3An Ammonite or a Moabite shallnotH3808enterיָבֹ֥אya.Vo'H935intoיָבֹ֧אya.Vo'H935theassemblyH6951of theLORDH3068;evenH1571to thetenthH6224generationH1755shallnoneH3808belonging to thementerיָ֥בֹאYa.vo'H935intoיָבֹ֥אya.Vo'H935theassemblyH6951of theLORDH3068for ever:
4because they metyouH5704notH3808with bread and with water in thewayH5704, when yecameH935forthoutH935of Egypt; and because they hiredagainstH935thee Balaam the son of Beor from Pethor of Mesopotamia, to curse thee.
5Nevertheless the LORD thyGodH3808wouldnotH3808hearken untoBalaamH1109; but the LORD thyGodH3808turned thecurseלְקַֽלְלֶֽךָּ׃le.Ka.Le.kaH7043intoעַל־'al-H5921a blessing unto thee,becauseעָלֶ֜יךָ'a.Lei.khaH5921the LORD thyGodH3808loved thee.
6Thou shaltnotH3808seekH3808theirpeaceלִבְרָכָ֑הliv.ra.KhahH1293norH3808their prosperity all thy days for ever.
7Thou shaltnotH3808abhor an Edomite; for he is thy brother: thou shaltnotH3808abhor an Egyptian;becauseיָמֶ֖יךָya.Mei.khaH3117thou wast a stranger in his land.
8The children of the third generation that arebornH3808unto them shall enterintoבְאַרְצֽוֹ׃ve.'ar.TzoH776the assembly of the LORD.
9When thou goestforthיִוָּלְד֥וּyi.val.DuH3205in campagainstH935thine enemies, then thou shaltkeepH935thee fromeveryדּ֣וֹרDorH1755evil thing.
11but it shall be, wheneveningלָ֑יְלָהLa.ye.lahH3915cometh on, he shall bathehimselfH413in water: and when the sun isdownכִּֽי־ki-H3588, he shallcomeH935withinH8432thecampH4264.
12Thou shalt have aplaceH1961also without thecampH4264, whither thou shaltgoH935forth abroad:
13and thou shalt have a paddle among thy weapons; and it shall be, when thou sittestdownוְיָד֙ve.YadH3027abroadH2351, thou shalt dig therewith, and shaltturnH1961backוְיָצָ֥אתָve.ya.Tza.taH3318and cover thatwhichשָׁ֖מָּהSha.mahH8033cometh from thee:
14for the LORD thy God walketh in the midst of thy camp, to deliver thee, and togiveH7725upH5921thine enemiesbeforeH5921thee; therefore shall thy camp be holy: that he see no unclean thing in thee, andturnוְשַׁבְתָּ֖ve.shav.TaH7725awayוְשָׁ֖בve.ShavH7725from thee.
16he shall dwell with thee, in the midst of thee, in the placewhichאֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-H834he shall choosewithinH5973one of thy gates,whereאֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-H834it liketh him best: thou shaltnotH3808oppress him.
17There shall benoH3808harlot of the daughters of Israel,neitherH3808shall there be a sodomite of the sons of Israel.
18Thou shaltnotH3808bringמִבְּנ֣וֹתmi.be.NotH1323the hire of a whore, or the wages of a dog,intoתִהְיֶ֥הtih.YehH1961the house of the LORD thyGodH3808foranyיִהְיֶ֥הyih.YehH1961vow: forevenH3808both these are an abomination unto the LORD thyGodH3808.
19Thou shaltnotH3808lenduponH935usury to thy brother; usury ofmoneyאֶתְנַ֨ן'et.NanH868, usury of victuals, usury ofanyH3605thingתוֹעֲבַ֛תto.'a.VatH8441that is lentuponH935usury:
20unto a foreigner thou mayestlendאֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.SherH834upon usury; but unto thybrotherH251thou shaltnotלֹא־lo'-H3808lendאֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-H834upon usury: that the LORD thyGodלֹ֣אlo'H3808may bless thee inallH3605that thou puttest thine hand unto, in the land whither thou goest in to possess it.
21When thou shaltvowH3027avowH3027unto theLORDH3068thyGodH430, thou shaltnotH3808be slack to pay it: for theLORDH3068thyGodH430willsurelyאֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-H834require it of thee; and it would be sin in thee.
22ButifH3588thou shalt forbear tovowנֶ֙דֶר֙ne.derH5088, it shall benoH3808sinH2399in thee.
23That which isgoneיִהְיֶ֥הyih.YehH1961out of thy lips thou shalt observe and do; according as thou hastvowedלִנְדֹּ֑רlin.DorH5087unto the LORD thyGodלֹֽא־lo'-H3808, a freewill offering, which thou hastpromisedנָדַ֜רְתָּna.Dar.taH5087with thy mouth.
24When thou comestintoמוֹצָ֥אmo.Tza'H4161thy neighbour’s vineyard, then thou mayest eat grapes thy fill at thine own pleasure; but thou shalt notputבְּפִֽיךָ׃ סbe.Fi.khaH6310any in thy vessel.
25When thou comestintoוְאֶֽל־ve.'el-H413thy neighbour’s standing corn, then thou mayest pluck the ears with thinehandתִתֵּֽן׃ סti.TenH5414; but thou shaltnotH3808move a sickle unto thy neighbour’s standing corn.
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