Those Who May Not Enter the Assembly

23 “^(A)No one who is ^[a]emasculated or has his male organ cut off shall enter the assembly of Yahweh. ² No one of illegitimate birth shall enter the assembly of Yahweh; even to the tenth generation, none of his seed shall enter the assembly of Yahweh. ^3 (B)No Ammonite or Moabite shall enter the assembly of Yahweh; even to the tenth generation, none of their seed shall ever enter the assembly of Yahweh, ^4 (C)because they did not meet you with ^[b]food and water on the way when you came out of Egypt, and because they hired against you ^(D)Balaam the son of Beor from Pethor of ^[c]Mesopotamia, to curse you. ⁵ Nevertheless, Yahweh your God was not willing to listen to Balaam, but Yahweh your God ^(E)turned the curse into a blessing for you because Yahweh your God ^(F)loves you. ^6 (G)You shall never seek their peace or their prosperity all your days.

⁷ “You shall not abhor an Edomite, for ^(H)he is your brother; you shall not abhor an Egyptian, ^(I)for you were a sojourner in his land. ⁸ The sons of the third generation who are born to them may enter the assembly of Yahweh.

⁹ “When you go out as ^[d]an army against your enemies, you shall keep yourself from every evil thing.

¹⁰ “^(J)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 ^[e]reenter the camp. ¹¹ But it shall be when evening approaches, he shall bathe himself with water, and at sundown he may ^[f]reenter the camp.

¹² “You shall also have a place outside the camp and go out there, ¹³ and you shall have a ^[g]spade among your tools, and it shall be when you sit down outside, you shall dig with it and shall turn ^[h]to cover up your excrement. ¹⁴ Since ^(K)Yahweh your God walks in the midst of your camp to deliver you and to give your enemies over to you, therefore your camp must be ^(L)holy; and He must not see ^[i]anything indecent among you, ^[j]or He will turn away from you.

¹⁵ “^(M)You shall not hand over to his master a slave who has ^[k]escaped from his master to you. ¹⁶ He shall live with you in your midst, in the place which he shall choose in one of your gates of the towns where it pleases him; ^(N)you shall not mistreat him.

¹⁷ “^(O)None of the daughters of Israel shall be a cult prostitute, ^(P)nor shall any of the sons of Israel be a cult prostitute. ¹⁸ You shall not bring the hire of a harlot or the wages of a ^[l](Q)dog into the house of Yahweh your God for any votive offering, for both of these are an abomination to Yahweh your God.

¹⁹ “^(R)You shall not charge interest to your brother: interest on money, food, or anything that may be loaned at interest. ^20 (S)You may charge interest to a foreigner, but to your brother you shall not charge interest, so that ^(T)Yahweh your God may bless you in all ^[m]that you send forth your hand to do in the land which you are about to enter to ^[n]possess.

²¹ “^(U)When you make a vow to Yahweh your God, you shall not delay to pay it, for Yahweh your God will surely require it of you; and it will be a sin in you. ²² However, if you refrain from vowing, it will not be a sin in you. ²³ You shall be careful and do what goes out from your lips, just as you have voluntarily vowed to Yahweh your God that which you spoke with your mouth.

²⁴ “When you enter your neighbor’s vineyard, then you may eat grapes ^[o]until you are fully satisfied, but you shall not put any in your ^[p]basket.

²⁵ “^(V)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.