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Deuteronomychapter 23

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Deuteronomy 23— Hebrew word study · with the Hebrew tradition

In Jewish life

Jewish practice and Jewish teaching both have something to say about Deuteronomy 23. Three things follow: where it is read, what is done because of it, and how the rabbis have taught it. The purpose is to inform a Christian reader what Jews believe and how Judaism was and is practised.

The reading

Weekly portion 49 of 54

כִּי־תֵצֵא Ki Teitzei, Deuteronomy 21:10 to 25:19

Read with it: Isaiah 54:1 to 54:10.

The verse numbers here are the ones a Hebrew Bible carries, which differ from an English Bible by a verse or two in several places. The Sephardi reading is named only where this site records a difference; communities vary beyond what is listed. What these books are, and how a Christian reader meets them →

Where the rabbis cite this chapter

4 rows sit beside their verses in the text, on 3 verses of this chapter. No row that speaks to the chapter as a whole is recorded. Every quote links to its full source.

Texts and citation data: Sefaria (sefaria.org); excerpts follow each version’s license, and every passage opens at its source.

How to read a word below: the Hebrewword, then how it sounds, then what it means, then its number in Strong’s concordance, a widely used lookup this site follows (H for Hebrew and Aramaic, G for Greek). Square brackets hold a word the English supplies that the Hebrew does not, angle brackets mark the Hebrew’s own grammatical elements that English renders as separate words, and the mark ס or פ is where the Hebrew manuscripts end a paragraph.

Who may enter the assembly of the LORD1

Deuteronomy 23:1· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible

לֹֽא־lo'-notH3808יָבֹ֧אyavo'he will goH935פְצֽוּעַ־fetzua'-[one who] is wounded ofH6481דַּכָּ֛אdaka'crushingH1795וּכְר֥וּתukherutand [one who] is cut off ofH3772שָׁפְכָ֖הshafekhahpenisH8212בִּקְהַ֥לbikhalin [the] assembly ofH6951יְהוָֽה׃ סyahwehYahwehH3068

Onkelos Deuteronomy 23:1

Targum
A man may not marry his father’s wife, and may not expose the edge of his father’s garment.

Read it in full at Sefaria · Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]

Deuteronomy 23:10· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible

כִּֽי־ki-ifH3588יִהְיֶ֤הyihyehhe will beH1961בְךָ֙vekhaamong <the> youאִ֔ישׁʾisha manH376אֲשֶׁ֛רʾasherwhoH834לֹא־lo'-notH3808יִהְיֶ֥הyihyehhe will beH1961טָה֖וֹרtahorcleanH2889מִקְּרֵה־mikereh-from a happening ofH7137לָ֑יְלָהlayelahnightH3915וְיָצָא֙veyatza'and he will go outH3318אֶל־ʾel-toH413מִח֣וּץmichutzfrom [the] outsideH2351לַֽמַּחֲנֶ֔הlamachanehof the campH4264לֹ֥אlo'notH3808יָבֹ֖אyavo'he will comeH935אֶל־ʾel-intoH413תּ֥וֹךְtokh[the] middle ofH8432הַֽמַּחֲנֶֽה׃hamachanehthe campH4264

Ramban on Deuteronomy 23:10

RambanSpain, 1194–1270· Commentary
WHEN THOU GOEST FORTH IN CAMP AGAINST THINE ENEMIES, THEN THOU SHALT KEEP THEE FROM EVERY EVIL — “because Satan indicts [people] in the hour of danger.” This is Rashi’s language.

Read it in full at Sefaria · Commentary on the Torah by Ramban (Nachmanides). Translated and annotated by Charles B. Chavel. New York, Shilo Pub. House, 1971-1976

Onkelos Deuteronomy 23:10

Targum
When you go out to encamp against your enemies take precautions from every evil thing.

Read it in full at Sefaria · Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]

Deuteronomy 23:11· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible

וְהָיָ֥הvehayahand it will beH1961לִפְנֽוֹת־lifnot-to [the] turning ofH6437עֶ֖רֶבʾereveveningH6153יִרְחַ֣ץyirchatzhe will washH7364בַּמָּ֑יִםbamayimwith <the> waterH4325וּכְבֹ֣אukhevo'and just as goesH935הַשֶּׁ֔מֶשׁhashemeshthe sunH8121יָבֹ֖אyavo'he will comeH935אֶל־ʾel-intoH413תּ֥וֹךְtokh[the] middle ofH8432הַֽמַּחֲנֶה׃hamachanehthe campH4264

Rashi on Deuteronomy 23:11

RashiFrance, 1040–1105· Commentary
מקרה לילה [IF THERE BE AMONG YOU ANY MAN THAT IS NOT CLEAN BY REASON OF] UNCLEANNESS THAT CHANCETH HIM BY NIGHT — By night: Scripture speaks of what usually occurs (but the law applies also if the uncleanness happens at day time) (Sifrei Devarim:3).

Read it in full at Sefaria · Pentateuch with Rashi's commentary by M. Rosenbaum and A.M. Silbermann, 1929-1934

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