¹⁹ you must present a male without defect^(A) from the cattle, sheep or goats in order that it may be accepted on your behalf.^{(B) 20} Do not bring anything with a defect,^(C) because it will not be accepted on your behalf.^{(D) 21} When anyone brings from the herd or flock^(E) a fellowship offering^(F) to the Lord to fulfill a special vow or as a freewill offering,^(G) it must be without defect or blemish^(H) to be acceptable.^{(I) 22} Do not offer to the Lord the blind, the injured or the maimed, or anything with warts or festering or running sores. Do not place any of these on the altar as a food offering presented to the Lord. ²³ You may, however, present as a freewill offering an ox^[a] or a sheep that is deformed or stunted, but it will not be accepted in fulfillment of a vow. ²⁴ You must not offer to the Lord an animal whose testicles are bruised, crushed, torn or cut.^(J) You must not do this in your own land, ²⁵ and you must not accept such animals from the hand of a foreigner and offer them as the food of your God.^(K) They will not be accepted on your behalf, because they are deformed and have defects.^(L)’”

² No one born of a forbidden marriage^[a] nor any of their descendants may enter the assembly of the Lord, not even in the tenth generation.

³ No Ammonite^(A) or Moabite or any of their descendants may enter the assembly of the Lord, not even in the tenth generation.^{(B) 4} For they did not come to meet you with bread and water^(C) on your way when you came out of Egypt, and they hired Balaam^(D) son of Beor from Pethor in Aram Naharaim^[b](E) to pronounce a curse on you.^{(F) 5} However, the Lord your God would not listen to Balaam but turned the curse^(G) into a blessing for you, because the Lord your God loves^(H) you. ⁶ Do not seek a treaty^(I) of friendship with them as long as you live.^(J)

⁷ Do not despise an Edomite,^(K) for the Edomites are related to you.^(L) Do not despise an Egyptian, because you resided as foreigners in their country.^{(M) 8} The third generation of children born to them may enter the assembly of the Lord.

Uncleanness in the Camp

⁹ When you are encamped against your enemies, keep away from everything impure.^(N)