Those Excluded from the Congregation
1 “He who is emasculated by crushing or mutilation shallnot enter the assembly of theLord.
2 “One of illegitimate birth shall not enter the assembly of theLord; even to the tenth generation none of hisdescendantsshall enter the assembly of theLord.
3 “An Ammonite or Moabite shall not enter the assembly of theLord; even to the tenth generation none of hisdescendantsshall enter the assembly of theLordforever,
4 because they did not meet you with bread and water on the road when you came out of Egypt, andbecause they hired against you Balaam the son of Beor from Pethor of Mesopotamia, to curse you.
5 Nevertheless theLordyour God would not listen to Balaam, but theLordyour God turned the curse into a blessing for you, because theLordyour Godloves you.
6 You shall not seek their peace nor their prosperity all your days forever.
7 “You shall not abhor an Edomite,for heisyour brother. You shall not abhor an Egyptian, becauseyou were an alien in his land.
8 The children of the third generation born to them may enter the assembly of theLord.
Cleanliness of the Campsite
9 “When the army goes out against your enemies, then keep yourself from every wicked thing.
10 If there is any man among you who becomes unclean by some occurrence in the night, then he shall go outside the camp; he shall not come inside the camp.
11 But it shall be, when evening comes, thathe shall wash with water; and when the sun sets, he may come into the camp.
12 “Also you shall have a place outside the camp, where you may go out;
13 and you shall have an implement among your equipment, and when you sit down outside, you shall dig with it and turn and cover your refuse.
14 For theLordyour Godwalks in the midst of your camp, to deliver you and give your enemies over to you; therefore your camp shall be holy, that He may see no unclean thing among you, and turn away from you.
Miscellaneous Laws
15 “You shall not give back to his master the slave who has escaped from his master to you.
16 He may dwell with you in your midst, in the place which he chooses within one of your gates, where it seems best to him;you shall not oppress him.
17 “There shall be noritualharlot of the daughters of Israel, or aperverted one of the sons of Israel.
18 You shall not bring the wages of a harlot or the price of a dog to the house of theLordyour God for any vowed offering, for both of thesearean abomination to theLordyour God.
19 “You shall not charge interest to your brother—interest on moneyorfoodoranything that is lent out at interest.
20 To a foreigner you may charge interest, but to your brother you shall not charge interest,that theLordyour God may bless you in all to which you set your hand in the land which you are entering to possess.
21 “When you make a vow to theLordyour God, you shall not delay to pay it; for theLordyour God will surely require it of you, and it would be sin to you.
22 But if you abstain from vowing, it shall not be sin to you.
23 That which has gone from your lips you shall keep and perform, for you voluntarily vowed to theLordyour God what you have promised with your mouth.
24 “When you come into your neighbor’s vineyard, you may eat your fill of grapes at your pleasure, but you shall not putanyin your container.
25 When you come into your neighbor’s standing grain,you may pluck the heads with your hand, but you shall not use a sickle on your neighbor’s standing grain.