Revised Version 1895

Deuteronomy 23:1-14

1He that is wounded in the stones, or hath his privy member cutoffH1540, shallnotH3808enterintoH1540the assembly of the LORD.

2A bastard shallnotלֹֽא־lo'-H3808enterH935intoH935theassemblyH6951of theLORDH3068;evenלֹא־lo'-H3808to the tenth generation shallnoneלֹא־lo'-H3808of hisenterH935intoH935theassemblyH6951of theLORDH3068.

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.

10IfH3588there be amongyouH3588anyH3605manH3605, that isnotH3588clean byreasonH1697of thatwhichH1697chanceth him by night, then shall hegoH3318abroadoutH3318of thecampH4264, he shallnotH3588comeH3318withinעַל־'al-H5921thecampH4264:

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.

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