Deuteronomy 23

Deuteronomy 23:1

Shall not enter into the congregation of the LORD.

Shall not be admitted to bear office, in the state of Israel.

Deuteronomy 23:8

The children that are begotten of them shall enter into the congregation of the LORD in the third generation.

After they have been in three successions incorporated into Israel, they may have the privilege of being admitted to the administration of the commonwealth.

Deuteronomy 23:12

Thou shalt have a place also without the camp, whither thou shalt go forth abroad.

Thou shalt have a place set apart for thee, without the camp; whither thou shalt go, for the discharging of the necessities of nature.

Deuteronomy 23:15

Thou shalt not deliver unto his master the servant which is escaped from his master to thee.

If a heathenish servant shall be a convert to thy true religion; and shall, in this regard, for the liberty of his conscience, flee unto thee; thou shalt not deliver him back to his master.

Deuteronomy 23:18

Thou shalt not bring the hire of a whore.

A harlot shall not offer to God that money, which was given her for the hire of her whoredom.

Deuteronomy 23:20

Unto a stranger thou mayest lend upon usury.

To him, that is a stranger from the blood and religion of Israel, thou mayest carry thyself strangely; and therefore thou art not bound to lend unto such a one freely.

Deuteronomy 23:25

Then thou mayest pluck the ears with thine hand.

Thou mayest, for the satisfying of thy present hunger, pluck the ears of corn with thy hand.