Deuteronomy 23

New International Version

Exclusion From the Assembly

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

²No 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.

³No Ammonite^(B) or Moabite or any of their descendants may enter the assembly of the Lord, not even in the tenth generation.^(C) ⁴For 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) ⁵However, 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. ⁶Do not seek a treaty^(J) of friendship with them as long as you live.^(K)

⁷Do 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) ⁸The third generation of children born to them may enter the assembly of the Lord.

Uncleanness in the Camp

⁹When you are encamped against your enemies, keep away from everything impure.^(O) ¹⁰If one of your men is unclean because of a nocturnal emission, he is to go outside the camp and stay there.^(P) ¹¹But as evening approaches he is to wash himself, and at sunset^(Q) he may return to the camp.^(R)

¹²Designate a place outside the camp where you can go to relieve yourself. ¹³As part of your equipment have something to dig with, and when you relieve yourself, dig a hole and cover up your excrement. ¹⁴For 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

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

¹⁷No Israelite man^(X) or woman is to become a shrine prostitute.^(Y) ¹⁸You 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)

¹⁹Do not charge a fellow Israelite interest, whether on money or food or anything else that may earn interest.^(AA) ²⁰You 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.

²¹If 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) ²²But if you refrain from making a vow, you will not be guilty.^(AF) ²³Whatever your lips utter you must be sure to do, because you made your vow freely to the Lord your God with your own mouth.

²⁴If you enter your neighbor’s vineyard, you may eat all the grapes you want, but do not put any in your basket. ²⁵If 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

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

Psalm 112-113

New International Version

Psalm 112^[a]

¹Praise the Lord.^[b]^(A)

Blessed are those^(B) who fear the Lord,^(C)
who find great delight^(D) in his commands.

²Their children^(E) will be mighty in the land;
    the generation of the upright will be blessed.
³Wealth and riches^(F) are in their houses,
    and their righteousness endures^(G) forever.
⁴Even in darkness light dawns^(H) for the upright,
    for those who are gracious and compassionate and righteous.^(I)
⁵Good will come to those who are generous and lend freely,^(J)
    who conduct their affairs with justice.

⁶Surely the righteous will never be shaken;^(K)
    they will be remembered^(L) forever.
⁷They will have no fear of bad news;
    their hearts are steadfast,^(M) trusting in the Lord.^(N)
⁸Their hearts are secure, they will have no fear;^(O)
    in the end they will look in triumph on their foes.^(P)
⁹They have freely scattered their gifts to the poor,^(Q)
    their righteousness endures^(R) forever;
    their horn^[c] will be lifted^(S) high in honor.

¹⁰The wicked will see^(T) and be vexed,
they will gnash their teeth^(U) and waste away;^(V)
the longings of the wicked will come to nothing.^(W)

Psalm 113

¹Praise the Lord.^[d]^(X)

Praise the Lord, you his servants;^(Y)
    praise the name of the Lord.
²Let the name of the Lord be praised,^(Z)
    both now and forevermore.^(AA)
³From the rising of the sun^(AB) to the place where it sets,
    the name of the Lord is to be praised.

⁴The Lord is exalted^(AC) over all the nations,
    his glory above the heavens.^(AD)
⁵Who is like the Lord our God,^(AE)
    the One who sits enthroned^(AF) on high,^(AG)
⁶who stoops down to look^(AH)
    on the heavens and the earth?

⁷He raises the poor^(AI) from the dust
    and lifts the needy^(AJ) from the ash heap;
⁸he seats them^(AK) with princes,
    with the princes of his people.
⁹He settles the childless^(AL) woman in her home
    as a happy mother of children.

Praise the Lord.

Footnotes

Psalm 112:1 This psalm is an acrostic poem, the lines of which begin with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet.
Psalm 112:1 Hebrew Hallelu Yah
Psalm 112:9 Horn here symbolizes dignity.
Psalm 113:1 Hebrew Hallelu Yah; also in verse 9