Deuteronomy 23
1 No man whose private parts have been wounded or cut off may come into the meeting of the Lord's people.
No man with crushed or severed genitals may enter the assembly of the LORD.
2 One whose father and mother are not married may not come into the meeting of the Lord's people, or any of his family to the tenth generation.
No one of illegitimate birth may enter the assembly of the LORD, nor may any of his descendants, even to the tenth generation.
3 No Ammonite or Moabite or any of their people to the tenth generation may come into the meeting of the Lord's people:
No Ammonite or Moabite or any of their descendants may enter the assembly of the LORD, even to the tenth generation.
4 Because they gave you no bread or water on your way, when you came out of Egypt: and they got Balaam, the son of Peor, from Pethor in Aram-naharaim to put curses on you.
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.
5 But the Lord your God would not give ear to Balaam, but let the curse be changed into a blessing to you, because of his love for you.
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.
6 Do nothing for their peace or well-being for ever.
You are not to seek peace or prosperity from them as long as you live.
7 But have no hate for an Edomite, because he is your brother, or for an Egyptian, for you were living in his land.
Do not despise an Edomite, for he is your brother. Do not despise an Egyptian, because you lived as a foreigner in his land.
8 Their children in the third generation may come into the meeting of the Lord's people.
The third generation of children born to them may enter the assembly of the LORD.
9 When you go out to war and put your tents in position, keep from every evil thing.
When you are encamped against your enemies, then you shall keep yourself from every wicked thing.
10 If any man among you becomes unclean through anything which has taken place in the night, he is to go out from the tent-circle and keep outside it:
If any man among you becomes unclean because of a nocturnal emission, he must leave the camp and stay outside.
11 But when evening comes near, let him take a bath: and after sundown he may come back to the tents.
When evening approaches, he must wash with water, and when the sun sets he may return to the camp.
12 Let there be a place outside the tent-circle to which you may go;
You must have a place outside the camp to go and relieve yourself.
13 And have among your arms a spade; and when you have been to that place, let that which comes from you be covered up with earth:
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.
14 For the Lord your God is walking among your tents, to keep you safe and to give up into your hands those who are fighting against you; then let your tents be holy, so that he may see no unclean thing among you, and be turned away from you.
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.
15 Do not give back to his master a servant who has gone in flight from his master and come to you:
Do not return a slave to his master if he has taken refuge with you.
16 Let him go on living among you in whatever place is most pleasing to him: do not be hard on him.
Let him live among you wherever he chooses, in the town of his pleasing. Do not oppress him.
17 No daughter of Israel is to let herself be used as a loose woman for a strange god, and no son of Israel is to give himself to a man.
No daughter or son of Israel is to be a shrine prostitute.
18 Do not take into the house of the Lord your God, as an offering for an oath, the price of a loose woman or the money given to one used for sex purposes in the worship of the gods: for these two things are disgusting to the Lord your God.
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.
19 Do not take interest from an Israelite on anything, money or food or any other goods, which you let him have:
Do not charge your brother interest on money, food, or any other type of loan.
20 From men of other nations you may take interest, but not from an Israelite: so that the blessing of the Lord your God may be on everything to which you put your hand, in the land which you are about to take as your heritage.
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.
21 When you take an oath to the Lord, do not be slow to give effect to it: for without doubt the Lord your God will make you responsible, and will put it to your account as sin.
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.
22 But if you take no oath, there will be no sin.
But if you refrain from making a vow, you will not be guilty of sin.
23 Whatever your lips have said, see that you do it; for you gave your word freely to the Lord your God.
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.
24 When you go into your neighbour's vine-garden, you may take of his grapes at your pleasure, but you may not take them away in your vessel.
When you enter your neighbor’s vineyard, you may eat your fill of grapes, but you must not put any in your basket.
25 When you go into your neighbour's field, you may take the heads of grain with your hand; but you may not put your blade to his grain.
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.
