[1] No man whose private parts have been wounded or cut off may come into
the meeting of the Lord's people. [2] One whose father and mother are not
married may not come into the meeting of the Lord's people, or any of his
family to the tenth generation. [3] No Ammonite or Moabite or any of their
people to the tenth generation may come into the meeting of the Lord's
people: [4] Because they gave you no bread or water on your way, when you
came out of Egypt: and they got Balaam, the son of Peor, from Pethor in
Aram-naharaim to put curses on you. [5] But the Lord your God would not
give ear to Balaam, but let the curse be changed into a blessing to you,
because of his love for you. [6] Do nothing for their peace or well-being
for ever. [7] But have no hate for an Edomite, because he is your brother,
or for an Egyptian, for you were living in his land. [8] Their children in
the third generation may come into the meeting of the Lord's people. [9]
When you go out to war and put your tents in position, keep from every evil
thing. [10] If any man among you becomes unclean through anything which has
taken place in the night, he is to go out from the tent-circle and keep
outside it: [11] But when evening comes near, let him take a bath: and
after sundown he may come back to the tents. [12] Let there be a place
outside the tent-circle to which you may go; [13] And have among your arms
a spade; and when you have been to that place, let that which comes from
you be covered up with earth: [14] For the Lord your God is walking among
your tents, to keep you safe and to give up into your hands those who are
fighting against you; then let your tents be holy, so that he may see no
unclean thing among you, and be turned away from you. [15] Do not give back
to his master a servant who has gone in flight from his master and come to
you: [16] Let him go on living among you in whatever place is most pleasing
to him: do not be hard on him. [17] No daughter of Israel is to let herself
be used as a loose woman for a strange god, and no son of Israel is to give
himself to a man. [18] Do not take into the house of the Lord your God, as
an offering for an oath, the price of a loose woman or the money given to
one used for sex purposes in the worship of the gods: for these two things
are disgusting to the Lord your God. [19] Do not take interest from an
Israelite on anything, money or food or any other goods, which you let him
have: [20] From men of other nations you may take interest, but not from an
Israelite: so that the blessing of the Lord your God may be on everything
to which you put your hand, in the land which you are about to take as your
heritage. [21] When you take an oath to the Lord, do not be slow to give
effect to it: for without doubt the Lord your God will make you
responsible, and will put it to your account as sin. [22] But if you take
no oath, there will be no sin. [23] Whatever your lips have said, see that
you do it; for you gave your word freely to the Lord your God. [24] When
you go into your neighbour's vine-garden, you may take of his grapes at
your pleasure, but you may not take them away in your vessel. [25] When you
go into your neighbour's field, you may take the heads of grain with your
hand; but you may not put your blade to his grain.