Deuteronomio 23
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Exclusión de la asamblea
23 »No entrará en la asamblea del Señor ningún hombre cuyos testículos estén magullados o le haya sido amputado el pene. 2 Tampoco formará parte de la asamblea del Señor el bastardo ni ninguno de sus descendientes por diez generaciones.
3 »Ni el amonita ni el moabita serán admitidos en la asamblea del Señor, ni aun después de la décima generación. 4 Esta ley se establece porque estas naciones no te ayudaron con alimento y agua cuando saliste de Egipto. Al contrario, trataron de maldecirte, para lo cual contrataron a Balán el hijo de Beor, de Petor en Mesopotamia. 5 Pero el Señor tu Dios no oyó a Balán, sino que convirtió en bendición la maldición concebida contra ti porque el Señor tu Dios te ama. 6 Mientras vivas no debes ayudar jamás al amonita o al moabita de ninguna manera. 7 Sin embargo, no tendrás en mala estima al edomita ni al egipcio, porque el edomita es tu hermano y entre los egipcios viviste. 8 Los nietos de los egipcios que vinieron contigo desde Egipto pueden entrar en la asamblea del Señor.
Higiene en el campamento
9 »Cuando estés en campaña contra el enemigo, los soldados del campamento deben apartarse de todo mal. 10 Cualquiera que quede ceremonialmente impuro por causa de una emisión seminal nocturna, debe abandonar el campamento 11 y permanecer fuera hasta la noche. Después, se bañará y regresará a la puesta de sol.
12 »Habrá un área fuera del campamento para las necesidades físicas. 13 Cada hombre debe tener una pala como parte de su equipo. Cada vez que tenga necesidad de evacuar los excrementos, cavará un hoyo con la pala, y después de haber terminado los cubrirá con tierra. 14 El campamento debe mantenerse limpio y santo porque el Señor lo recorre para protegerte y para hacer que tus enemigos caigan delante de ti. No debe haber en él ninguna cosa indecente para que no se aparte el Señor de ti.
Leyes misceláneas
15 »Si un esclavo huye de su amo, no debes forzarlo a regresar; 16 déjalo vivir entre el resto de la nación, en el pueblo que él escoja, y no lo oprimas.
17 »En Israel no ha de haber prostitución de mujeres ni de hombres.
18 »No debes traer a la casa del Señor ninguna ofrenda procedente de las ganancias de ese tipo de prácticas, porque son detestables delante del Señor tu Dios.
19 »No exigirás interés sobre los préstamos que le hagas a un hermano israelita, ya sea de dinero, alimentos o cualquier otra especie. 20 Puedes exigir intereses a un extranjero, pero no a un israelita. Porque si cobras interés a un hermano israelita, el Señor tu Dios no te bendecirá cuando entres en la tierra donde van a vivir.
21 »Cuando hayas hecho un voto al Señor apresúrate a cumplirlo, cualquiera que sea la cosa que le has prometido, porque el Señor exige que cumplas con prontitud tus votos; es pecado si no lo haces. 22 Pero si evitas hacer un voto, entonces no existe pecado. 23 Una vez que hayas hecho el voto, debes cumplir exactamente lo que hayas dicho porque lo hiciste voluntariamente y te has comprometido con voto delante del Señor tu Dios.
24 »Podrás comer uvas hasta saciarte en el viñedo de otro hombre, pero no podrás sacar nada de él en ningún tipo de recipiente. 25 Lo mismo te digo acerca de la mies de otra persona. Puedes comer cereales de ella pero no uses en ella la hoz.
Deuteronomy 23
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised
Those Excluded from the Assembly
23 No one whose testicles are crushed or whose penis is cut off shall be admitted to the assembly of the Lord.
2 Those born of an illicit union shall not be admitted to the assembly of the Lord. Even to the tenth generation, none of their descendants shall be admitted to the assembly of the Lord.
3 No Ammonite or Moabite shall be admitted to the assembly of the Lord. Even to the tenth generation, none of their descendants shall be admitted to the assembly of the Lord, 4 because they did not meet you with food and water on your journey out of Egypt, and because they hired against you Balaam son of Beor, from Pethor of Mesopotamia, to curse you. 5 (Yet the Lord your God refused to heed Balaam; the Lord your God turned the curse into a blessing for you, because the Lord your God loved you.) 6 You shall never promote their welfare or their prosperity as long as you live.
7 You shall not abhor any of the Edomites, for they are your kin. You shall not abhor any of the Egyptians, because you were an alien residing in their land. 8 The children of the third generation that are born to them may be admitted to the assembly of the Lord.
Sanitary, Ritual, and Humanitarian Precepts
9 When you are encamped against your enemies you shall guard against any impropriety.
10 If one of you becomes unclean because of a nocturnal emission, then he shall go outside the camp; he must not come within the camp. 11 When evening comes, he shall wash himself with water, and when the sun has set, he may come back into the camp.
12 You shall have a designated area outside the camp to which you shall go. 13 With your utensils you shall have a trowel; when you relieve yourself outside, you shall dig a hole with it and then cover up your excrement. 14 Because the Lord your God travels along with your camp, to save you and to hand over your enemies to you, therefore your camp must be holy, so that he may not see anything indecent among you and turn away from you.
15 Slaves who have escaped to you from their owners shall not be given back to them. 16 They shall reside with you, in your midst, in any place they choose in any one of your towns, wherever they please; you shall not oppress them.
17 None of the daughters of Israel shall be a temple prostitute; none of the sons of Israel shall be a temple prostitute. 18 You shall not bring the fee of a prostitute or the wages of a male prostitute[a] into the house of the Lord your God in payment for any vow, for both of these are abhorrent to the Lord your God.
19 You shall not charge interest on loans to another Israelite, interest on money, interest on provisions, interest on anything that is lent. 20 On loans to a foreigner you may charge interest, but on loans to another Israelite you may not charge interest, so that the Lord your God may bless you in all your undertakings in the land that you are about to enter and possess.
21 If you make a vow to the Lord your God, do not postpone fulfilling it; for the Lord your God will surely require it of you, and you would incur guilt. 22 But if you refrain from vowing, you will not incur guilt. 23 Whatever your lips utter you must diligently perform, just as you have freely vowed to the Lord your God with your own mouth.
24 If you go into your neighbour’s vineyard, you may eat your fill of grapes, as many as you wish, but you shall not put any in a container.
25 If you go into your neighbour’s standing grain, you may pluck the ears with your hand, but you shall not put a sickle to your neighbour’s standing grain.
Footnotes
- Deuteronomy 23:18 Heb a dog
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.
2 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.
3 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:
4 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.
5 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.
6 Thou shalt not seek their peace nor their prosperity all thy days for ever.
7 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.
8 The children that are begotten of them shall enter into the congregation of the Lord in their third generation.
9 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.
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