SUMMARY OF CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE Neither eunuchs, bastards, Ammonites, nor Moabites, shall be incorporated with the genuine Israelites, 1-3. The reason why the Ammonites and Moabites were excluded, 4-6. Edomites and Egyptians to be respected, 7. Their descendants in the third generation may be incorp... [ Continue Reading ]
1. EXCLUSION FROM THE CONGREGATION (Deuteronomy 23:1-14) (1) PERMANENT EXCLUSION FOR THE SEXUALLY MUTILATED, CHILDREN BORN OF ILLEGITIMATE UNION AND CERTAIN ENEMY PEOPLE (Deuteronomy 23:1-6) He that is wounded in the stones, or hath his privy member cut off, shall not enter into the assembly of Jeh... [ Continue Reading ]
(2) TEMPORARY EXCLUSION FOR EGYPTIANS, MOABITES AND PHYSICALLY UNCLEAN (Deuteronomy 23:7-14) 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 children of the third generation that are born unto them shall ent... [ Continue Reading ]
(7) UNCLEANNESS (Deuteronomy 23:9-14) 9When thou goest forth in camp against thine enemies, then thou shalt keep thee from every evil thing. 10 If there be among you any man, that is not clean by reason of that which chanceth him by night, then shall he go abroad out of the camp, he shall not come w... [ Continue Reading ]
LESSON EIGHTEEN DEUTERONOMY 23:15 TO DEUTERONOMY 24:22 m. LAWS OF SOCIETY AND DOMESTIC RELATIONS (Deuteronomy 23:15 to Deuteronomy 26:19) (1) TREATMENT OF ESCAPED SLAVES (Deuteronomy 23:15-16) Thou shalt not deliver unto his master a servant that is escaped from his master unto thee: 16 he shall... [ Continue Reading ]
(2) MORALITY, ILLEGITIMATE PRACTICES AND WAGES (Deuteronomy 23:17-18) There shall be no prostitute of the daughters of Israel, neither shall there be a sodomite of the sons of Israel. 18 Thou shalt not bring the hire of a harlot, or the wages of a dog, into the house of Jehovah thy God for any vow:... [ Continue Reading ]
(3) INTEREST ON LOANS (Deuteronomy 23:19-20) 19 Thou shalt not lend upon interest to thy brother; interest of money, interest of victuals, interest of any thing that is lent upon interest: 20 unto a foreigner thou mayest lend upon interest; but unto thy brother thou shalt not lend upon interest, th... [ Continue Reading ]
(4) MAKING AND KEEPING VOWS (Deuteronomy 23:21-23) 21 When thou shalt vows a vow unto Jehovah thy God, thou shalt not be slack to pay it: for Jehovah thy God will surely require it of thee; and it would be sin in thee. 22 But if thou shalt forbear to vow, it shall be no sin in thee. 23 That which i... [ Continue Reading ]
(5) PARTAKING OF A NEIGHBOR'S CROP (Deuteronomy 23:24-25) 24 When thou comest into thy neighbor's vineyard, then thou mayest eat of grapes thy fill at thine own pleasure; but thou shalt not put any in thy vessel. 25 When thou comest into thy neighbor's standing grain, then thou mayest pluck the ear... [ Continue Reading ]