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Deuteronomy 23:16 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" He shall dwell with you, among you, in the place which he shall choose within one of your gates, where it pleases him best. You shall not oppress him. "

Deuteronomy 23:16

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14 for the LORD your God walks in the middle of your camp, to deliver you, and to give up your enemies before you. Therefore your camp shall be holy, that he may not see an unclean thing in you, and turn away from you.

15 You shall not deliver to his master a servant who has escaped from his master to you.

16 He shall dwell with you, among you, in the place which he shall choose within one of your gates, where it pleases him best. You shall not oppress him.

17 There shall be no prostitute of the daughters of Israel, neither shall there be a sodomite of the sons of Israel.

18 You shall not bring the hire of a prostitute, or the wages of a male prostitute, into the house of the LORD your God for any vow; for both of these are an abomination to the LORD your God.

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"You shall not defile the land which you inhabit, where I dwell; for I, the LORD, dwell among the children of Israel.’”"

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Joshua 20:4

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"He shall flee to one of those cities, and shall stand at the entrance of the gate of the city, and declare his case in the ears of the elders of that city. They shall take him into the city with them, and give him a place, that he may live among them."

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Deuteronomy 23:1

"He who is emasculated by crushing or cutting shall not enter into the LORD’s assembly."

Deuteronomy 23:2

"A person born of a forbidden union shall not enter into the LORD’s assembly; even to the tenth generation shall no one of his enter into the LORD’s assembly."

Deuteronomy 23:3

"An Ammonite or a Moabite shall not enter into the LORD’s assembly; even to the tenth generation shall no one belonging to them enter into the LORD’s assembly forever,"

Deuteronomy 23:4

"because they didn’t meet you with bread and with water on the way when you came out of Egypt, and because they hired against you Balaam the son of Beor from Pethor of Mesopotamia, to curse you."

Deuteronomy 23:5

"Nevertheless the LORD your God wouldn’t listen to Balaam, but the LORD your God turned the curse into a blessing to you, because the LORD your God loved you."

Deuteronomy 23:6

"You shall not seek their peace nor their prosperity all your days forever."

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