The Scriptures 1998

Deuteronomy 23:1-14 The Scriptures 1998 (ISR98)

1. “No one wounded, crushed or whose member is cut off does enter the assembly of יהוה.

2. “No one of illegitimate birth does enter the assembly of יהוה, even a tenth generation of his does not enter the assembly of יהוה.

3. “An Ammonite or Mo’aḇite does not enter the assembly of יהוה, even a tenth generation of them does not ever enter the assembly of יהוה,

4. because they did not meet you with bread and water on the way when you came out of Mitsrayim, and because they hired against you Bil‛am son of Be‛or from Pethor of Aram Naharayim, to curse you.

5. “But יהוה your Elohim refused to listen to Bil‛am, and יהוה your Elohim turned the curse into a blessing for you, because יהוה your Elohim loves you.

6. “Do not seek their peace nor their good, all your days, forever.

7. “Do not loathe an Eḏomite, for he is your brother. Do not loathe a Mitsrite, because you were a stranger in his land.

8. “The children of the third generation born to them do enter the assembly of יהוה.

9. “When the army goes out against your enemies, then you shall guard yourself from every evil matter.

10. “When there is any man among you who is not clean because of an emission in the night, then he shall go outside the camp. Let him not come into the midst of the camp.

11. “And it shall be, when evening comes, that he bathes with water. And when the sun sets let him come into the midst of the camp.

12. “And you shall have a place outside the camp, where you shall go out,

13. and you shall have a sharp implement among your equipment, and when you sit down outside, you shall dig with it and turn and cover your excrement.

14. “For יהוה your Elohim walks in the midst of your camp, to deliver you and give your enemies over to you. Therefore your camp shall be set-apart, so that He does not see unclean matter among you, and shall turn away from you.