Miscellaneous Laws

Deuteronomy 23

15 v "You shall not give up to his master a slave who has escaped from his master to you. 16 He shall dwell with you, in your midst, in the place that he shall choose within one of your towns, wherever it suits him. You shall not wrong him.

17 "None of the w daughters of Israel shall be a cult prostitute, and none x of the sons of Israel shall be a cult prostitute. 18 You shall not bring the fee of a prostitute or the wages of a dog 1 into the house of the Lord your God in payment for any vow, for both of these are an abomination to the Lord your God.

19 y "You shall not charge interest on loans to your brother, z interest on money, interest on food, interest on anything that is lent for interest. 20 a You may charge a foreigner interest, but you may not charge your brother interest, b that the Lord your God may bless you in all that you undertake in the land that you are entering to take possession of it.

21 c "If you make a vow to the Lord your God, you shall not delay fulfilling it, for the Lord your God will surely require it of you, and you will be guilty of sin. 22 But if you refrain from vowing, you will not be guilty of sin. 23 You shall be careful to do what has passed your lips, for you have voluntarily vowed to the Lord your God what you have promised with your mouth.

24 "If you go into your neighbor's vineyard, you may eat your fill of grapes, as many as you wish, but you shall not put any in your bag. 25 If you go into your neighbor's standing grain, d you may pluck the ears with your hand, but you shall not put a sickle to your neighbor's standing grain.

  1. Cross References
    1 Samuel 30:15
    And David said to him, "Will you take me down to this band?" And he said, "Swear to me by God that you will not kill me or deliver me into the hands of my master, and I will take you down to this band.
  2. Cross References
    Leviticus 19:29
    Do not profane your daughter by making her a prostitute, lest the land fall into prostitution and the land become full of depravity.
  3. Cross References
    1 Kings 14:24
    And there were also male cult prostitutes in the land. They did according to all the abominations of the nations that the Lord drove out before the people of Israel.
    1 Kings 15:12
    He put away the male cult prostitutes out of the land and removed all the idols that his fathers had made.
    1 Kings 22:46
    And from the land he exterminated the remnant of the male cult prostitutes who remained in the days of his father Asa.
    2 Kings 23:7
    And he broke down the houses of the male cult prostitutes who were in the house of the Lord, where the women wove hangings for the Asherah.
  4. Cross References
    Exodus 22:25
    If you lend money to any of my people with you who is poor, you shall not be like a moneylender to him, and you shall not exact interest from him.
  5. Cross References
    Nehemiah 5:10
    Moreover, I and my brothers and my servants are lending them money and grain. Let us abandon this exacting of interest.
  6. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 15:3
    Of a foreigner you may exact it, but whatever of yours is with your brother your hand shall release.
  7. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 15:10
    You shall give to him freely, and your heart shall not be grudging when you give to him, because for this the Lord your God will bless you in all your work and in all that you undertake.
  8. Cross References
    Psalms 66:13 - 14
    I will come into your house with burnt offerings; I will perform my vows to you.
    Psalms 76:11
    Make your vows to the Lord your God and perform them; let all around him bring gifts to him who is to be feared.
    Numbers 30:2
    If a man vows a vow to the Lord, or swears an oath to bind himself by a pledge, he shall not break his word. He shall do according to all that proceeds out of his mouth.
  9. Cross References
    Matthew 12:1
    At that time Jesus went through the grainfields on the Sabbath. His disciples were hungry, and they began to pluck heads of grain and to eat.
    Mark 2:23
    One Sabbath he was going through the grainfields, and as they made their way, his disciples began to pluck heads of grain.
    Luke 6:1
    On a Sabbath, while he was going through the grainfields, his disciples plucked and ate some heads of grain, rubbing them in their hands.
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