Deuteronomy 23

1 No man with crushed or severed genitals may enter the assembly of the LORD.

He that is wounded in the stones, or has his privy member cut off, shall not enter into the congregation of the LORD.

2 No one of illegitimate birth may enter the assembly of the LORD, nor may any of his descendants, even to the tenth generation.

A bastard shall not enter into the congregation of the LORD; even to his tenth generation shall he not enter into the congregation of the LORD.

3 No Ammonite or Moabite or any of their descendants may enter the assembly of the LORD, even to the tenth generation.

An Ammonite or Moabite shall not enter into the congregation of the LORD; even to their tenth generation shall they not enter into the congregation of the LORD for ever:

4 For they did not meet you with food and water on your way out of Egypt, and they hired Balaam son of Beor from Pethor in Aram-naharaim to curse you.

Because they met you not with bread and with water in the way, when you came forth out of Egypt; and because they hired against you Balaam the son of Beor of Pethor of Mesopotamia, to curse you.

5 Yet the LORD your God would not listen to Balaam, and the LORD your God turned the curse into a blessing for you, because the LORD your God loves you.

Nevertheless the LORD your God would not listen to Balaam; but the LORD your God turned the curse into a blessing to you, because the LORD your God loved you.

6 You are not to seek peace or prosperity from them as long as you live.

You shall not seek their peace nor their prosperity all your days for ever.

7 Do not despise an Edomite, for he is your brother. Do not despise an Egyptian, because you lived as a foreigner in his land.

You shall not abhor an Edomite; for he is your brother: you shall not abhor an Egyptian; because you were a stranger in his land.

8 The third generation of children born to them may enter the assembly of the LORD.

The children that are begotten of them shall enter into the congregation of the LORD in their third generation.

9 When you are encamped against your enemies, then you shall keep yourself from every wicked thing.

When the host goes forth against your enemies, then keep you from every wicked thing.

10 If any man among you becomes unclean because of a nocturnal emission, he must leave the camp and stay outside.

If there be among you any man, that is not clean by reason of uncleanness that chances him by night, then shall he go abroad out of the camp, he shall not come within the camp:

11 When evening approaches, he must wash with water, and when the sun sets he may return to the camp.

But it shall be, when evening comes on, he shall wash himself with water: and when the sun is down, he shall come into the camp again.

12 You must have a place outside the camp to go and relieve yourself.

You shall have a place also without the camp, where you shall go forth abroad:

13 And you must have a digging tool in your equipment so that when you relieve yourself you can dig a hole and cover up your excrement.

And you shall have a paddle on your weapon; and it shall be, when you will ease yourself abroad, you shall dig therewith, and shall turn back and cover that which comes from you:

14 For the LORD your God walks throughout your camp to protect you and deliver your enemies to you. Your camp must be holy, lest He see anything unclean among you and turn away from you.

For the LORD your God walks in the middle of your camp, to deliver you, and to give up your enemies before you; therefore shall your camp be holy: that he see no unclean thing in you, and turn away from you.

15 Do not return a slave to his master if he has taken refuge with you.

You shall not deliver to his master the servant which is escaped from his master to you:

16 Let him live among you wherever he chooses, in the town of his pleasing. Do not oppress him.

He shall dwell with you, even among you, in that place which he shall choose in one of your gates, where it likes him best: you shall not oppress him.

17 No daughter or son of Israel is to be a shrine prostitute.

There shall be no whore of the daughters of Israel, nor a sodomite of the sons of Israel.

18 You must not bring the wages of a prostitute, whether female or male, into the house of the LORD your God to fulfill any vow, because both are detestable to the LORD your God.

You shall not bring the hire of a whore, or the price of a dog, into the house of the LORD your God for any vow: for even both these are abomination to the LORD your God.

19 Do not charge your brother interest on money, food, or any other type of loan.

You shall not lend on usury to your brother; usury of money, usury of victuals, usury of any thing that is lent on usury:

20 You may charge a foreigner interest, but not your brother, so that the LORD your God may bless you in everything to which you put your hand in the land that you are entering to possess.

To a stranger you may lend on usury; but to your brother you shall not lend on usury: that the LORD your God may bless you in all that you set your hand to in the land where you go to possess it.

21 If you make a vow to the LORD your God, do not be slow to keep it, because He will surely require it of you, and you will be guilty of sin.

When you shall vow a vow to the LORD your God, you shall not slack to pay it: for the LORD your God will surely require it of you; and it would be sin in you.

22 But if you refrain from making a vow, you will not be guilty of sin.

But if you shall forbear to vow, it shall be no sin in you.

23 Be careful to follow through on what comes from your lips, because you have freely vowed to the LORD your God with your own mouth.

That which is gone out of your lips you shall keep and perform; even a freewill offering, according as you have vowed to the LORD your God, which you have promised with your mouth.

24 When you enter your neighbor’s vineyard, you may eat your fill of grapes, but you must not put any in your basket.

When you come into your neighbor’s vineyard, then you may eat grapes your fill at your own pleasure; but you shall not put any in your vessel.

25 When you enter your neighbor’s grainfield, you may pluck the heads of grain with your hand, but you must not put a sickle to your neighbor’s grain.

When you come into the standing corn of your neighbor, then you may pluck the ears with your hand; but you shall not move a sickle to your neighbor’s standing corn.