23:1 A man with crushed testicles¹ or severed penis may not enter the assembly of the LORD.² 23:2 A bastard may not enter the assembly of the LORD; to the tenth generation no one related to him³ may do so.⁴ 23:3 An Ammonite or Moabite⁵ may not enter the assembly of the LORD; to the tenth generation none of their descendants⁶ shall do so,⁷ forever,⁸ 23:4 for they did not meet you with food and beverage⁹ on the way as you came from Egypt and, furthermore, they¹⁰ hired against you Balaam son of Beor of Pethor in Aram Naharaim to curse you. 23:5 But the LORD your God was unwilling to pay heed to Balaam and he¹¹ changed the curse to a blessing, for the LORD your God loved¹² you. 23:6 You may not seek peace and well-being¹³ for them through all the ages to come.¹⁴ 23:7 You must not hate an Edomite, for he is your brother; you must not hate an Egyptian, for you were a foreigner¹⁵ in his land. 23:8 Children born to them of the third generation¹⁶ may enter the assembly of the LORD.

23:9 When you go out as an army¹⁷ against your enemies, guard yourselves against anything impure.¹⁸ 23:10 If there is someone among you who is impure because of some nocturnal accident,¹⁹ he must leave the camp; he may not immediately re-enter.²⁰ 23:11 When evening sets in he must wash in water and then at sunset may re-enter²¹ the camp. 23:12 You shall have a place outside the camp to serve as a latrine.²² 23:13 You shall have a spade among your other implements and when you relieve yourself²³ outside you must dig a hole with it and then turn and cover your waste.²⁴ 23:14 For the LORD your God walks about in the middle of your camp to deliver you and give your enemies over to you; thus, your camp should be holy, so that he might not see anything unseemly²⁵ among you and turn away from you.

23:15 You must not return an escaped slave to his master when he has run away to you. 23:16 Indeed, he may live among you in any place he chooses, in any of ²⁶ your villages that seems best to him; you must not oppress him.

23:17 There must never be a sacred prostitute²⁷ from among the young women²⁸ of Israel nor a sacred male prostitute²⁹ from the young men³⁰ of Israel. 23:18 No pay of a harlot³¹ or wage of a dog³² may be brought into the temple of the LORD your God for any vow for both of these are detestable to him.³³

23:19 You may not lend with interest to your brother, whether interest of money, food, or anything else that has been lent with the intent of interest. 23:20 To a foreigner you may do so,¹ but not to your brother so that the LORD your God might bless you in all you undertake² on the land to which you are going to possess it. 23:21 When you make³ a vow to the LORD your God you must not delay in fulfilling it for he⁴ will surely hold you to account⁵ as a sinner.⁶ 23:22 If you refrain from making a vow, it will not be sinful.⁷ 23:23 Whatever you say⁸ you must be careful to do the thing you have promised,⁹ such as what you have vowed to the LORD your God as a freewill offering. 23:24 When you enter the vineyard of your neighbor you may eat grapes as you please to your satisfaction,¹⁰ but you may not take a¹¹ container. 23:25 When you go into the ripe grain fields of your neighbor you may pluck off the kernels with your hand, but you may not use a sickle on your neighbor’s ripe grain.¹²