New American Standard Bible 2020

Deuteronomy 23:19-25

19“1You are not to charge interest to your countrymen: interest on money, food, or anything that may be loaned on interest. 20 2You may charge interest to a foreigner, but to your countrymen you shall not charge interest, so that 3the Lord your God may bless you in all 4that you undertake in the land which you are about to enter to 5possess.

21“6When you make a vow to the Lord your God, you shall not delay to pay it, for the Lord your God will certainly require it of you, and it will be a sin 7for you. 22However, if you refrain from making vows, it will not be a sin 8for you. 23You shall be careful and perform what goes out of your lips, since in fact you have vowed a 9voluntary offering to the Lord your God, whatever you have 10promised.

24“When you enter your neighbor’s vineyard, you may eat grapes 11until you are satisfied; but you are not to put any in your 12basket.

25“13When you enter your neighbor’s standing grain, you may pluck the heads of grain with your hand, but you are not to 14use a sickle on your neighbor’s standing grain.

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Notes

1. Deuteronomy 23:19 Ex 22:25; Lev 25:35-37; Neh 5:2-7; Ps 15:5 ↩
2. Deuteronomy 23:20 Deut 28:12 ↩
3. Deuteronomy 23:20 Deut 15:10 ↩
4. Deuteronomy 23:20 Lit the putting forth of your hand ↩
5. Deuteronomy 23:20 Lit possess it ↩
6. Deuteronomy 23:21 Num 30:1, 2; Job 22:27; Ps 61:8; Eccl 5:4, 5; Matt 5:33 ↩
7. Deuteronomy 23:21 Lit in you ↩
8. Deuteronomy 23:22 Lit in you ↩
9. Deuteronomy 23:23 Or freewill offering ↩
10. Deuteronomy 23:23 Lit spoken with your mouth ↩
11. Deuteronomy 23:24 Lit according to your soul, your satiation ↩
12. Deuteronomy 23:24 Lit container ↩
13. Deuteronomy 23:25 Matt 12:1; Mark 2:23; Luke 6:1 ↩
14. Deuteronomy 23:25 Lit brandish ↩

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