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Exclusion From the Assembly
No one who has been emasculated by crushing or cutting may enter the assembly of the Lord.
No one who has been emasculated by crushing or cutting may enter the assembly of the Lord.
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.
“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.
No Ammonite or Moabite or any of their descendants may enter the assembly of the Lord, not even in the tenth generation.
“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,
However, the Lord your God would not listen to Balaam but turned the curse into a blessing for you, because the Lord your God loves you.
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.
Do not seek a treaty of friendship with them as long as you live.
You shall not seek their peace nor their prosperity all your days forever.
Do not despise an Edomite, for the Edomites are related to you. Do not despise an Egyptian, because you resided as foreigners in their country.
“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.
The third generation of children born to them may enter the assembly of the Lord.
The children of the third generation born to them may enter the assembly of the Lord.
Uncleanness in the Camp
When you are encamped against your enemies, keep away from everything impure.
When you are encamped against your enemies, keep away from everything impure.
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 one of your men is unclean because of a nocturnal emission, he is to go outside the camp and stay there.
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.
But as evening approaches he is to wash himself, and at sunset he may return to 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.
Designate a place outside the camp where you can go to relieve yourself.
“Also you shall have a place outside the camp, where you may go out;
As part of your equipment have something to dig with, and when you relieve yourself, dig a hole and cover up your excrement.
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 the Lord your God moves about in your camp to protect you and to deliver your enemies to you. Your camp must be holy, so that he will not see among you anything indecent and turn away from you.
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
If a slave has taken refuge with you, do not hand them over to their master.
If a slave has taken refuge with you, do not hand them over to their master.
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.
Let them live among you wherever they like and in whatever town they choose. Do not oppress them.
No Israelite man or woman is to become a shrine prostitute.
Do not charge a fellow Israelite interest, whether on money or food or anything else that may earn interest.
“You shall not charge interest to your brother — interest on money or food or anything that is lent out at interest.
You may charge a foreigner interest, but not a fellow Israelite, so that the Lord your God may bless you in everything you put your hand to in the land you are entering to possess.
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.
If you make a vow to the Lord your God, do not be slow to pay it, for the Lord your God will certainly demand it of you and you will be guilty of sin.
“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 you refrain from making a vow, you will not be guilty.
But if you abstain from vowing, it shall not be sin to you.
Whatever your lips utter you must be sure to do, because you made your vow freely to the Lord your God with your own 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.
If you enter your neighbor’s vineyard, you may eat all the grapes you want, but do not put any in your basket.
“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.