A   Non that is gelded or hath his preuye membres cut of05Q0308 shal come in to the c&obar;gregaci&obar; of the Lord. And he that is borne of a comen wom&abar; shall not come into the congregacy&obar; of the Lorde, no in the tenth generacyon he shall not entre into the congregacyon of the Lorde. The Ammonites and the Moabites shall not come in to the congregacyon of þe; Lord, no not in the tenth generaci&obar;, no they shall neuer come in to the c&obar;gregacyon of þe; Lorde, because they met you not wyth bread and water in the waye when ye came out of Egypt, ∧ because they hyred agenst the Balaam þe; sonne of Beor þe; interpreter of Mesopotamia, to curse the. Neuerthelesse the Lorde thy God wolde not herken vnto Balaam, but turned the curse to a blessing vnto the, because the Lorde thy God loued the. Thou shalt neuer therfore seke that which is prosperouse or good for th&ebar; all thy dayes for euer. B   Thou shalt not abhorre an Edomite, for he is thy brother: nether shalt thou abhorre an Eygpcian, because thou waste a stra&ubar;ger in his lande. The chyldren that are begotten of them shall come in to the c&obar;gregacyon of the Lorde in the .iii. generacion.

Wh&ebar; thou goest out with the host agaynst thine enemies, kepe þe; fr&obar; al wickednesse for þe; Lord is amonge you. If there be any man that is vncleane by the reason of vnclennesse that chaunceth him by nyght, let him go out of the host and not come in agayne vntyll he haue washed him selfe with water before þe; euen: ∧ then wh&ebar; the sonne is doune, let hym come in to the host agayne. Thou shalt haue a place without the host whether thou shalt C   resorte to ∧ thou shalt haue a sharpe poynte at the ende of thy05Q0309 wepon: ∧ wh&ebar; thou wylt

Preceptes. ease thy selfe, dygge therwith and turne and couer that which is departed fr&obar; the. For þe; Lorde thy god walketh in thyne host, to ryd the and to set thyne enemyes before the. Let thyne host be pure, that he se no vncleane thyng among you and turne from you.

Thou shalt not delyuer vnto his master þe; seruaunt which is escaped from his master vnto the. Let him dwel &wt; the, euen amonge you in what place he him self lyketh best, in one of thy cyties where it is good for hym, ∧ vexe him not. &rhand; There shalbe no whore of þe; daughters of Israel, nor whorekeper of þe; sonnes of Israel. Thou shalt nether brynge þe;05Q0310 hyre of an whore nor þe; price of a dogge in to the house of the Lorde thy God, in no maner of vowe, for euen both of th&ebar; are abhominacion vnto the Lord thy God.

&rhand; Thou shalt be no vsurer vnto thy brother, nether in money nor in fode, nor in any maner thyng that is let vp&obar; vsurye. D   Vnto a straunger thou mayst lende vp&obar; vsurye, but not vnto thy brother, that the Lord thy God may blesse þe; in al that þu; settest thyne h&abar;de to in the land whether thou goest to c&obar;quere it.

^noteWhen thou hast vowed a vowe vnto þe; Lord thy God, se thou be not slacke to paye it. For he wyl surely requyre it of the, and it shalbe sinne vnto the. If thou shalt leaue vowynge, it shalbe no synne vnto the: but that whych is once gone out of thy lyppes, thou must kepe and do, accordynge as thou hast vowed vnto the Lorde thy God of a frewyl which thou hast spoken with thy mouth.

When thou comest into thy neyghbours vineyarde, thou mayst eate grapes thy belyfull at thyne awne pleasure: but thou shalt put none in thy bagge.

When thou goest into thy neyghboures corne, ^note thou mayst plucke þe; eares &wt; thyne hande, but thou mayst not moue a sycle vnto thy neyghbours corne.

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