Deuteronomy 23
- 1He who is wounded in the stones, or has his privy member cut off, shall not enter into the congregation of the Lord.
- 2A 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.
- 3An 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:
- 4Because they did not meet you with bread and with water in the way, when you came out of Egypt, and because they hired against you Balaam the son of Beor of Pethor of Mesopotamia, to curse you.
- 5But the Lord your God would not listen to Balaam, but the Lord your God turned the curse into a blessing to you, because the Lord your God loved you.
- 6You shall not seek their peace or their prosperity all your days for ever.
- 7You shall not hate an Edomite. For he is your brother: you shall not hate an Egyptian. Because you were a foreigner in his land.
- 8The children born to them shall enter into the congregation of the Lord in their third generation.
- 9When the army goes out against your enemies, then keep you from every wicked thing.
- 10If there is among you any man, that is not clean because of uncleanness that chances him by night, then he shall go abroad out of the camp, he shall not come within the camp:
- 11But it shall be, when evening comes on, he shall wash himself with water: and when the sun is down, he shall come into the camp again.
- 12You shall have a place also outside the camp, where you shall go outside.
- 13And you shall have a paddle on your weapon. It shall be, when you will ease yourself abroad, you shall dig with it, and shall turn back and cover that which comes from you:
- 14For the Lord your God walks in the middle of your camp, to deliver you, and to give up your enemies before you. Therefore shall your camp be holy: that he see no unclean thing in you, and turn away from you.
- 15You shall not deliver to his master the servant who is escaped from his master to you:
- 16He shall live with you, even among you, in that place which he shall choose in one of your gates, where it likes him best: you shall not oppress him.
- 17There shall be no prostitute of the daughters of Israel, or a sodomite of the sons of Israel.
- 18You shall not bring the hire of a prostitute, or the price of a dog, into the house of the Lord your God for any vow. For even both these are something the Lord your God hates.
- 19You shall not lend on interest to your brother. Interest of money, interest of food, interest of anything that is lent on interest:
- 20To a foreigner you may lend on interest. But to your brother you shall not lend on interest: that the Lord your God may bless you in all that you set your hand to in the land where you go to possess it.
- 21When you shall vow a vow to the Lord your God, you shall not slack to pay it. For the Lord your God will surely require it of you. It would be sin in you.
- 22But if you do not make a vow, it shall be no sin in you.
- 23That which has gone out of your lips you shall keep and perform. Even a freewill offering, according as you have vowed to the Lord your God, who you have promised with your mouth.
- 24When you come into your neighbor's vineyard, then you may eat grapes your fill at your own pleasure. But you shall not put any in your basket.
- 25When you come into the standing grain of your neighbor, then you may pluck the ears with your hand. But you shall not move a sickle to your neighbor's standing grain.
What changed from the KJV
GIGAKJV is a modern English revision of the King James Version. The comparison below uses the project's KJV text in the later 1769 tradition and marks, word by word, each verse of Deuteronomy 23 where the wording differs: struck-through words are the KJV's, highlighted words are GIGAKJV's.
KJVHe that is wounded in the stones, or hath his privy member cut off, shall not enter into the congregation of the Lord.
GIGAKJVHe who is wounded in the stones, or has his privy member cut off, shall not enter into the congregation of the Lord.
KJVA 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.
GIGAKJVA 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.
KJVAn 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:
GIGAKJVAn 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:
KJVBecause 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.
GIGAKJVBecause they did not meet you with bread and with water in the way, when you came out of Egypt, and because they hired against you Balaam the son of Beor of Pethor of Mesopotamia, to curse you.
KJVNevertheless 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.
GIGAKJVBut the Lord your God would not listen to Balaam, but the Lord your God turned the curse into a blessing to you, because the Lord your God loved you.
KJVThou shalt not seek their peace nor their prosperity all thy days for ever.
GIGAKJVYou shall not seek their peace or their prosperity all your days for ever.
KJVThou shalt not abhor an Edomite; for he is thy brother: thou shalt not abhor an Egyptian; because thou wast a stranger in his land.
GIGAKJVYou shall not hate an Edomite. For he is your brother: you shall not hate an Egyptian. Because you were a foreigner in his land.
KJVThe children that are begotten of them shall enter into the congregation of the Lord in their third generation.
GIGAKJVThe children born to them shall enter into the congregation of the Lord in their third generation.
KJVWhen the host goeth forth against thine enemies, then keep thee from every wicked thing.
GIGAKJVWhen the army goes out against your enemies, then keep you from every wicked thing.
KJVIf 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:
GIGAKJVIf there is among you any man, that is not clean because of uncleanness that chances him by night, then he shall go abroad out of the camp, he shall not come within the camp:
KJVBut 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.
GIGAKJVBut it shall be, when evening comes on, he shall wash himself with water: and when the sun is down, he shall come into the camp again.
KJVThou shalt have a place also without the camp, whither thou shalt go forth abroad:
GIGAKJVYou shall have a place also outside the camp, where you shall go outside.
KJVAnd 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:
GIGAKJVAnd you shall have a paddle on your weapon. It shall be, when you will ease yourself abroad, you shall dig with it, and shall turn back and cover that which comes from you:
KJVFor 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.
GIGAKJVFor the Lord your God walks in the middle of your camp, to deliver you, and to give up your enemies before you. Therefore shall your camp be holy: that he see no unclean thing in you, and turn away from you.
KJVThou shalt not deliver unto his master the servant which is escaped from his master unto thee:
GIGAKJVYou shall not deliver to his master the servant who is escaped from his master to you:
KJVHe 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.
GIGAKJVHe shall live with you, even among you, in that place which he shall choose in one of your gates, where it likes him best: you shall not oppress him.
KJVThere shall be no whore of the daughters of Israel, nor a sodomite of the sons of Israel.
GIGAKJVThere shall be no prostitute of the daughters of Israel, or a sodomite of the sons of Israel.
KJVThou 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.
GIGAKJVYou shall not bring the hire of a prostitute, or the price of a dog, into the house of the Lord your God for any vow. For even both these are something the Lord your God hates.
KJVThou shalt not lend upon usury to thy brother; usury of money, usury of victuals, usury of any thing that is lent upon usury:
GIGAKJVYou shall not lend on interest to your brother. Interest of money, interest of food, interest of anything that is lent on interest:
KJVUnto 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.
GIGAKJVTo a foreigner you may lend on interest. But to your brother you shall not lend on interest: that the Lord your God may bless you in all that you set your hand to in the land where you go to possess it.
KJVWhen 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.
GIGAKJVWhen you shall vow a vow to the Lord your God, you shall not slack to pay it. For the Lord your God will surely require it of you. It would be sin in you.
KJVBut if thou shalt forbear to vow, it shall be no sin in thee.
GIGAKJVBut if you do not make a vow, it shall be no sin in you.
KJVThat 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.
GIGAKJVThat which has gone out of your lips you shall keep and perform. Even a freewill offering, according as you have vowed to the Lord your God, who you have promised with your mouth.
KJVWhen thou comest into thy neighbour's vineyard, then thou mayest eat grapes thy fill at thine own pleasure; but thou shalt not put any in thy vessel.
GIGAKJVWhen you come into your neighbor's vineyard, then you may eat grapes your fill at your own pleasure. But you shall not put any in your basket.
KJVWhen thou comest into the standing corn of thy neighbour, then thou mayest pluck the ears with thine hand; but thou shalt not move a sickle unto thy neighbour's standing corn.
GIGAKJVWhen you come into the standing grain of your neighbor, then you may pluck the ears with your hand. But you shall not move a sickle to your neighbor's standing grain.
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