Dabarym (Deuteronomy) — 23

Regulations concerning Worship

1 “If a man’s testicles are crushed or his penis is cut off, he should not be allowed in the assembly of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH.

2 “If a person is illegitimate by birth, neither he nor his descendants for ten generations should be allowed to the assembly of  𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH.

3 “No Ammunite or Muabite or any of their descendants for ten generations should be allowed to the assembly of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH. 

4 These nations did not welcome you with food and water when you came out of Mitzraym. Instead, they hired Balaam son of Baur from Pathur in distant Aram-naharaim to curse you. 

5 But 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH your 𐤀𐤋𐤅𐤄_ALUAH  refused to listen to Balaam. He turned the intended curse into a Barakah because  𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH your 𐤀𐤋𐤅𐤄_ALUAH loves you. 

6 As long as you live, you must never promote the welfare and prosperity of the Ammunites or Muabites.

7 “Do not detest the Adumites or the Mitzraym, because the Adumites are your relatives and you lived as foreigners among the Mitzraym. 

8 The third generation of Adumites and Mitzraym may enter the assembly of  𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH.

Miscellaneous Regulations

9 “When you go to war against your enemies, be sure to stay away from anything that is impure.

10 “Any man who becomes ceremonially defiled because of a nocturnal emission must leave the camp and stay away all day. 

11 Toward evening he must bathe himself, and at sunset he may return to the camp.

12 “You must have a designated area outside the camp where you can go to relieve yourself. 

13 Each of you must have a spade as part of your equipment. Whenever you relieve yourself, dig a hole with the spade and cover the excrement. 

14 The camp must be Qadash, for  𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH your 𐤀𐤋𐤅𐤄_ALUAH moves around in your camp to protect you and to defeat your enemies. 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH must not see any shameful thing among you, or He will turn away from you.

15 “If slaves should escape from their masters and take refuge with you, you must not hand them over to their masters. 

16 Let them live among you in any town they choose, and do not oppress them.

17 “No Yasharalym, whether man or woman, may become a temple prostitute. 

18 When you are bringing an offering to fulfill a vow, you must not bring to the house of  𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH your 𐤀𐤋𐤅𐤄_ALUAH any offering from the earnings of a prostitute, whether a man or a woman, for both are detestable to 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH your  𐤀𐤋𐤅𐤄_ALUAH.

19 “Do not charge interest on the loans you make to a fellow Yasharalym, whether you loan money, or food, or anything else. 

20 You may charge interest to foreigners, but you may not charge interest to Yasharalym, so that 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH your 𐤀𐤋𐤅𐤄_ALUAH may Barak you in everything you do in the land you are about to enter and occupy.

21 “When you make a vow to 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH  your 𐤀𐤋𐤅𐤄_ALUAH, be prompt in fulfilling whatever you promised him. For  𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH your 𐤀𐤋𐤅𐤄_ALUAH demands that you promptly fulfill all your vows, or you will be guilty of sin. 

22 However, it is not a sin to refrain from making a vow. 

23 But once you have voluntarily made a vow, be careful to fulfill your promise to 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH your 𐤀𐤋𐤅𐤄_ALUAH.

24 “When you enter your neighbor’s vineyard, you may eat your fill of grapes, but you must not carry any away in a basket. 

25 And when you enter your neighbor’s field of grain, you may pluck the heads of grain with your hand, but you must not harvest it with a sickle.