^23:1 He who is wounded in the testicles, or has his private part cut off, will not enter into the assembly of Jehovah. ^23:2 A illegitimate-child will not enter into the assembly of Jehovah, even to the tenth generation none of his will enter into the assembly of Jehovah.

    ^23:3 An Ammonite or a Moabite will not enter into the assembly of Jehovah, even to the tenth generation none belonging to them will enter into the assembly of Jehovah everlasting, ^23:4 because they met you^* not with bread and with water on the way, when you^* came forth out of Egypt and because they hired against you Balaam the son of Beor from Pethor of Mesopotamia, to curse you. ^23:5 Nevertheless Jehovah your God would not listen to Balaam, but Jehovah your God turned the curse into a blessing to you, because Jehovah your God loved you. ^23:6 You will not seek their peace nor their prosperity all your days everlasting.

    ^23:7 You will not abhor an Edomite, because he is your brother. You will not abhor an Egyptian, because you were a traveler in his land. ^23:8 The sons of the third generation who are born to them will enter into the assembly of Jehovah.

    ^23:9 When the army goes forth against your enemies, then you will keep you from every evil thing.

    ^23:10 If there is any man among you^*, who is not clean by reason of an accident by night, then he will go abroad out of the camp. He will not come inside the camp. ^23:11 But it will be, when evening comes on, he will bathe himself in water and when the sun is down, he will come inside the camp.

    ^23:12 You will have a place also outside the camp, where you will go outside. ^23:13 And you will have a paddle among your weapons and it will be, when you sit down abroad, you will dig with it and will turn back and cover what comes from you. ^23:14 Because Jehovah your God walks in the midst of your camp, to deliver you and to give up your enemies before you. Therefore your camp will be holy, that he may not see an unclean thing in you and turn away from you.

    ^23:15 You will not deliver to his master a servant who has escaped from his master to you. ^23:16 He will dwell with you, in the midst of you, in the place which he will choose within one of your gates, where it pleases him best. You will not oppress him.

    ^23:17 There will be no prostitute of the daughters of Israel, neither will there be a sodomite of the sons of Israel.

    ^23:18 You will not bring the hire of a prostitute, or the wages of a dog, into the house of Jehovah your God for any vow, because even both these are an abomination to Jehovah your God.

    ^23:19 You will not lend upon interest to your brother: interest of money, interest of food, interest of anything that is lent upon interest. ^23:20 To a foreigner you may lend upon interest, but to your brother you will not lend upon interest, that Jehovah your God may bless you in all that you put your hand to, in the land where you go in to possess it.

    ^23:21 When you will vow a vow to Jehovah your God, you will not be slack to pay it. Because Jehovah your God will surely require it of you and it would be sin in you. ^23:22 But if you will forbear to vow, it will be no sin in you. ^23:23 What has gone out of your lips you will observe and do, just-as you have vowed to Jehovah your God, a free-will offering, which you have promised with your mouth.

    ^23:24 When you come into your neighbor's vineyard, then you may eat your fill of grapes at your own pleasure, but you will not put any in your vessel. ^23:25 When you come into your neighbor's standing grain, then you may pluck the ears with your hand, but you will not move a sickle to your neighbor's standing grain.