Deuteronomy 23 — Novel English Bible

1 A ayash (man / husband) shall not laqach (take / seize) his ab (father) ayashah (woman / wife), and shall not galah (uncover) his ab (father) kanap (skirt).

2 He who is wounded in the stones, or has his privy member cut off, shall not enter into the assembly of Yahawah ().

3 A bastard shall not bawaa (come) into the qahal (assembly) of Yahawah (); even to the tenth generation shall none of his bawaa (come) into the qahal (assembly) of Yahawah ().

4 An Ammonite or a Moabite shall not bawaa (come) into the qahal (assembly) of Yahawah (); even to the ishayaray (tenth) dawar (generation / age / period) shall none belonging to them bawaa (come) into the qahal (assembly) of Yahawah () forever:

5 Because they didn't meet you with bread and with water in the bawaa (come), when you bawaa (come) forth out of Matzarayam (Egypt), and because they hired against you Balaim (Balaam) the son of Baiwar (Beor) from Pathawar (Pethor) of Aram (Mesopotamia), to curse you.

6 Nevertheless Yahawah () your Alahayam () wouldn't listen to Balaim (Balaam); but Yahawah () your Alahayam () turned the qalal (curse) into a blessing to you, because Yahawah () your Alahayam () loved you.

7 You shall not seek their barakah (peace) nor their prosperity all your days forever.

8 You shall not abhor an Adawamay (Edomite); for he is your brother: you shall not abhor an Matzaray (Egyptian), because you lived as a foreigner in his land.

9 The children of the third generation who are born to them shall enter into the assembly of Yahawah ().

10 When you bawaa (bring) forth in camp against your enemies, then you shall keep yourselves from every evil thing.

11 If there is among you any rai (man) who is not clean by reason of that which happens him by night, then shall he yatzaa (go out / come out) outside of the machanah (camp). He shall not yatzaa (go out / come out) within the machanah (camp):

12 But it shall be, when kay (surely) hayah (came to pass) on, he shall bathe himself in water; and when the sun is down, he shall bawaa (bring) thawak (midst) the machanah (camp).

13 You shall have a place also outside of the machanah (camp), where you shall panah (turn) forth abroad:

14 And you shall have a paddle among your weapons; and it shall be, when you sit down chawatz (abroad), you shall dig therewith, and shall turn back and cover that which comes from you:

15 For Yahawah () your Alahayam () walks in the midst of your camp, to shawab (turn back / repent) you, and to shawab (turn back / repent) up your enemies before you; therefore your camp shall be holy, that he may not see an unclean thing in you, and shawab (turn back / repent) away from you.

16 You shall not natzal (deliver) to his master a servant who is natzal (escaped) from his master to you:

17 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.

18 There shall be no prostitute of the daughters of Yashar-Al (Israel), neither shall there be a sodomite of the sons of Yashar-Al (Israel).

19 You shall not bring the hire of a prostitute, or the wages of a dog, into the house of Yahawah () your Alahayam () for any vow: for even both these are an abomination to Yahawah () your Alahayam ().

20 You shall not lend on interest to your brother; interest of money, interest of food, interest of anything that is lent on interest:

21 To a foreigner you may nashak (lend) on interest; but to your ach (brother/kinsman) you shall not nashak (lend) on interest, that Yahawah () your Alahayam () may bless you in all that you put your hand to, in the land where you go in to possess it.

22 When you shall vow a vow to Yahawah () your Alahayam (), you shall not be slack to pay it: for Yahawah () your Alahayam () will laa (NOT) require it of you; and it would be sin in you.

23 But if you shall forbear to nadar (vow), it shall be no chataa (sin) in you.

24 That which is gone out of your lips you shall observe and hayah (came to pass); according as you have nadar (make vow) to Yahawah () your Alahayam (), a freewill offering, which you have promised with your mouth.

25 When you mawatzaa (come) into your neighbor's vineyard, then you may pah (eat) of grapes your fill at your own pleasure; but you shall not ishah (make) any in your vessel.