| English Standard Version | Holman Christian Standard Bible |
| 1“No one whose testicles are crushed or whose male organ is cut off shall enter the assembly of the LORD. | 1No man whose testicles have been crushed or whose penis has been cut off may enter the LORD's assembly. |
| 2“No one born of a forbidden union may enter the assembly of the LORD. Even to the tenth generation, none of his descendants may enter the assembly of the LORD. | 2No one of illegitimate birth may enter the LORD's assembly; none of his descendants, even to the tenth generation, may enter the LORD's assembly. |
| 3“No Ammonite or Moabite may enter the assembly of the LORD. Even to the tenth generation, none of them may enter the assembly of the LORD forever, | 3No Ammonite or Moabite may enter the LORD's assembly; none of their descendants, even to the tenth generation, may ever enter the LORD's assembly. |
| 4because they did not meet you with bread and with water on the way, when you came out of Egypt, and because they hired against you Balaam the son of Beor from Pethor of Mesopotamia, to curse you. | 4This is because they did not meet you with food and water on the journey after you came out of Egypt, and because Balaam son of Beor from Pethor in Aram-naharaim was hired to curse you. |
| 5But the LORD your God would not listen to Balaam; instead the LORD your God turned the curse into a blessing for you, because the LORD your God loved you. | 5Yet the LORD your God would not listen to Balaam, but He turned the curse into a blessing for you because the LORD your God loves you. |
| 6You shall not seek their peace or their prosperity all your days forever. | 6Never seek their peace or prosperity as long as you live. |
| 7“You shall not abhor an Edomite, for he is your brother. You shall not abhor an Egyptian, because you were a sojourner in his land. | 7Do not despise an Edomite, because he is your brother. Do not despise an Egyptian, because you were a foreign resident in his land. |
| 8Children born to them in the third generation may enter the assembly of the LORD. | 8The children born to them in the third generation may enter the LORD's assembly." |
| 9“When you are encamped against your enemies, then you shall keep yourself from every evil thing. | 9When you are encamped against your enemies, be careful to avoid anything offensive. |
| 10“If any man among you becomes unclean because of a nocturnal emission, then he shall go outside the camp. He shall not come inside the camp, | 10If there is a man among you who is unclean because of a bodily emission during the night, he must go outside the camp; he may not come anywhere inside the camp. |
| 11but when evening comes, he shall bathe himself in water, and as the sun sets, he may come inside the camp. | 11When evening approaches, he must wash with water, and when the sun sets he may come inside the camp. |
| 12“You shall have a place outside the camp, and you shall go out to it. | 12You must have a place outside the camp and go there to relieve yourself. |
| 13And you shall have a trowel with your tools, and when you sit down outside, you shall dig a hole with it and turn back and cover up your excrement. | 13You must have a digging tool in your equipment; when you relieve yourself, dig a hole with it and cover up your excrement. |
| 14Because the LORD your God walks in the midst of your camp, to deliver you and to give up your enemies before you, therefore your camp must be holy, so that he may not see anything indecent among you and turn away from you. | 14For the LORD your God walks throughout your camp to protect you and deliver your enemies to you; so your encampments must be holy. He must not see anything improper among you or He will turn away from you." |
| 15“You shall not give up to his master a slave who has escaped from his master to you. | 15Do not return a slave to his master when he has escaped from his master to you. |
| 16He shall dwell with you, in your midst, in the place that he shall choose within one of your towns, wherever it suits him. You shall not wrong him. | 16Let him live among you wherever he wants within your gates. Do not mistreat him." |
| 17“None of the daughters of Israel shall be a cult prostitute, and none of the sons of Israel shall be a cult prostitute. | 17No Israelite woman is to be a cult prostitute, and no Israelite man is to be a cult prostitute. |
| 18You shall not bring the fee of a prostitute or the wages of a dog into the house of the LORD your God in payment for any vow, for both of these are an abomination to the LORD your God. | 18Do not bring a female prostitute's wages or a male prostitute's earnings into the house of the LORD your God to fulfill any vow, because both are detestable to the LORD your God." |
| 19“You shall not charge interest on loans to your brother, interest on money, interest on food, interest on anything that is lent for interest. | 19Do not charge your brother interest on money, food, or anything that can earn interest. |
| 20You may charge a foreigner interest, but you may not charge your brother interest, that the LORD your God may bless you in all that you undertake in the land that you are entering to take possession of it. | 20You may charge a foreigner interest, but you must not charge your brother interest, so that the LORD your God may bless you in everything you do in the land you are entering to possess." |
| 21“If you make a vow to the LORD your God, you shall not delay fulfilling it, for the LORD your God will surely require it of you, and you will be guilty of sin. | 21If you make a vow to the LORD your God, do not be slow to keep it, because He will require it of you, and it will be counted against you as sin. |
| 22But if you refrain from vowing, you will not be guilty of sin. | 22But if you refrain from making a vow, it will not be counted against you as sin. |
| 23You shall be careful to do what has passed your lips, for you have voluntarily vowed to the LORD your God what you have promised with your mouth. | 23Be careful to do whatever comes from your lips, because you have freely vowed what you promised to the LORD your God." |
| 24“If you go into your neighbor’s vineyard, you may eat your fill of grapes, as many as you wish, but you shall not put any in your bag. | 24When you enter your neighbor's vineyard, you may eat as many grapes as you want until you are full, but you must not put any in your container. |
| 25If you go into your neighbor’s standing grain, you may pluck the ears with your hand, but you shall not put a sickle to your neighbor’s standing grain. | 25When you enter your neighbor's standing grain, you may pluck heads of grain with your hand, but you must not put a sickle to your neighbor's grain." |
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