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Verse 1

He that is wounded in the stones,{H6481} or hath his privy member{H8212} cut off,{H3772} shall not enter{H935} into the assembly{H6951} of Jehovah.{H3068}

Verse 2

A bastard{H4464} shall not enter{H935} into the assembly{H6951} of Jehovah;{H3068} even to the tenth{H6224} generation{H1755} shall none of his enter{H935} into the assembly{H6951} of Jehovah.{H3068}

Verse 3

An Ammonite{H5984} or a Moabite{H4125} shall not enter{H935} into the assembly{H6951} of Jehovah;{H3068} even to the tenth{H6224} generation{H1755} shall none belonging to them enter{H935} into the assembly{H6951} of Jehovah{H3068} for{H5704} ever:{H5769}

Verse 4

because{H1697} they met{H6923} you not with bread{H3899} and with water{H4325} in the way,{H1870} when ye came forth{H3318} out of Egypt,{H4714} and because they hired{H7936} against thee Balaam{H1109} the son{H1121} of Beor{H1160} from Pethor{H6604} of Mesopotamia,{H763} to curse{H7043} thee.

Verse 5

Nevertheless Jehovah{H3068} thy God{H430} would{H14} not hearken{H8085} unto Balaam;{H1109} but Jehovah{H3068} thy God{H430} turned{H2015} the curse{H7045} into a blessing{H1293} unto thee, because Jehovah{H3068} thy God{H430} loved{H157} thee.

Verse 6

Thou shalt not seek{H1875} their peace{H7965} nor their prosperity{H2896} all thy days{H3117} for ever.{H5769}

Verse 7

Thou shalt not abhor{H8581} an Edomite;{H130} for he is thy brother:{H251} thou shalt not abhor{H8581} an Egyptian,{H4713} because thou wast a sojourner{H1616} in his land.{H776}

Verse 8

The children{H1121} of the third{H7992} generation{H1755} that are born{H3205} unto them shall enter{H935} into the assembly{H6951} of Jehovah.{H3068}

Verse 9

When thou goest forth{H3318} in camp{H4264} against thine enemies,{H341} then thou shalt keep{H8104} thee from every evil{H7451} thing.{H1697}

Verse 10

If there be among you any man,{H376} that is not clean{H2889} by reason of that which chanceth{H7137} him by night,{H3915} then shall he go{H3318} abroad{H2351} out of the camp,{H4264} he shall not come{H935} within{H8432} the camp:{H4264}

Verse 11

but it shall be, when evening{H6153} cometh on,{H6437} he shall bathe{H7364} himself in water;{H4325} and when the sun{H8121} is down,{H935} he shall come{H935} within{H8432} the camp.{H4264}

Verse 12

Thou shalt have a place also{H3027} without{H2351} the camp,{H4264} whither thou shalt go forth{H3318} abroad:{H2351}

Verse 13

and thou shalt have a paddle{H3489} among thy weapons;{H240} and it shall be, when thou sittest{H3427} down abroad,{H2351} thou shalt dig{H2658} therewith, and shalt turn back{H7725} and cover{H3680} that which cometh{H6627} from thee:

Verse 14

for Jehovah{H3068} thy God{H430} walketh{H1980} in the midst{H7130} of thy camp,{H4264} to deliver{H5337} thee, and to give up{H5414} thine enemies{H341} before{H6440} thee; therefore shall thy camp{H4264} be holy,{H6918} that he may not see{H7200} an unclean{H6172} thing{H1697} in thee, and turn away{H7725} from thee.{H310}

Verse 15

Thou shalt not deliver{H5462} unto his master{H113} a servant{H5650} that is escaped{H5337} from his master{H113} unto thee:

Verse 16

he shall dwell{H3427} with thee, in the midst{H7130} of thee, in the place{H4725} which he shall choose{H977} within one{H259} of thy gates,{H8179} where it pleaseth him best:{H2896} thou shalt not oppress{H3238} him.

Verse 17

There shall be no prostitute{H6948} of the daughters{H1323} of Israel,{H3478} neither shall there be a sodomite{H6945} of the sons{H1121} of Israel.{H3478}

Verse 18

Thou shalt not bring{H935} the hire{H868} of a harlot,{H2181} or the wages{H4242} of a dog,{H3611} into the house{H1004} of Jehovah{H3068} thy God{H430} for any vow:{H5088} for even both{H8147} these are an abomination{H8441} unto Jehovah{H3068} thy God.{H430}

Verse 19

Thou shalt not lend upon interest{H5391} to thy brother;{H251} interest{H5391} of money,{H3701} interest{H5392} of victuals,{H400} interest{H5392} of anything{H1697} that is lent upon interest:{H5391}

Verse 20

unto a foreigner{H5237} thou mayest lend upon interest;{H5391} but unto thy brother{H251} thou shalt not lend upon interest,{H5391} that Jehovah{H3068} thy God{H430} may bless{H1288} thee in all that thou puttest{H4916} thy hand{H3027} unto, in the land{H776} whither thou goest{H935} in to possess{H3423} it.

Verse 21

When thou shalt vow{H5087} a vow{H5088} unto Jehovah{H3068} thy God,{H430} thou shalt not be slack{H309} to pay{H7999} it: for Jehovah{H3068} thy God{H430} will surely{H1875} require{H1875} it of thee; and it would be sin{H2399} in thee.

Verse 22

But if thou shalt forbear{H2308} to vow,{H5087} it shall be no sin{H2399} in thee.

Verse 23

That which is gone out{H4161} of thy lips{H8193} thou shalt observe{H8104} and do;{H6213} according as thou hast vowed{H5087} unto Jehovah{H3068} thy God,{H430} a freewill-offering,{H5071} which thou hast promised{H1696} with thy mouth.{H6310}

Verse 24

When thou comest{H935} into thy neighbor's{H7453} vineyard,{H3754} then thou mayest eat{H398} of grapes{H6025} thy fill{H7648} at thine own pleasure;{H5315} but thou shalt not put{H5414} any in thy vessel.{H3627}

Verse 25

When thou comest{H935} into thy neighbor's{H7453} standing grain,{H7054} then thou mayest pluck{H6998} the ears{H4425} with thy hand;{H3027} but thou shalt not move{H5130} a sickle{H2770} unto thy neighbor's{H7453} standing grain.{H7054}

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