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Persons Excluded from the Assembly | ||||
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| 1 "No one who is emasculated or has his male organ cut off shall enter the assembly of the LORD. | 1 He that is wounded in the stones, or hath his privy member cut off, shall not enter into the congregation of the LORD. | 1 A man whose testicles are crushed or whose penis is cut off may never join the assembly of the LORD. | 1 He who is wounded in the stones, or has his privy member cut off, shall not enter into the assembly of Yahweh. | 1 He that is a eunuch, whether he have been crushed or cut, shall not come into the congregation of Jehovah. | 2 "No one of illegitimate birth shall enter the assembly of the LORD; none of his descendants, even to the tenth generation, shall enter the assembly of the LORD. | 2 A bastard shall not enter into the congregation of the LORD; even to his tenth generation shall he not enter into the congregation of the LORD. | 2 A man born from an illicit union may not join the assembly of the LORD. No descendant of his may join the assembly of the LORD for ten generations. | 2 A bastard shall not enter into the assembly of Yahweh; even to the tenth generation shall none of his enter into the assembly of Yahweh. | 2 A bastard shall not come into the congregation of Jehovah; even his tenth generation shall not come into the congregation of Jehovah. | 3 "No Ammonite or Moabite shall enter the assembly of the LORD; none of their descendants, even to the tenth generation, shall ever enter the assembly of the LORD, | 3 An Ammonite or Moabite shall not enter into the congregation of the LORD; even to their tenth generation shall they not enter into the congregation of the LORD for ever: | 3 Ammonites or Moabites may not join the assembly of the LORD. Not one descendant of theirs may join the assembly of the LORD for ten generations. | 3 An Ammonite or a Moabite shall not enter into the assembly of Yahweh; even to the tenth generation shall none belonging to them enter into the assembly of Yahweh forever: | 3 An Ammonite or Moabite shall not come into the congregation of Jehovah; even their tenth generation shall not come into the congregation of Jehovah for ever; | 4 because they did not meet you with food and water on the way when you came out of Egypt, and because they hired against you Balaam the son of Beor from Pethor of Mesopotamia, to curse you. | 4 Because they met you not with bread and with water in the way, when ye came forth out of Egypt; and because they hired against thee Balaam the son of Beor of Pethor of Mesopotamia, to curse thee. | 4 They cannot join because they didn't greet you with food and water on your trip from Egypt. They even hired Balaam, son of Beor, from Pethor in Aram Naharaim, to curse you. | 4 because they didn't meet you with bread and with water in the way, when you came forth out of Egypt, and because they hired against you Balaam the son of Beor from Pethor of Mesopotamia, to curse you. | 4 because they met you not with bread and with water on the way, when ye came forth out of Egypt, and because they hired against thee Balaam the son of Beor, of Pethor of Mesopotamia, to curse thee. | 5 "Nevertheless, the LORD your God was not willing to listen to Balaam, but the LORD your God turned the curse into a blessing for you because the LORD your God loves you. | 5 Nevertheless the LORD thy God would not hearken unto Balaam; but the LORD thy God turned the curse into a blessing unto thee, because the LORD thy God loved thee. | 5 But the LORD your God refused to listen to Balaam. Instead, he turned Balaam's curse into a blessing for you because the LORD your God loves you. | 5 Nevertheless Yahweh your God wouldn't listen to Balaam; but Yahweh your God turned the curse into a blessing to you, because Yahweh your God loved you. | 5 But Jehovah thy God would not listen to Balaam; and Jehovah thy God turned the curse into blessing unto thee, because Jehovah thy God loved thee. | NASB | KJV | GWT | WEB | DBY |
| 6 "You shall never seek their peace or their prosperity all your days. | 6 Thou shalt not seek their peace nor their prosperity all thy days for ever. | 6 Never offer them peace or friendship as long as you live. | 6 You shall not seek their peace nor their prosperity all your days forever. | 6 Thou shalt not seek their peace nor their prosperity all thy days for ever. | 7 "You shall not detest an Edomite, for he is your brother; you shall not detest an Egyptian, because you were an alien in his land. | 7 Thou shalt not abhor an Edomite; for he is thy brother: thou shalt not abhor an Egyptian; because thou wast a stranger in his land. | 7 Never consider the Edomites disgusting. They're your relatives. Never consider the Egyptians disgusting. You once were foreigners living in their country. | 7 You shall not abhor an Edomite; for he is your brother: you shall not abhor an Egyptian, because you lived as a foreigner in his land. | 7 Thou shalt not abhor an Edomite; for he is thy brother. Thou shalt not abhor an Egyptian; because thou wast a sojourner in his land. | 8 "The sons of the third generation who are born to them may enter the assembly of the LORD. | 8 The children that are begotten of them shall enter into the congregation of the LORD in their third generation. | 8 Their grandchildren may join the assembly of the LORD. | 8 The children of the third generation who are born to them shall enter into the assembly of Yahweh. | 8 Children that are born to them shall come into the congregation of Jehovah in the third generation. | 9 "When you go out as an army against your enemies, you shall keep yourself from every evil thing. | 9 When the host goeth forth against thine enemies, then keep thee from every wicked thing. | 9 When you're at war and have set up camp to fight your enemies, stay away from anything that will make you unclean. | 9 When you go forth in camp against your enemies, then you shall keep yourselves from every evil thing. | 9 When thou goest forth into camp against thine enemies, then keep thee from every evil thing. | 10 "If there is among you any man who is unclean because of a nocturnal emission, then he must go outside the camp; he may not reenter the camp. | 10 If there be among you any man, that is not clean by reason of uncleanness that chanceth him by night, then shall he go abroad out of the camp, he shall not come within the camp: | 10 If one of your men becomes unclean from a nocturnal emission, he must go outside the camp and stay there. | 10 If there is among you any man who is not clean by reason of that which happens him by night, then shall he go outside of the camp. He shall not come within the camp: | 10 If there be with thee a man that is not clean from what hath happened in the night, then shall he go outside the camp; he shall not come inside the camp; | NASB | KJV | GWT | WEB | DBY |
| 11 "But it shall be when evening approaches, he shall bathe himself with water, and at sundown he may reenter the camp. | 11 But it shall be, when evening cometh on, he shall wash himself with water: and when the sun is down, he shall come into the camp again. | 11 Toward evening he must wash, and at sunset he may come back to camp. | 11 but it shall be, when evening comes on, he shall bathe himself in water; and when the sun is down, he shall come within the camp. | 11 and it shall be, towards evening, he shall bathe in water: and at the going down of the sun he may come inside the camp. | 12 "You shall also have a place outside the camp and go out there, | 12 Thou shalt have a place also without the camp, whither thou shalt go forth abroad: | 12 Choose a place outside the camp where you can go [to relieve yourself]. | 12 You shall have a place also outside of the camp, where you shall go forth abroad: | 12 Thou shalt have a place also outside the camp, and shalt go forth thither. | 13 and you shall have a spade among your tools, and it shall be when you sit down outside, you shall dig with it and shall turn to cover up your excrement. | 13 And thou shalt have a paddle upon thy weapon; and it shall be, when thou wilt ease thyself abroad, thou shalt dig therewith, and shalt turn back and cover that which cometh from thee: | 13 You must carry a pointed stick as part of your equipment. When you go outside to squat, dig a hole with it. When you're done, cover up your excrement. | 13 and you shall have a paddle among your weapons; and it shall be, when you sit down abroad, you shall dig therewith, and shall turn back and cover that which comes from you: | 13 And thou shalt have a shovel amongst thy weapons, and it shall be, when thou sittest down abroad, thou shalt dig therewith, and shalt turn back and cover that which is come from thee. | 14 "Since the LORD your God walks in the midst of your camp to deliver you and to defeat your enemies before you, therefore your camp must be holy; and He must not see anything indecent among you or He will turn away from you. | 14 For the LORD thy God walketh in the midst of thy camp, to deliver thee, and to give up thine enemies before thee; therefore shall thy camp be holy: that he see no unclean thing in thee, and turn away from thee. | 14 The LORD your God moves around in your camp to protect you and hand your enemies over to you. So your camp must always be holy. This way, the LORD will never see anything offensive among you and turn away from you. | 14 for Yahweh your God walks in the midst of your camp, to deliver you, and to give up your enemies before you; therefore your camp shall be holy, that he may not see an unclean thing in you, and turn away from you. | 14 For Jehovah thy God walketh in the midst of thy camp, to deliver thee, and to give up thine enemies before thee; and thy camp shall be holy, that he see nothing unseemly with thee, and turn away from thee. | 15 "You shall not hand over to his master a slave who has escaped from his master to you. | 15 Thou shalt not deliver unto his master the servant which is escaped from his master unto thee: | 15 If a slave escapes from his master and comes to you, don't return him to his master. | 15 You shall not deliver to his master a servant who is escaped from his master to you: | 15 Thou shalt not hand over to his master a bondman that hath escaped from his master unto thee: | NASB | KJV | GWT | WEB | DBY |
| 16 "He shall live with you in your midst, in the place which he shall choose in one of your towns where it pleases him; you shall not mistreat him. | 16 He shall dwell with thee, even among you, in that place which he shall choose in one of thy gates, where it liketh him best: thou shalt not oppress him. | 16 Let him stay with you [and live] among your people wherever he chooses, in any of your cities that seems best to him. Never mistreat him. | 16 he shall dwell with you, in the midst of you, in the place which he shall choose within one of your gates, where it pleases him best: you shall not oppress him. | 16 he shall dwell with thee, even in thy midst, in the place that he shall choose in one of thy gates, where it seemeth good to him; thou shalt not oppress him. | 17 "None of the daughters of Israel shall be a cult prostitute, nor shall any of the sons of Israel be a cult prostitute. | 17 There shall be no whore of the daughters of Israel, nor a sodomite of the sons of Israel. | 17 No Israelite man or woman should ever become a temple prostitute. | 17 There shall be no prostitute of the daughters of Israel, neither shall there be a sodomite of the sons of Israel. | 17 There shall be no prostitute amongst the daughters of Israel, nor any Sodomite amongst the sons of Israel. | 18 "You shall not bring the hire of a harlot or the wages of a dog into the house of the LORD your God for any votive offering, for both of these are an abomination to the LORD your God. | 18 Thou shalt not bring the hire of a whore, or the price of a dog, into the house of the LORD thy God for any vow: for even both these are abomination unto the LORD thy God. | 18 Never bring gifts or money earned by prostitution into the house of the LORD your God as an offering you vowed to give. These earnings are disgusting to the LORD your God. | 18 You shall not bring the hire of a prostitute, or the wages of a dog, into the house of Yahweh your God for any vow: for even both these are an abomination to Yahweh your God. | 18 Thou shalt not bring the hire of a harlot, or the price of a dog, into the house of Jehovah thy God for any vow; for even both these are an abomination to Jehovah thy God. | 19 "You shall not charge interest to your countrymen: interest on money, food, or anything that may be loaned at interest. | 19 Thou shalt not lend upon usury to thy brother; usury of money, usury of victuals, usury of any thing that is lent upon usury: | 19 Never charge another Israelite any interest on money, food, or anything else that is borrowed. | 19 You shall not lend on interest to your brother; interest of money, interest of food, interest of anything that is lent on interest: | 19 Thou shalt take no interest of thy brother, interest of money, interest of victuals, interest of anything that can be lent upon interest: | 20 "You may charge interest to a foreigner, but to your countrymen you shall not charge interest, so that the LORD your God may bless you in all that you undertake in the land which you are about to enter to possess. | 20 Unto a stranger thou mayest lend upon usury; but unto thy brother thou shalt not lend upon usury: that the LORD thy God may bless thee in all that thou settest thine hand to in the land whither thou goest to possess it. | 20 You may charge a foreigner interest, but not an Israelite. Then the LORD your God will bless you in everything you do once you've entered the land and taken possession of it. | 20 to a foreigner you may lend on interest; but to your brother you shall not lend on interest, that Yahweh your God may bless you in all that you put your hand to, in the land where you go in to possess it. | 20 of a foreigner thou mayest take interest, but of thy brother thou shalt not take interest; that Jehovah thy God may bless thee in all the business of thy hand in the land whither thou goest to possess it. | NASB | KJV | GWT | WEB | DBY |
| 21 "When you make a vow to the LORD your God, you shall not delay to pay it, for it would be sin in you, and the LORD your God will surely require it of you. | 21 When thou shalt vow a vow unto the LORD thy God, thou shalt not slack to pay it: for the LORD thy God will surely require it of thee; and it would be sin in thee. | 21 If you make a vow to the LORD your God, don't avoid keeping it. The LORD your God expects you to keep it. You would be guilty of a sin if you didn't. | 21 When you shall vow a vow to Yahweh your God, you shall not be slack to pay it: for Yahweh your God will surely require it of you; and it would be sin in you. | 21 When thou vowest a vow to Jehovah thy God, thou shalt not delay to perform it; for Jehovah thy God will certainly require it of thee, and it shall be sin in thee. | 22 "However, if you refrain from vowing, it would not be sin in you. | 22 But if thou shalt forbear to vow, it shall be no sin in thee. | 22 If you didn't make a vow, you would not be guilty. | 22 But if you shall forbear to vow, it shall be no sin in you. | 22 But if thou forbear to vow, it shall be no sin in thee. | 23 "You shall be careful to perform what goes out from your lips, just as you have voluntarily vowed to the LORD your God, what you have promised. | 23 That which is gone out of thy lips thou shalt keep and perform; even a freewill offering, according as thou hast vowed unto the LORD thy God, which thou hast promised with thy mouth. | 23 Make sure you do what you said you would do [in your vow]. You freely chose to make your vow to the LORD your God. | 23 That which is gone out of your lips you shall observe and do; according as you have vowed to Yahweh your God, a freewill offering, which you have promised with your mouth. | 23 What is gone out of thy lips thou shalt keep and do, as thou hast vowed to Jehovah thy God, the voluntary-offering that thou hast promised with thy mouth. | 24 "When you enter your neighbor's vineyard, then you may eat grapes until you are fully satisfied, but you shall not put any in your basket. | 24 When thou comest into thy neighbor's vineyard, then thou mayest eat grapes thy fill at thine own pleasure; but thou shalt not put any in thy vessel. | 24 If you go into your neighbor's vineyard, you may eat as many grapes as you like until you're full. But never put any in your basket. | 24 When you come into your neighbor's vineyard, then you may eat of grapes your fill at your own pleasure; but you shall not put any in your vessel. | 24 When thou comest into thy neighbour's vineyard, thou mayest eat grapes thy fill, according to thy desire, but thou shalt not put any in thy vessel. | 25 "When you enter your neighbor's standing grain, then you may pluck the heads with your hand, but you shall not wield a sickle in your neighbor's standing grain. | 25 When thou comest into the standing corn of thy neighbor, then thou mayest pluck the ears with thine hand; but thou shalt not move a sickle unto thy neighbor's standing corn. | 25 If you go into your neighbor's grain field, you may pick grain by hand. But never use a sickle to cut your neighbor's grain. | 25 When you come into your neighbor's standing grain, then you may pluck the ears with your hand; but you shall not move a sickle to your neighbor's standing grain. | 25 When thou comest into the standing corn of thy neighbour, thou mayest pluck ears with thy hand; but thou shalt not wave the sickle against thy neighbour's standing corn. |
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