Deuteronomy 23

1 Not he will go [one who] is wounded of crushing and [one who] is cut off of penis in [the] assembly of Yahweh.

“Any man whose testicles are crushed or whose penis is cut off shall not be (included as one of/allowed to worship with) Yahweh’s people.

2 Not he will go a bastard in [the] assembly of Yahweh also a generation tenth not it will go of him in [the] assembly of Yahweh.

“No (illegitimate person/person whose mother and father were not married), or descendant of that person, extending to the tenth generation, shall be included as one of Yahweh’s people.

3 Not he will go an Ammonite and a Moabite in [the] assembly of Yahweh also a generation tenth not it will go of them in [the] assembly of Yahweh until perpetuity.

“No one from the Ammon or Moab people-groups shall be (included as one of/allowed to worship with) Yahweh’s people, extending to the tenth generation.

4 On [the] thing that not they met you with food and with water on the way when came out you from Egypt and that he hired on you Balaam [the] son of Beor from Pethor Aram Naharaim to curse you.

One reason is that their [leaders] refused to give your ancestors food and water when they were traveling from Egypt [to Canaan]. Another reason is that they wanted to pay Balaam, the son of Beor from Pethor [town] in Mesopotamia, to curse you Israelis.

5 And not he was willing Yahweh God your to listen to Balaam and he turned Yahweh God your for you the curse into blessing for he loved you Yahweh God your.

But Yahweh our God did not pay attention to Balaam; instead, he caused Balaam to bless your ancestors, because Yahweh loved them.

6 Not you will seek peace their and good their all days your for ever.

As long as Israel is a nation, you must not do anything to cause things to go well for those two people-groups or enable them to prosper.

7 Not you will abhor an Edomite for [is] relative your he. Not you will abhor an Egyptian for a sojourner you were in land his.

“But do not despise anyone from the Edom people-group, because they are [descendants of your ancestor Jacob], just like you are. And do not despise people from Egypt, because [they treated your ancestors well when] they first lived in Egypt.

8 Children who they will be born to them a generation third it will go of them in [the] assembly of Yahweh.

The children and grandchildren of people from Edom and Egypt [who live among you] may be (included among/allowed to worship with) Yahweh’s people.”

9 If you will go out a camp on enemies your and you will keep yourself from every thing evil.

“When your soldiers are living in tents at a time of fighting your enemies, they must avoid doing things that would make them unacceptable to God.

10 If he will be among you a man who not he will be clean from a happening of night and he will go out to from [the] outside of the camp not he will come into [the] middle of the camp.

If any soldier becomes unacceptable to God because semen comes out of his body during the night, [the next morning] he must go outside the camp and stay there during that day.

11 And it will be to [the] turning of evening he will wash with water and just as goes the sun he will come into [the] middle of the camp.

But in the evening of that day, he must bathe himself, and at sunset he is allowed to come back into the camp.

12 And a hand it will belong to you from [the] outside of the camp and you will go out there towards outside.

“Your soldiers must have a toilet area outside the camp where you can go [when you need to].

13 And a spade it will belong to you with equipment your and it will be when sitting down you outside and you will dig with it and you will turn and you will cover excrement your.

[When you go to fight against your enemies], carry a stick along with your weapons, in order that when you need to defecate [EUP], you can dig a hole with the stick, and then cover up the hole [when you have finished defecating].

14 For Yahweh God your [is] walking back and forth - in [the] midst of camp your to deliver you and to deliver up enemies your before you and it will be camps your holy and not he will see among you [the] nakedness of a thing and he will turn away from after you.

You must keep the camp acceptable to Yahweh our God, because he is with you in your camp to protect you and to enable you to defeat your enemies. Do not do anything disgraceful/indecent that would cause Yahweh to abandon you.”

15 Not you will deliver up a slave to master his who he will deliver himself to you from with master his.

“If slaves who escape from their masters come to you [and request you to protect them], do not send them back to their masters.

16 With you let him remain in midst your in the place which he will choose in one of gates your in the good [place] to him not you will maltreat him.

Allow them to stay/live among you, in whatever town they choose, and do not mistreat them.

17 Not she will be a female cult prostitute any of [the] daughters of Israel and not he will be a male cult prostitute any of [the] sons of Israel.

“Do not [allow] any Israeli man or woman [to] become a prostitute at the temple.

18 Not you will bring [the] price of a prostitute and [the] hire of a dog [the] house of Yahweh God your for any vow for [are] [the] abomination of Yahweh God your also both of them.

Also, do not allow any people who earned money from being a prostitute to bring any of that money into the temple of Yahweh our God, even if they solemnly promised to pay that money to Yahweh. Yahweh hates those who are prostitutes.

19 Not you will charge interest to countryman your interest of money interest of food interest of any thing which someone will pay interest.

“When you lend money or food or anything else to a fellow Israeli, do not charge them interest.

20 To the foreigner you will charge interest and to countryman your not you will charge interest so that he may bless you Yahweh God your in every undertaking of hand your on the land where you [are] about to go there towards to take possession of it.

You are allowed to charge interest when you lend money to foreigners [who live in your land], but not when you lend money to Israelis. Do this in order that Yahweh our God will bless you in everything that you do in the land that you are about to enter and occupy.

21 If you will vow a vow to Yahweh God your not you will delay to pay it for certainly he will require it Yahweh God your from with you and it will be on you sin.

“When you vow to give something to Yahweh your God [or to do something for him], do it as soon as you can. Yahweh expects you to do what you promised, and if you do not do it, you will be committing a sin.

22 And if you will refrain to make a vow not it will be on you sin.

But if you [SYN] do not vow [to do something], that is not sinful.

23 [the] utterance of Lips your you will take care and you will do just as you have vowed to Yahweh God your voluntariness [that] which you have spoken with mouth your.

But if you voluntarily promise to do something, you must do it.

24 If you will go in [the] vineyard of neighbor your and you will eat grapes according to appetite your satiety your and into vessel your not you will put [them].

“When you walk through someone else’s vineyard, you are allowed to [pick and] eat as many grapes as you want, but you must not [cut some from a vine and carry them away] in a container.

25 If you will go in [the] standing grain of neighbor your and you will pluck off ears of corn with hand your and a sickle not you will wield on [the] standing grain of neighbor your.

When you walk [along a path] in someone else’s field of grain, you are allowed to pluck/pick some of the grain and eat it, but you must not cut any grain with a sickle [and take it with you].”