Deuteronomy 23 (NET)

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Deuteronomy 23:1¹A man with crushed or severed genitals may not enter the assembly of the Lord.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Gal 3:28 Isa 56:3-4 Deut 23:2-3 Lev 21:17-21 Neh 13:1-3 Deut 23:8 Lam 1:10 Lev 22:22-24

Deuteronomy 23:2²A person of illegitimate birth may not enter the assembly of the Lord; to the tenth generation no one related to him may do so.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Zech 9:6 Isa 57:3 Heb 12:8 John 8:41

Deuteronomy 23:3³No Ammonite or Moabite may enter the assembly of the Lord; to the tenth generation none of their descendants shall ever do so,Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Neh 13:1-2 Neh 13:23 Ruth 4:6 Isa 56:3 Neh 4:3 Neh 4:7 Ruth 4:10-22

Deuteronomy 23:4⁴for they did not meet you with food and water on the way as you came from Egypt, and furthermore, they hired Balaam son of Beor of Pethor in Aram Naharaim to curse you.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Neh 13:2 2 Pet 2:15 1 Kgs 18:4 Deut 2:28-29 1 Sam 25:11 Acts 9:4 Matt 25:40 Num 22:17 Num 22:5-7 Num 23:7

Deuteronomy 23:5⁵But the Lord your God refused to listen to Balaam and changed the curse to a blessing, for the Lord your God loves you.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Deut 7:7-8 Rom 8:31 Eph 2:4-5 Num 24:9 2 Cor 4:17 Jer 31:3 Mic 6:5 Num 23:5-12 Rom 11:28 Deut 33:3

Deuteronomy 23:6⁶You must not seek peace and prosperity for them through all the ages to come.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ezra 9:12 2 Sam 12:31 2 Sam 8:2 Neh 13:23-25

Deuteronomy 23:7⁷You must not hate an Edomite, for he is your relative; you must not hate an Egyptian, for you lived as a foreigner in his land.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Deut 10:19 Exod 22:21 Exod 23:9 Lev 19:34 Gen 25:24-26 Gen 25:30 Num 20:14 Acts 7:10-18 Gen 45:17-18 Gen 46:7

Deuteronomy 23:8⁸Children of the third generation born to them may enter the assembly of the Lord.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Exod 20:5-6 Deut 23:1-3 Eph 2:12-13 Rom 3:29-30

Deuteronomy 23:9⁹When you go out as an army against your enemies, guard yourselves against anything impure.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Josh 6:18 Rev 19:11-14 2 Chr 19:4 2 Chr 20:3-13 2 Chr 31:20-32:22 Josh 7:11-13 Judg 20:26

Deuteronomy 23:10¹⁰If there is someone among you who is impure because of some nocturnal emission, he must leave the camp; he may not reenter it immediately.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Lev 15:16 Num 5:2-3 1 Cor 5:11-13

Deuteronomy 23:11¹¹When evening arrives he must wash himself with water, and then at sunset he may reenter the camp.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Eph 5:26-27 Heb 10:22 Lev 14:9 Lev 15:5 Luke 11:38-39 1 Pet 3:21 Ezek 36:25 Heb 9:9-10 Lev 11:25 Lev 15:11

Deuteronomy 23:12¹²You are to have a place outside the camp to serve as a latrine.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AI

Deuteronomy 23:13¹³You must have a spade among your other equipment, and when you relieve yourself outside you must dig a hole with the spade and then turn and cover your excrement.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ezek 24:6-8

Deuteronomy 23:14¹⁴For the Lord your God walks about in the middle of your camp to deliver you and defeat your enemies for you. Therefore your camp should be holy, so that he does not see anything indecent among you and turn away from you.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Gen 17:1 Lev 26:12 2 Cor 6:16 Exod 3:5

Deuteronomy 23:15¹⁵You must not return an escaped slave to his master when he has run away to you.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 Sam 30:15 Obad 1:14

Deuteronomy 23:16¹⁶Indeed, he may live among you in any place he chooses, in whichever of your villages he prefers; you must not oppress him.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Exod 22:21 Exod 23:9 Isa 16:3-4 Jas 2:6 Jer 7:6 Mal 3:5 Titus 3:2-3 Zech 7:10 Luke 15:15-24

Deuteronomy 23:17¹⁷There must never be a sacred prostitute among the young women of Israel nor a sacred male prostitute among the young men of Israel.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:2 Kgs 23:7 1 Kgs 14:24 Lev 19:29 1 Kgs 15:12 1 Kgs 22:46 Deut 22:21 1 Tim 1:10 1 Cor 6:9 Rom 1:26-28 Gen 19:4-5

Deuteronomy 23:18¹⁸You must never bring the pay of a female prostitute or the wage of a male prostitute into the temple of the Lord your God in fulfillment of any vow, for both of these are abhorrent to the Lord your God.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Phil 3:2 Rev 22:15 Matt 7:6 Ezek 16:33 Isa 61:8 Lev 18:22 Ps 5:4-6 2 Pet 2:22 Deut 23:21 Hab 1:13

Deuteronomy 23:19¹⁹You must not charge interest on a loan to your fellow Israelite, whether on money, food, or anything else that has been loaned with interest.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Exod 22:25 Lev 25:35-37 Ps 15:5 Ezek 18:13 Ezek 18:16-18 Ezek 18:7-8 Ezek 22:12 Luke 6:34-35

Deuteronomy 23:20²⁰You may lend with interest to a foreigner, but not to your fellow Israelite; if you keep this command the Lord your God will bless you in all you undertake in the land you are about to enter to possess.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Deut 15:10 Deut 15:3 1 Cor 15:58 Deut 14:21 Luke 14:14 Deut 28:12 Isa 1:19 Prov 19:17 Lev 19:33-34

Deuteronomy 23:21²¹When you make a vow to the Lord your God you must not delay in fulfilling it, for otherwise he will surely hold you accountable as a sinner.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Eccl 5:4-5 Ps 66:13-14 Ps 116:18 Num 30:1-16 Ps 56:12 Ps 76:11 Deut 23:18 Gen 28:20 Gen 35:1-3 Jonah 1:16

Deuteronomy 23:22²²If you refrain from making a vow, it will not be sinful.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AI

Deuteronomy 23:23²³Whatever you vow, you must be careful to do what you have promised, such as what you have vowed to the Lord your God as a freewill offering.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Prov 20:25 Judg 11:30-31 1 Sam 1:11 1 Sam 14:24 Acts 23:12 Acts 23:21 Eccl 5:4-5 Jer 44:25-27 Mark 6:22-23 Num 30:2

Deuteronomy 23:24²⁴When you enter the vineyard of your neighbor you may eat as many grapes as you please, but you must not take away any in a container.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 Cor 10:26 Rom 12:13 Heb 13:5

Deuteronomy 23:25²⁵When you go into the ripe grain fields of your neighbor you may pluck off the kernels with your hand, but you must not use a sickle on your neighbor’s ripe grain.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Mark 2:23 Matt 12:1-2 Luke 6:1-2

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