- Would Deuteronomy 23:1 seem to be appended to the content of Deuteronomy 22?
- And, does this verse refer to “his father’s wife,” clearly not the man’s mother but a wife of his father other than his mother?
- What categories are excluded from the “assemblage of God” in Deuteronomy 23:2 and what might this exclusion mean?
- What is a “mamzer” as in Deuteronomy 23:3—and is he solely excluded or his issue as well?
- In Deuteronomy 23:4-7, what reason is given for excluding the Amonites and Moabites from the “assemblage of God” forever?
- In Deuteronomy 23:6, how did the “curse” get changed to a “blessing” in the story of Billam?
- In addition to not permitting these groups to enter the “assemblage of God,” what else does Deuteronomy 23:7 stipulate?
- On the other hand, what is the attitude toward the Edomite—and why?
- In connection with military matters (to which the text returns in Deuteronomy 23:10), who is excluded from being in camp and for what reason?
- Too, what provisions are made for “sanitary regulations” (Deuteronomy 23:13-15)—and what specific reason is given for that regulation?
- How should one translate the beginning of Deuteronomy 23:15?
- As to an escaped slave (not unusual in war time), is he to be returned to his master?
- Is there any specification as to whether the slave is an “Ivri” or of any other nationality/religion?
- The word kedeyshah means a “holy/sacred prostitute.” What is meant by that “calling”; and what does the masculine form clearly explicate (the word kadesh)?
- Can the proceeds of holy prostitution or the proceeds of homosexual “holy prostitution” be acceptable in God’s house (Deuteronomy 23:19)?
- According to Deuteronomy 23:20-21, can one take interest from a fellow Israelite?
- Or is the term “nesekh” meant to mean exorbitant interest?
- Does Deuteronomy 23:22, dealing with oaths, seem to have any relationship to that which preceded?
- In Deuteronomy 23:24, is this a reference to “anything one says” or rather, to oaths involving Divinity alone?
- When one is hungry, is permission given, within reasonable limitations, to stop at a field and sate one’s hunger?
