Deuteronomy 23 #catechesis/bible/deuteronomy
[!abstract] Who may and who may not enter into the Church: uncleanness to be avoided: other precepts concerning fugitives, fornication, usury, vows, and eating other men’s grapes and corn.
Book: Deuteronomy · ← Deuteronomy 22 · Deuteronomy 24 →
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GR οὐκ εἰσελεύσεται θλαδίας καὶ ἀποκεκομμένος εἰς ἐκκλησίαν κυρίου
LA Non intravit eunuchus, attritis vel amputatis testiculis et abscisso veretro, ecclesiam Domini.
EN An eunuch, whose testicles are broken or cut away, or yard cut off, shall not enter into the church of the Lord.
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[!note]- Eunuch…
By these are meant, in the spiritual sense, such as are barren in good works. Ibid.
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GR οὐκ εἰσελεύσεται ἐκ πόρνης εἰς ἐκκλησίαν κυρίου
LA Non ingredietur mamzer, hoc est, de scorto natus, in ecclesiam Domini, usque ad decimam generationem.
EN A mamzer, that is to say, one born of a prostitute, shall not enter into the church of the Lord, until the tenth generation.
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GR οὐκ εἰσελεύσεται Αμμανίτης καὶ Μωαβίτης εἰς ἐκκλησίαν κυρίου καὶ ἕως δεκάτης γενεᾶς οὐκ εἰσελεύσεται εἰς ἐκκλησίαν κυρίου καὶ ἕως εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα
LA Ammonites et Moabites etiam post decimam generationem non intrabunt ecclesiam Domini in æternum:
EN The Ammonite and the Moabite, even after the tenth generation shall not enter into the church of the Lord for ever:
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GR παρὰ 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
LA quia noluerunt vobis occurrere cum pane et aqua in via quando egressi estis de Ægypto: et quia conduxerunt contra te Balaam filium Beor de Mesopotamia Syriæ, ut malediceret tibi:
EN Because they would not meet you with bread and water in the way, when you came out of Egypt: and because they hired against you Balaam, the son of Beor, from Mesopotamia in Syria, to curse you.
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GR καὶ 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
LA et noluit Dominus Deus tuus audire Balaam, vertitque maledictionem ejus in benedictionem tuam, eo quod diligeret te.
EN And the Lord your God would not hear Balaam, and he turned his cursing into your blessing, because he loved you.
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GR οὐ προσαγορεύσεις εἰρηνικὰ αὐτοῖς καὶ συμφέροντα αὐτοῖς πάσας τὰς ἡμέρας σου εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα
LA Non facies cum eis pacem, nec quæras eis bona cunctis diebus vitæ tuæ in sempiternum.
EN You shall not make peace with them, neither shall you seek their prosperity all the days of your life for ever.
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GR οὐ βδελύξῃ Ιδουμαῖον ὅτι ἀδελφός σού ἐστιν οὐ βδελύξῃ Αἰγύπτιον ὅτι πάροικος ἐγένου ἐν τῇ γῇ αὐτοῦ
LA Non abominaberis Idumæum, quia frater tuus est: nec Ægyptium, quia advena fuisti in terra ejus.
EN You shall not abhor the Edomite, because he is your brother: nor the Egyptian, because you were a stranger in his land.
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GR υἱοὶ ἐὰν γενηθῶσιν αὐτοῖς γενεὰ τρίτη εἰσελεύσονται εἰς ἐκκλησίαν κυρίου
LA Qui nati fuerint ex eis, tertia generatione intrabunt in ecclesiam Domini.
EN They that are born of them, in the third generation shall enter into the church of the Lord.
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[!note]- Into the church…
That is, into the assembly or congregation of Israel, so as to have the privilege of an Israelite, or to be capable of any place or office among the people of God.
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GR ἐὰν δὲ ἐξέλθῃς παρεμβαλεῖν ἐπὶ τοὺς ἐχθρούς σου καὶ φυλάξῃ ἀπὸ παντὸς ῥήματος πονηροῦ
LA Quando egressus fueris adversus hostes tuos in pugnam, custodies te ab omni re mala.
EN When you go out to war against your enemies, you shall keep yourself from every evil thing.
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GR ἐὰν ᾖ ἐν σοὶ ἄνθρωπος ὃς οὐκ ἔσται καθαρὸς ἐκ ῥύσεως αὐτοῦ νυκτός καὶ ἐξελεύσεται ἔξω τῆς παρεμβολῆς καὶ οὐκ εἰσελεύσεται εἰς τὴν παρεμβολήν
LA Si fuerit inter vos homo, qui nocturno pollutus sit somnio, egredietur extra castra,
EN If there be among you any man, that is defiled in a dream by night, he shall go forth out of the camp,
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GR καὶ ἔσται τὸ πρὸς ἑσπέραν λούσεται τὸ σῶμα αὐτοῦ ὕδατι καὶ δεδυκότος ἡλίου εἰσελεύσεται εἰς τὴν παρεμβολήν
LA et non revertetur, priusquam ad vesperam lavetur aqua: et post solis occasum regredietur in castra.
EN and shall not return, before he be washed with water in the evening: and after sunset he shall return into the camp.
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GR καὶ τόπος ἔσται σοι ἔξω τῆς παρεμβολῆς καὶ ἐξελεύσῃ ἐκεῖ ἔξω
LA Habebis locum extra castra, ad quem egrediaris ad requisita naturæ,
EN You shall have a place without the camp, to which you may go for the necessities of nature,
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GR καὶ πάσσαλος ἔσται σοι ἐπὶ τῆς ζώνης σου καὶ ἔσται ὅταν διακαθιζάνῃς ἔξω καὶ ὀρύξεις ἐν αὐτῷ καὶ ἐπαγαγὼν καλύψεις τὴν ἀσχημοσύνην σου ἐν αὐτῷ
LA gerens paxillum in balteo: cumque sederis, fodies per circuitum, et egesta humo operies
EN carrying a paddle at your girdle. And when you sit down, you shall dig round about, and with the earth that is dug up you shall cover
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GR ὅτι 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
LA quo revelatus es: Dominus enim Deus tuus ambulat in medio castrorum, ut eruat te, et tradat tibi inimicos tuos: et sint castra tua sancta, et nihil in eis appareat fœditatis, ne derelinquat te.
EN that which you are eased of: (for the Lord your God walks in the midst of your camp, to deliver you, and to give up your enemies to you): and let your camp be holy, and let no uncleanness appear therein, lest he go away from you.
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[!note]- No uncleanness…
This caution against suffering any filth in the camp, was to teach them to fly the filth of sin, which drives God away from the soul.
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GR οὐ παραδώσεις παῖδα τῷ κυρίῳ αὐτοῦ ὃς προστέθειταί σοι παρὰ τοῦ κυρίου αὐτοῦ
LA Non trades servum domino suo, qui ad te confugerit.
EN You shall not deliver to his master the servant that is fled to you.
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GR μετὰ σοῦ κατοικήσει ἐν ὑμῖν κατοικήσει ἐν παντὶ τόπῳ οὗ ἐὰν ἀρέσῃ αὐτῷ οὐ θλίψεις αὐτόν
LA Habitabit tecum in loco, qui ei placuerit, et in una urbium tuarum requiescet: ne contristes eum.
EN He shall dwell with you in the place that shall please him, and shall rest in one of your cities: give him no trouble.
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GR οὐκ 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
LA Non erit meretrix de filiabus Israël, nec scortator de filiis Israël.
EN There shall be no whore among the daughters of Israel, nor whoremonger among the sons of Israel.
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GR οὐ 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
LA Non offeres mercedem prostibuli, nec pretium canis in domo Domini Dei tui, quidquid illud est quod voveris: quia abominatio est utrumque apud Dominum Deum tuum.
EN You shall not offer the hire of a strumpet, nor the price of a dog, in the house of the Lord your God, whatsoever it be that you have vowed: because both these are an abomination to the Lord your God.
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GR οὐκ ἐκτοκιεῖς τῷ ἀδελφῷ σου τόκον ἀργυρίου καὶ τόκον βρωμάτων καὶ τόκον παντὸς πράγματος οὗ ἂν ἐκδανείσῃς
LA Non fœnerabis fratri tuo ad usuram pecuniam, nec fruges, nec quamlibet aliam rem:
EN You shall not lend to your brother money to usury, nor corn, nor any other thing:
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GR τῷ 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
LA sed alieno. Fratri autem tuo absque usura id quo indiget, commodabis: ut benedicat tibi Dominus Deus tuus in omni opere tuo in terra, ad quam ingredieris possidendam.
EN But to the stranger. To your brother you shall lend that which he wants, without usury: that the Lord your God may bless you in all your works in the land, which you shall go in to possess.
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[!note]- To the stranger…
This was a dispensation granted by God to his people, who being the Lord of all things, can give a right and title to one upon the goods of another. Otherwise the scripture everywhere condemns usury, as contrary to the law of God, and a crying sin. See Exodus 22:25; Leviticus 25:36-37; Nehemiah 5:7; Psalm 14:5; Ezekiel 18:8, Ezekiel 18:13, etc.
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GR ἐὰν 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
LA Cum votum voveris Domino Deo tuo, non tardabis reddere: quia requiret illud Dominus Deus tuus, et si moratus fueris, reputabitur tibi in peccatum.
EN When you have made a vow to the Lord your God, you shall not delay to pay it: because the Lord your God will require it. And if you delay, it shall be imputed to you for a sin.
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GR ἐὰν δὲ μὴ θέλῃς εὔξασθαι οὐκ ἔστιν ἐν σοὶ ἁμαρτία
LA Si nolueris polliceri, absque peccato eris.
EN If you will not promise, that shall be without sin.
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GR τὰ ἐκπορευόμενα διὰ τῶν χειλέων σου φυλάξῃ καὶ ποιήσεις ὃν τρόπον εὔξω κυρίῳ τῷ θεῷ σου δόμα ὃ ἐλάλησας τῷ στόματί σου
LA Quod autem semel egressum est de labiis tuis, observabis, et facies sicut promisisti Domino Deo tuo, et propria voluntate et ore tuo locutus es.
EN But that which is once gone out of your lips, you shall observe, and shall do as you have promised to the Lord your God, and have spoken with your own will and with your own mouth.
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GR ἐὰν 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
LA Ingressus vineam proximi tui, comede uvas, quantum tibi placuerit: foras autem ne efferas tecum.
EN Going into your neighbour’s vineyard, you may eat as many grapes as you please: but must carry none out with you:
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GR ἐὰν δὲ εἰσέλθῃς εἰς τὸν ἀμπελῶνα τοῦ πλησίον σου φάγῃ σταφυλὴν ὅσον ψυχήν σου ἐμπλησθῆναι εἰς δὲ ἄγγος οὐκ ἐμβαλεῖς
LA Si intraveris in segetem amici tui, franges spicas, et manu conteres: falce autem non metes.
EN If you go into your friend’s corn, you may break the ears, and rub them in your hand: but not reap them with a sickle.
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