A man shall not take the wife of his father, and he shall not uncover the covering of his father.
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Rahlfs Septuagint
Deuteronomy 23
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No one with crushed testicles or cut off shall enter the assembly of the Lord.
None of a prostitute shall enter into the assembly of the Lord
εἰσελεύσεται Αμμανίτης καὶ Μωαβίτης εἰς ἐκκλησίαν κυρίου καὶ ἕως δεκάτης γενεᾶς οὐκ εἰσελεύσεται εἰς ἐκκλησίαν κυρίου καὶ ἕως εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα
An Ammonite and a Moabite shall not enter into the assembly of the Lord, and even to the tenth generation he shall not enter into the assembly of the Lord, and even forever
τὸ μὴ συναντῆσαι αὐτοὺς ὑμῖν μετὰ ἄρτων καὶ ὕδατος ἐν τῇ ὁδῷ ἐκπορευομένων ὑμῶν ἐξ Αἰγύπτου καὶ ὅτι ἐμισθώσαντο ἐπὶ σὲ τὸν Βαλααμ υἱὸν Βεωρ ἐκ τῆς Μεσοποταμίας καταράσασθαί σε
because they did not meet you with bread and water on the way, as you were going out from Egypt, and because they hired against you Balaam son of Beor from Mesopotamia to curse you
οὐκ ἠθέλησεν κύριος ὁ θεός σου εἰσακοῦσαι τοῦ Βαλααμ καὶ μετέστρεψεν κύριος ὁ θεός σου τὰς κατάρας εἰς εὐλογίαν ὅτι ἠγάπησέν σε κύριος ὁ θεός σου
And the Lord your God was not willing to listen to Balaam, and the Lord your God turned the curses into blessing, because the Lord your God loved you.
You shall not greet them with peace and what is advantageous for them all your days forever
You shall not abhor an Idumean, because he is your brother; you shall not abhor an Egyptian, because you became a sojourner in his land.
The sons, if they are born to them, a third generation shall enter into the assembly of the Lord
But if you go out to camp against your enemies, then you shall keep yourself from every evil thing
ᾖ ἐν σοὶ ἄνθρωπος ὃς οὐκ ἔσται καθαρὸς ἐκ ῥύσεως αὐτοῦ νυκτός καὶ ἐξελεύσεται ἔξω τῆς παρεμβολῆς καὶ οὐκ εἰσελεύσεται εἰς τὴν παρεμβολήν
If there is among you a man who will not be clean because of his discharge by night, then he shall go outside the camp and shall not enter into the camp.
ἔσται τὸ πρὸς ἑσπέραν λούσεται τὸ σῶμα αὐτοῦ ὕδατι καὶ δεδυκότος ἡλίου εἰσελεύσεται εἰς τὴν παρεμβολήν
And it shall be, toward evening he shall wash his body with water, and when the sun has gone down he shall enter into the camp.
And a place shall be for you outside the camp, and you shall go out there outside.
πάσσαλος ἔσται σοι ἐπὶ τῆς ζώνης σου καὶ ἔσται ὅταν διακαθιζάνῃς ἔξω καὶ ὀρύξεις ἐν αὐτῷ καὶ ἐπαγαγὼν καλύψεις τὴν ἀσχημοσύνην σου ἐν αὐτῷ
And a stake shall be for you on your belt, and it shall be when you sit down outside, and you shall dig with it, and, bringing it back, you shall cover your shame with it
κύριος ὁ θεός σου ἐμπεριπατεῖ ἐν τῇ παρεμβολῇ σου ἐξελέσθαι σε καὶ παραδοῦναι τὸν ἐχθρόν σου πρὸ προσώπου σου καὶ ἔσται ἡ παρεμβολή σου ἁγία καὶ οὐκ ὀφθήσεται ἐν σοὶ ἀσχημοσύνη πράγματος καὶ ἀποστρέψει ἀπὸ σοῦ
For the Lord your God walks in your camp to deliver you and to hand over your enemy before your face, and your camp shall be holy, and there shall not be seen in you any shameful thing, and he will turn away from you
You shall not hand over a slave to his master, who has attached himself to you from his master.
He shall dwell with you; among you he shall dwell in any place where it may please him; you shall not afflict him.
ἔσται πόρνη ἀπὸ θυγατέρων Ισραηλ καὶ οὐκ ἔσται πορνεύων ἀπὸ υἱῶν Ισραηλ οὐκ ἔσται τελεσφόρος ἀπὸ θυγατέρων Ισραηλ καὶ οὐκ ἔσται τελισκόμενος ἀπὸ υἱῶν Ισραηλ
There shall not be a harlot from the daughters of Israel, and there shall not be one practicing fornication from the sons of Israel; there shall not be one completing a vow from the daughters of Israel, and there shall not be one being completed from the sons of Israel.
προσοίσεις μίσθωμα πόρνης οὐδὲ ἄλλαγμα κυνὸς εἰς τὸν οἶκον κυρίου τοῦ θεοῦ σου πρὸς πᾶσαν εὐχήν ὅτι βδέλυγμα κυρίῳ τῷ θεῷ σού ἐστιν καὶ ἀμφότερα
You shall not bring the hire of a prostitute, nor the exchange of a dog, into the house of the Lord your God for any vow, because both of them are an abomination to the Lord your God.
ἐκτοκιεῖς τῷ ἀδελφῷ σου τόκον ἀργυρίου καὶ τόκον βρωμάτων καὶ τόκον παντὸς πράγματος οὗ ἂν ἐκδανείσῃς
You shall not exact interest from your brother, interest of silver and interest of food and interest of any thing with which you may lend.
ἀλλοτρίῳ ἐκτοκιεῖς τῷ δὲ ἀδελφῷ σου οὐκ ἐκτοκιεῖς ἵνα εὐλογήσῃ σε κύριος ὁ θεός σου ἐν πᾶσι τοῖς ἔργοις σου ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς εἰς ἣν εἰσπορεύῃ ἐκεῖ κληρονομῆσαι αὐτήν
To the foreigner you shall lend on interest, but to your brother you shall not lend on interest, so that the Lord your God may bless you in all your works on the land into which you are entering there to inherit it.
δὲ εὔξῃ εὐχὴν κυρίῳ τῷ θεῷ σου οὐ χρονιεῖς ἀποδοῦναι αὐτήν ὅτι ἐκζητῶν ἐκζητήσει κύριος ὁ θεός σου παρὰ σοῦ καὶ ἔσται ἐν σοὶ ἁμαρία
But if you vow a vow to the Lord your God, you shall not delay to pay it, for the Lord your God will surely require it from you, and there will be sin in you.
But if you do not wish to make a vow, there is no sin in you.
ἐκπορευόμενα διὰ τῶν χειλέων σου φυλάξῃ καὶ ποιήσεις ὃν τρόπον εὔξω κυρίῳ τῷ θεῷ σου δόμα ὃ ἐλάλησας τῷ στόματί σου
The things going out through your lips you shall keep, and you shall do in the manner that you vowed to the Lord your God, a gift that you spoke with your mouth.
δὲ εἰσέλθῃς εἰς ἀμητὸν τοῦ πλησίον σου καὶ συλλέξεις ἐν ταῖς χερσίν σου στάχυς καὶ δρέπανον οὐ μὴ ἐπιβάλῃς ἐπὶ τὸν ἀμητὸν τοῦ πλησίον σου
And if you enter into your neighbor’s standing grain, and gather ears with your hands, but a sickle you shall certainly not put upon your neighbor’s standing grain.
δὲ εἰσέλθῃς εἰς τὸν ἀμπελῶνα τοῦ πλησίον σου φάγῃ σταφυλὴν ὅσον ψυχήν σου ἐμπλησθῆναι εἰς δὲ ἄγγος οὐκ ἐμβαλεῖς
But if you enter into your neighbor’s vineyard, you shall eat grapes until your soul is satisfied; but into a vessel you shall not put them.