## Onkelos Deuteronomy Chapter 23

###### Onkelos Deuteronomy 23:1
[Onkelos Deuteronomy 23:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Deuteronomy/r/23:1)

לָא יִסַּב גְּבַר יָת אִתַּת אֲבוּהִי וְלָא יְגַלֵּי כַּנְפָא דַאֲבוּהִי:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
A man may not marry his father’s wife, and may not expose the edge of his father’s garment.


###### Onkelos Deuteronomy 23:2
[Onkelos Deuteronomy 23:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Deuteronomy/r/23:2)

לָא **יִדְכֵּי** דְפָסִיק וְדִמְחַבַּל לְמֵעַל בִּקְהָלָא דַיְיָ:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
One may not [**be “cleansed” to**] enter—with injured or crushed genitals or with a gash causing spilling—into Adonoy’s community.


###### Onkelos Deuteronomy 23:3
[Onkelos Deuteronomy 23:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Deuteronomy/r/23:3)

לָא **יִדְכֵּי** מַמְזֵרָא **לְמֵעַל** בִּקְהָלָא דַיְיָ אַף דָּרָא עֲשִׂירָאָה לָא **יִדְכֵּי** לֵיהּ לְמֵעַל בִּקְהָלָא דַיְיָ:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
A base-born may not [**be “cleansed” to**] enter into Adonoy’s community, even his tenth generation may not [**“cleanse” him**] enter into Adonoy’s community.


###### Onkelos Deuteronomy 23:4
[Onkelos Deuteronomy 23:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Deuteronomy/r/23:4)

לָא **יִדְכּוּן** עַמּוֹנָאֵי וּמוֹאָבָאֵי **לְמֵעַל** בִּקְהָלָא דַיְיָ אַף דָּרָא עֲשִׂירָאָה לָא **יִדְכֵּי** לְהוֹן **לְמֵעַל** בִּקְהָלָא דַיְיָ עַד עֳלָם:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
[Neither] an Ammonite nor a Moavite may [**be “cleansed” to**] enter into Adonoy’s community; even their tenth generation may not [**be “cleansed” to**] enter into Adonoy’s community forever.


###### Onkelos Deuteronomy 23:5
[Onkelos Deuteronomy 23:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Deuteronomy/r/23:5)

עַל **עֵסַק** דִּי לָא עֲרָעוּ יָתְכוֹן בְּלַחְמָא וּבְמַיָּא בְּאָרְחָא בְּמִפָּקְכוֹן מִמִּצְרָיִם וְדִי אֲגַר עֲלָךְ יָת בִּלְעָם בַּר בְּעוֹר מִפְּתוֹר אֲרַם **דִּי עַל פְּרָת** לְלַטָּיוּתָךְ:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Because of the matter that they did not greet you with bread and water on the way when you came out of Egypt; and because he hired against you Bilam son of Beor from Pesor in Aram Naharayim [**on the river Peras**] to curse you.


###### Onkelos Deuteronomy 23:6
[Onkelos Deuteronomy 23:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Deuteronomy/r/23:6)

וְלָא אָבֵי יְיָ אֱלָהָךְ לְקַבָּלָא מִן בִּלְעָם וַהֲפַךְ יְיָ אֱלָהָךְ לָךְ יָת **לְוָטִין לְבִרְכָן** אֲרֵי רָחֲמָךְ יְיָ אֱלָהָךְ:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Adonoy, your God, was unwilling to heed Bilam, and Adonoy, your God, turned for you the curse[**s**] into a blessing[**s**], because Adonoy, your God, loved you.


###### Onkelos Deuteronomy 23:7
[Onkelos Deuteronomy 23:7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Deuteronomy/r/23:7)

לָא תִתְבַּע שְׁלָמְהוֹן וְטָבָתְהוֹן כָּל יוֹמָיךְ לְעָלָם:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Do not pursue their peace and their benefit all your life forever.


###### Onkelos Deuteronomy 23:8
[Onkelos Deuteronomy 23:8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Deuteronomy/r/23:8)

לָא **תְרַחַק** אֱדוֹמָאָה אֲרֵי אֲחוּךְ הוּא לָא **תְרַחַק** מִצְרָאָה אֲרֵי דַיָּר הֲוֵיתָא בְאַרְעֵיהּ:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Do not despise [**distance**] the Edomite, for he is your brother; do not despise [**distance**] the Egyptian, for you were a stranger in his land.


###### Onkelos Deuteronomy 23:9
[Onkelos Deuteronomy 23:9](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Deuteronomy/r/23:9)

בְּנִין דִּי יִתְיְלִידוּ לְהוֹן דָּרָא תְלִיתָאָה **יִדְכֵּי** לְהוֹן **לְמֵעַל** בִּקְהָלָא דַיְיָ:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Children who will be born to them, in the third generation, will [**be “cleansed” to**] enter into Adonoy’s community.


###### Onkelos Deuteronomy 23:10
[Onkelos Deuteronomy 23:10](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Deuteronomy/r/23:10)

אֲרֵי תִפּוֹק מַשְׁרִיתָא עַל בַּעֲלֵי דְבָבָךְ וְתִסְתַּמַּר מִכֹּל מִדַּעַם בִּישׁ:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
When you go out to encamp against your enemies take precautions from every evil thing.


###### Onkelos Deuteronomy 23:11
[Onkelos Deuteronomy 23:11](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Deuteronomy/r/23:11)

אֲרֵי יְהֵי בָךְ גְּבַר דִּי לָא יְהֵי דְכֵי מִקְּרֵה לֵילְיָא וְיִפּוֹק לְמִבָּרָא לְמַשְׁרִיתָא לָא יֵעוּל לְגוֹ מַשְׁרִיתָא:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
If there is a man among you who is not undefiled [because of] a nocturnal incident; he must go out of the camp, he may not enter into the midst of the camp.


###### Onkelos Deuteronomy 23:12
[Onkelos Deuteronomy 23:12](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Deuteronomy/r/23:12)

וִיהֵי לְמִפְנֵי רַמְשָׁא יַסְחֵי בְמַיָּא וּכְמֵעַל שִׁמְשָׁא יֵעוּל לְגוֹ מַשְׁרִיתָא:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
As sunset nears he is to immerse in water; and after the sun has set he may enter the the midst of the camp.


###### Onkelos Deuteronomy 23:13
[Onkelos Deuteronomy 23:13](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Deuteronomy/r/23:13)

וַאֲתַר **מְתַקָּן** יְהֵי לָךְ מִבָּרָא לְמַשְׁרִיתָא וְתִפּוֹק תַּמָּן לְבָרָא:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Have a designated [**prepared**] place outside the camp, and you will go out there to excrete.


###### Onkelos Deuteronomy 23:14
[Onkelos Deuteronomy 23:14](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Deuteronomy/r/23:14)

וְסִכְּתָא תְּהֵי לָךְ עַל זֵינָךְ וִיהֵי בְּמִתְבָךְ לְבָרָא וְתַחְפַּר בַּהּ וּתְתוּב וּתְכַסֵּי יָת מִפְּקָתָךְ:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
And a peg are you to have in addition to your weapons; when you need to sit to excrete dig with it, then use it again to cover your excrement.


###### Onkelos Deuteronomy 23:15
[Onkelos Deuteronomy 23:15](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Deuteronomy/r/23:15)

אֲרֵי יְיָ אֱלָהָךְ **שְׁכִנְתֵּיהּ** מְהַלְּכָא בְּגוֹ מַשְׁרִיתָךְ לְשֵׁזָבוּתָךְ וּלְמִמְסַר בַּעֲלֵי דְבָבָךְ קֳדָמָךְ וּתְהֵי מַשְׁרִיתָךְ קַדִּישָׁא וְלָא יִתְחֲזֵי בָךְ **עֲבֵרַת פִּתְגָּם** וִיתוּב **מֵימְרֵיהּ מִלְּאוֹטָבָא לָךְ**:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
For Adonoy, your God, [**His Shechinah**] is moving within your camp to save you and to defeat your enemies before you, so your camp must be holy; let Him not see within you disgraceful [**offensive**] objects lest He [**His word**] turn away from you [**from benefiting you**].


###### Onkelos Deuteronomy 23:16
[Onkelos Deuteronomy 23:16](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Deuteronomy/r/23:16)

לָא **תִמְסַר** עֶבֶד **עַמְמִין לְיַד** רִבּוֹנֵיהּ דְּיִשְׁתֵּזֵב לְוָתָךְ מִלְּוָת רִבּוֹנֵיהּ:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Do not deliver a [**foreign**] slave to [**the hand of**] his master, who escaped to you from his master.


###### Onkelos Deuteronomy 23:17
[Onkelos Deuteronomy 23:17](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Deuteronomy/r/23:17)

עִמָּךְ יִתֵּב בֵּינָךְ בְּאַתְרָא דִּי יִתִּרְעֵי בַּחֲדָא מִן **קִרְוָיךְ** בִּדְיֵיטַב לֵיהּ לָא תוֹנִנֵּיהּ:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
With you will he live among you, in the place that he chooses in any of your cities, wherever it is good for him; do not distress him.


###### Onkelos Deuteronomy 23:18
[Onkelos Deuteronomy 23:18](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Deuteronomy/r/23:18)

לָא תְהֵי **אִתְּתָא** מִבְּנַת יִשְׂרָאֵל **לִגְבַר עָבֵד** וְלָא יִסַּב **גַּבְרָא** מִבְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל **אִתְּתָא אָמָא**:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
There is not to be a [**woman**] harlot from the daughters of Yisroel [**to a man slave**]; and there shall not be a [**man**] male prostitute from the sons of Yisroel [**to a woman servant**].


###### Onkelos Deuteronomy 23:19
[Onkelos Deuteronomy 23:19](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Deuteronomy/r/23:19)

לָא תָעֵל אֲגַר זַנִּיתָא וְחוּלְפַן כַּלְבָּא לְבֵית מַקְדְּשָׁא דַּיְיָ אֱלָהָךְ לְכָל נִדְרָא אֲרֵי **מְרָחָק קֳדָם** יְיָ אֱלָהָךְ אַף תַּרְוֵיהוֹן:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Do not bring a harlot’s fee or payment for a dog to the house of Adonoy, your God, in fulfillment of any vow; because [**distanced from**] Adonoy, your God’s abominations are even both of them.


###### Onkelos Deuteronomy 23:20
[Onkelos Deuteronomy 23:20](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Deuteronomy/r/23:20)

לָא תְרַבֵּי לַאֲחוּךְ רִבִּית כְּסַף רִבִּית עִבוּר רִבִּית כָּל מִדַּעַם דְּמִתְרַבֵּי:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
You may not pay usury to your brother, usury on money, usury on food; usury on any matter where it is paid.


###### Onkelos Deuteronomy 23:21
[Onkelos Deuteronomy 23:21](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Deuteronomy/r/23:21)

**לְבַר עַמְמִין** תְּרַבֵּי וְלַאֲחוּךְ לָא תְרַבֵּי בְּדִיל דִּיבָרֵכִנָּךְ יְיָ אֱלָהָךְ בְּכֹל אוֹשָׁטוּת יְדָךְ עַל אַרְעָא דִּי אַתְּ עָלֵל לְתַמָּן לְמֵירְתַהּ:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
You may pay usury to the stranger [**foreigner**], but to your brother do not pay usury; in order that Adonoy, your God, will bless you in all your commerce on the land that you are coming there to inherit.


###### Onkelos Deuteronomy 23:22
[Onkelos Deuteronomy 23:22](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Deuteronomy/r/23:22)

אֲרֵי תִדַּר נְדַר **קֳדָם** יְיָ אֱלָהָךְ לָא תְאַחַר לְשַׁלָּמוּתֵיהּ אֲרֵי מִתְבַּע יִתְבְּעִנֵּיהּ יְיָ אֱלָהָךְ מִנָּךְ וִיהֵי בָךְ חוֹבָא:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
If you make a vow to [**before**] Adonoy, your God, do not delay in discharging it; for Adonoy, your God, will surely demand it from you, and you will be at fault.


###### Onkelos Deuteronomy 23:23
[Onkelos Deuteronomy 23:23](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Deuteronomy/r/23:23)

וַאֲרֵי תִתִּמְנַע לְמִנְדַּר לָא יְהֵי בָךְ חוֹבָא:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
But if you desist from vowing, no fault will be found with you.


###### Onkelos Deuteronomy 23:24
[Onkelos Deuteronomy 23:24](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Deuteronomy/r/23:24)

אַפָּקוּת סִפְוָתָךְ תִּטַּר וְתַעְבֵּד כְּמָא דִי נְדַרְתָּא **קֳדָם** יְיָ אֱלָהָךְ נְדַבְתָּא דִּי מַלֶּלְתָּא בְּפוּמָךְ:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Keep what you have articulated; and perform whatever you vow; to [**before**] Adonoy, your God, voluntarily—whatever you say with your mouth.


###### Onkelos Deuteronomy 23:25
[Onkelos Deuteronomy 23:25](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Deuteronomy/r/23:25)

אֲרֵי **תִתָּגַר** בְּכַרְמָא דְחַבְרָךְ וְתֵיכוּל עִנְּבִין כְּנַפְשָׁךְ שִׂבְעָךְ וּלְמָאנָךְ לָא תִתֵּן:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
When you [**are hired to**] enter your fellow’s vineyard, you may eat grapes as you desire, to your satisfaction; but you may not place it in your container.


###### Onkelos Deuteronomy 23:26
[Onkelos Deuteronomy 23:26](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Deuteronomy/r/23:26)

אֲרֵי **תִתָּגַר** בְּקַמְתָא דְחַבְרָךְ וְתִקְטוֹף מְלִילָן בִּידָךְ וּמַגְלָא לָא תְרִים עַל קַמְתָא דְחַבְרָךְ:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
When you [**are hired to**] enter your fellow’s standing grainstalks, you may cut off stalks by hand, but do not lift a sickle over your fellow’s standing grainstalks.