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| 1 "No man whose testicles have been crushed or whose penis has been cut off may participate in the assembly of the LORD. | 1No man with crushed or severed genitals may enter the assembly of the LORD. |
| 2Furthermore, no one born due to an illicit sexual relationship may participate in the assembly of the LORD, including his descendants to the tenth generation. | 2No 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 may participate in the assembly of the LORD, and none of their descendants shall be admitted to the assembly of the LORD, to the tenth generation, | 3No Ammonite or Moabite or any of their descendants may enter the assembly of the LORD, even to the tenth generation. |
| 4because they didn't come to meet you with food and water along the way as you were coming out of Egypt. Instead, they hired Beor's son Balaam from Pethor in Aram-naharaim to curse you. | 4For 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. |
| 5However, the LORD your God didn't listen to Balaam. The LORD your God turned Balaam's curse into a blessing, because the LORD your God loves you. | 5Yet 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. |
| 6Don't seek a peace treaty with them as long as you live. | 6You are not to seek peace or prosperity from them as long as you live. |
| 7Don't detest Edomites, since they are related to you. Don't detest Egyptians, either, because you were strangers in their land. | 7Do not despise an Edomite, for he is your brother. Do not despise an Egyptian, because you lived as a foreigner in his land. |
| 8Their grandchildren may participate in the assembly of the LORD." | 8The third generation of children born to them may enter the assembly of the LORD. |
| 9"When you are encamped for battle against your enemies, be on guard against every form of impropriety. | 9When you are encamped against your enemies, then you shall keep yourself from every wicked thing. |
| 10If someone among you becomes unclean due to nocturnal emissions, he must leave the camp and stay outside. | 10If any man among you becomes unclean because of a nocturnal emission, he must leave the camp and stay outside. |
| 11As evening approaches he must wash himself with water. Then at sunset, he may return to the camp. | 11When evening approaches, he must wash with water, and when the sun sets he may return to the camp. |
| 12"Choose a place outside the camp for a latrine. | 12You must have a place outside the camp to go and relieve yourself. |
| 13Include a spade among your equipment so that when you squat to relieve yourself, you can dig a hole and then cover your excrement. | 13And 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. |
| 14For the LORD your God is on the move within your camp to deliver you and to hand your enemies over to you. Therefore your camp must be holy so that he will 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. Your camp must be holy, lest He see anything unclean among you and turn away from you. |
| 15"Don't hand over a slave who escaped from his master when he runs to you. | 15Do not return a slave to his master if he has taken refuge with you. |
| 16Let him live among you wherever he chooses in any of your cities that he likes. Don't mistreat him." | 16Let him live among you wherever he chooses, in the town of his pleasing. Do not oppress him. |
| 17"There are to be no cultic prostitutes among the daughters or the sons of Israel. | 17No daughter or son of Israel is to be a shrine prostitute. |
| 18Don't bring the earnings of a female prostitute nor the income of a male prostitute into the house of the LORD your God as payment for any vow. Both of these are detestable to the LORD your God." | 18You 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"Don't charge interest to your relatives, whether for money, food, or for anything that has been loaned at interest. | 19Do not charge your brother interest on money, food, or any other type of loan. |
| 20You may charge interest to a foreigner, but don't charge interest to your relatives, so the LORD your God may bless you in everything you undertake in the land that you are about to enter and possess. | 20You 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 make a vow to the LORD your God, don't delay paying it, because the LORD your God will certainly demand payment from you, and then 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 surely require it of you, and you will be guilty of sin. |
| 22But if you refrain from making a vow, then you won't be guilty. | 22But if you refrain from making a vow, you will not be guilty of sin. |
| 23Be sure you do whatever you promise, because you have given your word voluntarily to the LORD your God. | 23Be 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 enter your countrymen's vineyard, you may eat the grapes to your satisfaction, but don't take any in a basket. | 24When you enter your neighbor’s vineyard, you may eat your fill of grapes, but you must not put any in your basket. |
| 25When you enter your countrymen's grain fields, you may pluck the grain with your hand, but don't put a sickle to his standing grain." | 25When 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. |
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