| New King James Version | English Standard Version |
| 1“He who is emasculated by crushing or mutilation shall not enter the assembly of the LORD. | 1“No one whose testicles are crushed or whose male organ is cut off shall enter the assembly of the LORD. |
| 2“One of illegitimate birth shall not enter the assembly of the LORD; even to the tenth generation none of his descendants shall enter the assembly of the LORD. | 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. |
| 3“An Ammonite or Moabite shall not enter the assembly of the LORD; even to the tenth generation none of his descendants shall enter the assembly of the LORD forever, | 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, |
| 4because they did not meet you with bread and water on the road when you came out of Egypt, and because they hired against you Balaam the son of Beor from Pethor of Mesopotamia, to curse you. | 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. |
| 5Nevertheless the LORD your God would not listen to Balaam, but the LORD your God turned the curse into a blessing for you, because the LORD your God loves 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. |
| 6You shall not seek their peace nor their prosperity all your days forever. | 6You shall not seek their peace or their prosperity all your days forever. |
| 7“You shall not abhor an Edomite, for he is your brother. You shall not abhor an Egyptian, because you were an alien in his land. | 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. |
| 8The children of the third generation born to them may enter the assembly of the LORD. | 8Children born to them in the third generation may enter the assembly of the LORD. |
| 9“When the army goes out against your enemies, then keep yourself from every wicked thing. | 9“When you are encamped against your enemies, then you shall keep yourself from every evil thing. |
| 10If 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. | 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, |
| 11But it shall be, when evening comes, that he shall wash with water; and when the sun sets, he may come into the camp. | 11but when evening comes, he shall bathe himself in water, and as the sun sets, he may come inside the camp. |
| 12“Also you shall have a place outside the camp, where you may go out; | 12“You shall have a place outside the camp, and you shall go out to it. |
| 13and 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. | 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. |
| 14For the LORD your God walks 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. | 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. |
| 15“You shall not give back to his master the slave who has escaped from his master to you. | 15“You shall not give up to his master a slave who has escaped from his master to you. |
| 16He 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. | 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. |
| 17“There shall be no ritual harlot of the daughters of Israel, or a perverted one of the sons of Israel. | 17“None of the daughters of Israel shall be a cult prostitute, and none of the sons of Israel shall be a cult prostitute. |
| 18You shall not bring the wages of a harlot or the price of a dog to the house of the LORD your God for any vowed offering, for both of these are an abomination to the LORD your God. | 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. |
| 19“You shall not charge interest to your brother—interest on money or food or anything that is lent out at interest. | 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. |
| 20To a foreigner you may charge interest, but to your brother you shall not charge interest, that the LORD your God may bless you in all to which you set your hand in the land which you are entering to possess. | 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. |
| 21“When you make a vow to the LORD your God, you shall not delay to pay it; for the LORD your God will surely require it of you, and it would be sin to you. | 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. |
| 22But if you abstain from vowing, it shall not be sin to you. | 22But if you refrain from vowing, you will not be guilty of sin. |
| 23That which has gone from your lips you shall keep and perform, for you voluntarily vowed to the LORD your God what you have promised with your mouth. | 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. |
| 24“When you come into your neighbor’s vineyard, you may eat your fill of grapes at your pleasure, but you shall not put any in your container. | 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. |
| 25When 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. | 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. |
| The Holy Bible, New King James Version, Copyright © 1982 Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved. | ESV Text Edition: 2016. The ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®) copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. The ESV® text has been reproduced in cooperation with and by permission of Good News Publishers. Unauthorized reproduction of this publication is prohibited. All rights reserved. |
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