio 23

Conferenza Episcopale Italiana

23 Nessuno sposerà una moglie del padre, né solleverà il lembo del mantello paterno.

Partecipazione alle assemblee culturali

²Non entrerà nella comunità del Signore chi ha il membro contuso o mutilato. ³Il bastardo non entrerà nella comunità del Signore; nessuno dei suoi, neppure alla decima generazione, entrerà nella comunità del Signore. ⁴L'Ammonita e il Moabita non entreranno nella comunità del Signore; nessuno dei loro discendenti, neppure alla decima generazione, entrerà nella comunità del Signore; ⁵non vi entreranno mai perché non vi vennero incontro con il pane e con l'acqua nel vostro cammino quando uscivate dall'Egitto e perché hanno prezzolato contro di te Balaam, figlio di Beor, da Petor nel paese dei due fiumi, perché ti maledicesse. ⁶Ma il Signore tuo Dio non volle ascoltare Balaam e il Signore tuo Dio mutò per te la maledizione in benedizione, perché il Signore tuo Dio ti ama. ⁷Non cercherai né la loro pace, né la loro prosperità, finché tu viva, mai. ⁸Non avrai in abominio l'Idumeo, perché è tuo fratello; non avrai in abominio l'Egiziano, perché sei stato forestiero nel suo paese; ⁹i figli che nasceranno da loro alla terza generazione potranno entrare nella comunità del Signore.

Purità dell'accampamento

¹⁰Quando uscirai e ti accamperai contro i tuoi nemici, guardati da ogni cosa cattiva. ¹¹Se si trova qualcuno in mezzo a te che sia immondo a causa d'un accidente notturno, uscirà dall'accampamento e non vi entrerà; ¹²verso sera si laverà con acqua e dopo il tramonto del sole potrà rientrare nell'accampamento.

¹³Avrai anche un posto fuori dell'accampamento e là andrai per i tuoi bisogni. ¹⁴Nel tuo equipaggiamento avrai un piuolo, con il quale, nel ritirarti fuori, scaverai una buca e poi ricoprirai i tuoi escrementi. ¹⁵Perché il Signore tuo Dio passa in mezzo al tuo accampamento per salvarti e per mettere i nemici in tuo potere; l'accampamento deve essere dunque santo, perché Egli non veda in mezzo a te qualche indecenza e ti abbandoni.

Leggi sociali e cultuali

¹⁶Non consegnerai al suo padrone uno schiavo che, dopo essergli fuggito, si sarà rifugiato presso di te. ¹⁷Rimarrà da te nel tuo paese, nel luogo che avrà scelto, in quella città che gli parrà meglio; non lo molesterai.

¹⁸Non vi sarà alcuna donna dedita alla prostituzione sacra tra le figlie d'Israele, né vi sarà alcun uomo dedito alla prostituzione sacra tra i figli d'Israele. ¹⁹Non porterai nella casa del Signore tuo Dio il dono di una prostituta né il salario di un cane, qualunque voto tu abbia fatto, poiché tutti e due sono abominio per il Signore tuo Dio.

²⁰Non farai al tuo fratello prestiti a interesse, né di denaro, né di viveri, né di qualunque cosa che si presta a interesse. ²¹Allo straniero potrai prestare a interesse, ma non al tuo fratello, perché il Signore tuo Dio ti benedica in tutto ciò a cui metterai mano, nel paese di cui stai per andare a prender possesso.

²²Quando avrai fatto un voto al Signore tuo Dio, non tarderai a soddisfarlo, perché il Signore tuo Dio te ne domanderebbe certo conto e in te vi sarebbe un peccato. ²³Ma se ti astieni dal far voti non vi sarà in te peccato. ²⁴Manterrai la parola uscita dalle tue labbra ed eseguirai il voto che avrai fatto volontariamente al Signore tuo Dio, ciò che la tua bocca avrà promesso.

²⁵Se entri nella vigna del tuo prossimo, potrai mangiare uva, secondo il tuo appetito, a sazietà, ma non potrai metterne in alcun tuo recipiente. ²⁶Se passi tra la messe del tuo prossimo, potrai coglierne spighe con la mano, ma non mettere la falce nella messe del tuo prossimo.

Devarim 23

Orthodox Jewish Bible

23 He that is wounded in the testicles, or hath a severed organ, shall not enter into the Kahal Hashem.

²⁽³⁾A mamzer shall not enter into the Kahal Hashem; even to his tenth generation shall he not enter into the Kahal Hashem.

³⁽⁴⁾An Amoni or Moavi shall not enter into the Kahal Hashem; even to their tenth generation shall they not enter into the Kahal Hashem ad olam;

⁴⁽⁵⁾Because they met you not with lechem and with mayim in the way, when ye came forth out of Mitzrayim; and because they hired against thee Balaam ben Beor from Petor in Aram Naharaim, to curse thee.

⁵⁽⁶⁾Nevertheless Hashem Eloheicha would not give heed unto Balaam; but Hashem Eloheicha turned the kelalah into a brocha unto thee, because Hashem Eloheicha loved thee.

⁶⁽⁷⁾Thou shalt not seek their shalom nor their tovat all thy yamim l’olam.

⁷⁽⁸⁾Thou shalt not abhor an Edomi; for he is thy brother: thou shalt not abhor a Mitzri (an Egyptian); because thou wast a ger in his land.

⁸⁽⁹⁾The banim that are begotten of them shall enter into the Kahal Hashem in their third generation.

⁹⁽¹⁰⁾When the machaneh (camp) goeth forth against thine enemies, then be shomer over thee against every wicked thing.

¹⁰⁽¹¹⁾If there be among you any ish, that is not tahor (clean) by reason of a nocturnal occurrence, then shall he go outside the machaneh, he shall not come within the machaneh;

¹¹⁽¹²⁾But it shall be, when erev cometh on, he shall wash himself with mayim; and when the shemesh is down, he shall come into the machaneh again.

¹²⁽¹³⁾Thou shalt have a place also outside the machaneh, whither thou shalt go forth outside;

¹³⁽¹⁴⁾And thou shalt have a shovel in addition to thy weapon; and it shall be, when thou wilt relieve thyself outside, thou shalt dig therewith, and shalt turn back and cover that which cometh from thee:

¹⁴⁽¹⁵⁾For Hashem Eloheicha walketh in the midst of thy machaneh, to deliver thee, and to give up thine enemies before thee; therefore shall thy machaneh be kadosh; that He see no ervat davar (shameful thing) in thee, and turn away from thee.

¹⁵⁽¹⁶⁾Thou shalt not give back unto his adon the eved which is rescued from his adon unto thee [see PM]:

¹⁶⁽¹⁷⁾He shall dwell with thee, even among you, in that place which he shall choose in one of thy she’arim, where it pleases him best; thou shalt not oppress him.

¹⁷⁽¹⁸⁾There shall be no kedeshah (ritual prostitute) of the banot Yisroel, nor a kadesh (sodomite ritual prostitute) of the bnei Yisroel.

¹⁸⁽¹⁹⁾Thou shalt not bring the hire of a zonah, or the price of a kelev (male prostitute), into the Bais Hashem Eloheicha for any neder; for even both of these are to’avat Hashem Eloheicha.

¹⁹⁽²⁰⁾Thou shalt not lend upon neshekh (interest) to thy brother; neshekh of kesef, neshekh of okhel, neshekh of any thing that is lent upon neshekh;

²⁰⁽²¹⁾Unto a nokhri thou mayest lend upon neshekh; but unto thy brother thou shalt not lend upon neshekh; that Hashem Eloheicha may bless thee in all that thou settest thine hand to in ha’aretz whither thou goest to possess it.

²¹⁽²²⁾When thou shalt vow a neder unto Hashem Eloheicha, thou shalt not delay to pay it; for Hashem Eloheicha will surely require it of thee; and it would be chet (sin) in thee.

²²⁽²³⁾But if thou shalt abstain from vowing, it shall be no chet in thee.

²³⁽²⁴⁾That which is gone out of thy lips thou shalt be shomer over and perform; even a vow thou hast voluntarily vowed unto Hashem Eloheicha, which thou hast promised with thy mouth.

²⁴⁽²⁵⁾When thou comest into thy neighbor’s kerem (vineyard), then thou mayest eat thy fill of grapes at thine own pleasure; but thou shalt not put any in thy vessel.

²⁵⁽²⁶⁾When thou comest into the standing grain of thy neighbor, then thou mayest pluck the ears with thine yad; but thou shalt not use a sickle unto thy neighbor’s standing grain [see Mt 12:1; Mk 2:23; Lk 6:1 on the fact that where the Spirit of the L-rd is, there is liberty.T.N.].

Deuteronomy 23

King James Version

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

²A 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.

³An 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:

⁴Because 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.

⁵Nevertheless 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.

⁶Thou shalt not seek their peace nor their prosperity all thy days for ever.

⁷Thou shalt not abhor an Edomite; for he is thy brother: thou shalt not abhor an Egyptian; because thou wast a stranger in his land.

⁸The children that are begotten of them shall enter into the congregation of the Lord in their third generation.

⁹When the host goeth forth against thine enemies, then keep thee from every wicked thing.

¹⁰If 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:

¹¹But 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.

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

¹³And 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:

¹⁴For 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.

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

¹⁶He 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.

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

¹⁸Thou 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.

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

²⁰Unto 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.

²¹When 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.

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

²³That 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.

²⁴When 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.

²⁵When 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.

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