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Exclusion from the Congregation
He that is a eunuch, whether he have been crushed or cut, shall not come into the congregation of Jehovah.
He that is a eunuch, whether he have been crushed or cut, shall not come into the congregation of Jehovah.
Those Excluded from the Congregation
“He who is emasculated by crushing or mutilation shall not enter the assembly of the Lord.
“He who is emasculated by crushing or mutilation shall not enter the assembly of the Lord.
A bastard shall not come into the congregation of Jehovah; even his tenth generation shall not come into the congregation of Jehovah.
“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.
An Ammonite or Moabite shall not come into the congregation of Jehovah; even their tenth generation shall not come into the congregation of Jehovah for ever;
“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,
because they met you not with bread and with water on the way, when ye came forth out of Egypt, and because they hired against thee Balaam the son of Beor, of Pethor of Mesopotamia, to curse thee.
But Jehovah thy God would not listen to Balaam; and Jehovah thy God turned the curse into blessing unto thee, because Jehovah thy God loved thee.
Nevertheless 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.
Thou shalt not seek their peace nor their prosperity all thy days for ever.
You shall not seek their peace nor their prosperity all your days forever.
Thou shalt not abhor an Edomite; for he is thy brother. Thou shalt not abhor an Egyptian; because thou wast a sojourner in his land.
“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.
Children that are born to them shall come into the congregation of Jehovah in the third generation.
The children of the third generation born to them may enter the assembly of the Lord.
Uncleanness in the Camp
When thou goest forth into camp against thine enemies, then keep thee from every evil thing.
When thou goest forth into camp against thine enemies, then keep thee from every evil thing.
Cleanliness of the Campsite
“When the army goes out against your enemies, then keep yourself from every wicked thing.
“When the army goes out against your enemies, then keep yourself from every wicked thing.
If there be with thee a man that is not clean from what hath happened in the night, then shall he go outside the camp; he shall not come inside the camp;
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.
and it shall be, towards evening, he shall bathe in water: and at the going down of the sun he may come inside the camp.
But it shall be, when evening comes, that he shall wash with water; and when the sun sets, he may come into the camp.
Thou shalt have a place also outside the camp, and shalt go forth thither.
“Also you shall have a place outside the camp, where you may go out;
And thou shalt have a shovel amongst thy weapons, and it shall be, when thou sittest down abroad, thou shalt dig therewith, and shalt turn back and cover that which is come from thee.
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.
For Jehovah thy God walketh in the midst of thy camp, to deliver thee, and to give up thine enemies before thee; and thy camp shall be holy, that he see nothing unseemly with thee, and turn away from thee.
For 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.
Miscellaneous Laws
Thou shalt not hand over to his master a bondman that hath escaped from his master unto thee:
Thou shalt not hand over to his master a bondman that hath escaped from his master unto thee:
Miscellaneous Laws
“You shall not give back to his master the slave who has escaped from his master to you.
“You shall not give back to his master the slave who has escaped from his master to you.
he shall dwell with thee, even in thy midst, in the place that he shall choose in one of thy gates, where it seemeth good to him; thou shalt not oppress him.
There shall be no prostitute amongst the daughters of Israel, nor any Sodomite amongst the sons of Israel.
Thou shalt not bring the hire of a harlot, or the price of a dog, into the house of Jehovah thy God for any vow; for even both these are an abomination to Jehovah thy God.
Thou shalt take no interest of thy brother, interest of money, interest of victuals, interest of anything that can be lent upon interest:
“You shall not charge interest to your brother — interest on money or food or anything that is lent out at interest.
of a foreigner thou mayest take interest, but of thy brother thou shalt not take interest; that Jehovah thy God may bless thee in all the business of thy hand in the land whither thou goest to possess it.
To 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.
When thou vowest a vow to Jehovah thy God, thou shalt not delay to perform it; for Jehovah thy God will certainly require it of thee, and it shall be sin in thee.
“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.
But if thou forbear to vow, it shall be no sin in thee.
But if you abstain from vowing, it shall not be sin to you.
What is gone out of thy lips thou shalt keep and do, as thou hast vowed to Jehovah thy God, the voluntary-offering that thou hast promised with thy mouth.
That 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.
When thou comest into thy neighbour's vineyard, thou mayest eat grapes thy fill, according to thy desire, but thou shalt not put any in thy vessel.
“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.
When thou comest into the standing corn of thy neighbour, thou mayest pluck ears with thy hand; but thou shalt not wave the sickle against thy neighbour's standing corn.
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.