Deuteronomy, 23

1. He that is wounded in the stones, or hath his privy member cut off, shall not enter into the congregation of the LORD.

1. No man shall take the wife of his father; let him not dishonor his father.

2. A bastard shall not enter into the congregation of the LORD; even to his tenth generation shall he not enter into the congregation of the LORD.

2. The man whose testicles are crushed and whose penis is cut shall not be admitted into the assembly of Yahweh.

3. An Ammonite or Moabite shall not enter into the congregation of the LORD; even to their tenth generation shall they not enter into the congregation of the LORD for ever:

3. Nor shall the half-breed be admitted into the assembly of Yahweh, even to the tenth generation.

4. Because they met you not with bread and with water in 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.

4. The Ammonite or Moabite shall never be admitted into the assembly of Yahweh even after the tenth generation,

5. Nevertheless the LORD thy God would not hearken unto Balaam; but the LORD thy God turned the curse into a blessing unto thee, because the LORD thy God loved thee.

5. because when you came forth from Egypt, they did not go out to meet you with bread and water, but instead they hired Balaam, the son of Beor, from the Pethor in Mesopotamia, to curse you.

6. Thou shalt not seek their peace nor their prosperity all thy days for ever.

6. But Yahweh, your God, did not listen to Balaam and turned the curse into a blessing because Yahweh loves you.

7. Thou shalt not abhor an Edomite; for he [is] thy brother: thou shalt not abhor an Egyptian; because thou wast a stranger in his land.

7. You shall never share your prosperity or happiness with these peoples.

8. The children that are begotten of them shall enter into the congregation of the LORD in their third generation.

8. You shall not regard the Edomite as abominable, for he is your brother, or the Egyptian, because you were a pilgrim in his land.

9. When the host goeth forth against thine enemies, then keep thee from every wicked thing.

9. From the third generation, their descendants can be admitted into the assembly of Yahweh.

10. If there be among you any man, that is not clean by reason of uncleanness that chanceth him by night, then shall he go abroad out of the camp, he shall not come within the camp:

10. When you set out against your enemies, you shall keep yourselves from every evil act.

11. But it shall be, when evening cometh on, he shall wash [himself] with water: and when the sun is down, he shall come into the camp [again].

11. If there is among you a man who is not clean by reason of nocturnal emission, he shall go and stay outside the camp.

12. Thou shalt have a place also without the camp, whither thou shalt go forth abroad:

12. When evening comes, he shall bathe himself and after sunset, he may enter the camp.

13. And thou shalt have a paddle upon thy weapon; and it shall be, when thou wilt ease thyself abroad, thou shalt dig therewith, and shalt turn back and cover that which cometh from thee:

13. You shall have a place outside the camp for your natural necessities.

14. For the LORD thy God walketh in the midst of thy camp, to deliver thee, and to give up thine enemies before thee; therefore shall thy camp be holy: that he see no unclean thing in thee, and turn away from thee.

14. You shall bring a stick with your equipment with which you may dig a hole, and then cover up the excrement with the unearthed soil.

15. Thou shalt not deliver unto his master the servant which is escaped from his master unto thee:

15. Because Yahweh, your God, walks in the midst of the camp to protect you and give your enemy into your hands; your camp must be sacred, that Yahweh may not see anything indecent in it; otherwise, he will turn away from you.

16. He shall dwell with thee, [even] among you, in that place which he shall choose in one of thy gates, where it liketh him best: thou shalt not oppress him.

16. You shall not turn over to his master the slave who ran away from his house and sought refuge with you.

17. There shall be no whore of the daughters of Israel, nor a sodomite of the sons of Israel.

17. He shall stay with you among your household, in the place that he chooses in one of your cities, where it seems best for him. You shall not oppress him.

18. Thou shalt not bring the hire of a whore, or the price of a dog, into the house of the LORD thy God for any vow: for even both these [are] abomination unto the LORD thy God.

18. There shall not be among the daughters of Israel a consecrated prostitute, or a consecrated homosexual among the sons of Israel.

19. Thou shalt not lend upon usury to thy brother; usury of money, usury of victuals, usury of any thing that is lent upon usury:

19. You shall not bring into the house of Yahweh, your God, a gift for prostitutes, or the wages of a dog, that is, a homosexual, to pay for the vow that you have made, for both of these are abominable in the eyes of Yahweh.

20. Unto a stranger thou mayest lend upon usury; but unto thy brother thou shalt not lend upon usury: that the LORD thy God may bless thee in all that thou settest thine hand to in the land whither thou goest to possess it.

20. You shall not lend with interest to your brothers, either in money or food, or in any other thing.

21. When thou shalt vow a vow unto the LORD thy God, thou shalt not slack to pay it: for the LORD thy God will surely require it of thee; and it would be sin in thee.

21. You can lend with interest to a foreigner, but not to your brother, so that Yahweh, your God, may bless you in all your undertakings in the land you are to possess.

22. But if thou shalt forbear to vow, it shall be no sin in thee.

22. If you make any vow to Yahweh, you shall not be late in fulfilling it for Yahweh will surely require it of you and it would be charged as sin against you.

23. That which is gone out of thy lips thou shalt keep and perform; [even] a freewill offering, according as thou hast vowed unto the LORD thy God, which thou hast promised with thy mouth.

23. If you abstain from making vows, you do not commit any sin.

24. When thou comest into thy neighbour's vineyard, then thou mayest eat grapes thy fill at thine own pleasure; but thou shalt not put [any] in thy vessel.

24. Fulfill your promises and, if you make any vow, you shall offer what you have promised to Yahweh.

25. When thou comest into the standing corn of thy neighbour, then thou mayest pluck the ears with thine hand; but thou shalt not move a sickle unto thy neighbour's standing corn.

25. If you go through the vineyard of your neighbor, you may eat as many grapes as you wish, but you may not bring any away.

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26. If you pass through the wheat fields of your neighbor, you may pluck the ears with your hand, but you shall not put a sickle to your neighbor's standing wheat.