| New King James Version | New American Standard Bible 1995 |
| 1“He who is emasculated by crushing or mutilation shall not enter the assembly of the LORD. | 1"No one who is emasculated or has his male organ 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 of illegitimate birth shall enter the assembly of the LORD; none of his descendants, even to the tenth generation, shall 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 shall enter the assembly of the LORD; none of their descendants, even to the tenth generation, shall ever enter the assembly of the LORD, |
| 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 food and 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. | 5"Nevertheless, the LORD your God was not willing to listen to Balaam, but the LORD your God turned the curse into a blessing for you because the LORD your God loves you. |
| 6You shall not seek their peace nor their prosperity all your days forever. | 6"You shall never seek their peace or their prosperity all your days. |
| 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 detest an Edomite, for he is your brother; you shall not detest an Egyptian, because you were an alien in his land. |
| 8The children of the third generation born to them may enter the assembly of the LORD. | 8"The sons of the third generation who are born to them 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 go out as an army against your enemies, 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 there is among you any man who is unclean because of a nocturnal emission, then he must go outside the camp; he may not reenter 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. | 11"But it shall be when evening approaches, he shall bathe himself with water, and at sundown he may reenter the camp. |
| 12“Also you shall have a place outside the camp, where you may go out; | 12"You shall also have a place outside the camp and go out there, |
| 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 spade among your tools, and it shall be when you sit down outside, you shall dig with it and shall turn to 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. | 14"Since the LORD your God walks in the midst of your camp to deliver you and to defeat your enemies before you, therefore your camp must be holy; and He must not see anything indecent among you or He will 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 hand over 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. | 16"He shall live with you in your midst, in the place which he shall choose in one of your towns where it pleases him; you shall not mistreat 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, nor shall any of the sons of Israel 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. | 18"You shall not bring the hire of a harlot or the wages of a dog into the house of the LORD your God for any votive offering, 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 to your countrymen: interest on money, food, or anything that may be loaned at 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. | 20"You may charge interest to a foreigner, but to your countrymen you shall not charge interest, so that the LORD your God may bless you in all that you undertake in the land which you are about to enter to possess. |
| 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"When you make a vow to the LORD your God, you shall not delay to pay it, for it would be sin in you, and the LORD your God will surely require it of you. |
| 22But if you abstain from vowing, it shall not be sin to you. | 22"However, if you refrain from vowing, it would not be sin in you. |
| 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. | 23"You shall be careful to perform what goes out from your lips, just as you have voluntarily vowed to the LORD your God, what you have promised. |
| 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"When you enter your neighbor's vineyard, then you may eat grapes until you are fully satisfied, but you shall not put any in your basket. |
| 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. | 25"When you enter your neighbor's standing grain, then you may pluck the heads with your hand, but you shall not wield a sickle in your neighbor's standing grain. |
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