1 He who is emasculated by crushing or cutting shall not enter into Yahweh’s assembly. 2 A person born of a forbidden union shall not enter into Yahweh’s assembly; even to the tenth generation shall no one of his enter into Yahweh’s assembly. 3 An Ammonite or a Moabite shall not enter into Yahweh’s assembly; even to the tenth generation shall no one belonging to them enter into Yahweh’s assembly forever, 4 because they didn’t meet you with bread and with water on the way when you came out of Egypt, and because they hired against you Balaam the son of Beor from Pethor of Mesopotamia, to curse you. 5 Nevertheless Yahweh your God wouldn’t listen to Balaam, but Yahweh your God turned the curse into a blessing to you, because Yahweh your God loved you. 6 You shall not seek their peace nor their prosperity all your days forever. 7 You shall not abhor an Edomite, for he is your brother. You shall not abhor an Egyptian, because you lived as a foreigner in his land. 8 The children of the third generation who are born to them may enter into Yahweh’s assembly.

9 When you go out and camp against your enemies, then you shall keep yourselves from every evil thing. 10 If there is among you any man who is not clean by reason of that which happens to him by night, then shall he go outside of the camp. He shall not come within the camp; 11 but it shall be, when evening comes, he shall bathe himself in water. When the sun is down, he shall come within the camp. 12 You shall have a place also outside of the camp where you go relieve yourself. 13 You shall have a trowel among your weapons. It shall be, when you relieve yourself, you shall dig with it, and shall turn back and cover your excrement; 14 for Yahweh your God walks in the middle of your camp, to deliver you, and to give up your enemies before you. Therefore your camp shall be holy, that he may not see an unclean thing in you, and turn away from you.

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

17 There shall be no prostitute of the daughters of Israel, neither shall there be a sodomite of the sons of Israel. 18 You shall not bring the hire of a prostitute, or the wages of a male prostitute, into the house of Yahweh your God for any vow; for both of these are an abomination to Yahweh your God.

19 You shall not lend on interest to your brother: interest of money, interest of food, interest of anything that is lent on interest. 20 You may charge a foreigner interest; but you shall not charge your brother interest, that Yahweh your God may bless you in all that you put your hand to, in the land where you go in to possess it.

21 When you vow a vow to Yahweh your God, you shall not be slack to pay it, for Yahweh your God will surely require it of you; and it would be sin in you. 22 But if you refrain from making a vow, it shall be no sin in you. 23 You shall observe and do that which has gone out of your lips. Whatever you have vowed to Yahweh your God as a free will offering, which you have promised with your mouth, you must do. 24 When you come into your neighbor’s vineyard, then you may eat your fill of grapes at your own pleasure; but you shall not put any in your container. 25 When you come into your neighbor’s standing grain, then you may pluck the ears with your hand; but you shall not use a sickle on your neighbor’s standing grain.

1 Hy wat deur verbryseling vermink of van wie die manlike deel afgesny is, mag in die vergadering van die HERE nie kom nie.

2 Geen baster mag in die vergadering van die HERE kom nie; selfs sy tiende geslag mag in die vergadering van die HERE nie kom nie.

3 Geen Ammoniet of Moabiet mag in die vergadering van die HERE kom nie; selfs hulle tiende geslag mag nooit in die vergadering van die HERE kom nie;

4 omdat hulle julle, by jul uittog uit Egipte, nie met brood en water op die pad tegemoetgekom het nie; en omdat hy B¡leam, die seun van Beor, uit Petor in Mesopot mië, teen jou gehuur het om jou te vloek.

5 Maar die HERE jou God wou nie na B¡leam luister nie; maar die HERE jou God het vir jou die vloek in 'n seën verander, omdat die HERE jou God jou liefgehad het.

6 Jy mag hulle vrede en hulle geluk solank as jy lewe, vir ewig nie soek nie.

7 Die Edomiet moet jy nie as 'n gruwel beskou nie, want hy is jou broer; die Egiptenaar moet jy nie as 'n gruwel beskou nie, want jy was 'n vreemdeling in sy land.

8 Kinders wat vir hulle in die derde geslag gebore word, mag in die vergadering van die HERE kom.

9 Wanneer jy as leër teen jou vyande uittrek, pas dan op vir enigiets wat verkeerd is.

10 As daar iemand by jou is wat weens 'n voorval by nag nie rein is nie, moet hy buitekant die laer uitgaan; hy mag nie in die laer inkom nie.

11 Maar as die aand aankom, moet hy hom in die water bad; en teen sonsondergang mag hy in die laer inkom.

12 Jy moet buitekant die laer 'n plek hê, en daarheen moet jy uitgaan.

13 En jy moet by jou gereedskap 'n grafie hê; as jy dan buitekant gaan sit, moet jy daarmee grawe en wat van jou uitgegaan het, weer toemaak.

14 Want die HERE jou God wandel midde-in jou laer om jou te red en jou vyande aan jou oor te gee; daarom moet jou laer heilig wees, sodat Hy niks skandeliks by jou mag sien en Hom van jou afwend nie.

15 Jy mag 'n slaaf wat van sy heer na jou ontsnap het, nie aan sy heer oorlewer nie.

16 Hy moet by jou bly, in jou midde, in die plek wat hy in een van jou poorte uitkies, waar dit vir hom goed is; jy mag hom nie verdruk nie.

17 Daar mag geen hoer uit die dogters van Israel wees nie; en daar mag geen skandseun uit die seuns van Israel wees nie.

18 Jy mag geen hoereloon of hondeprys in die huis van die HERE jou God as enige gelofte offer bring nie; want die altwee is vir die HERE jou God 'n gruwel.

19 Jy mag jou broer geen rente oplê nie, rente van geld, rente van eetware, rente van enigiets wat 'n mens teen rente uitleen nie.

20 Die uitlander mag jy rente oplê, maar jou broer mag jy geen rente oplê nie, sodat die HERE jou God jou kan seën in alles waar jy jou hand aan slaan in die land waarheen jy gaan om dit in besit te neem.

21 As jy aan die HERE jou God 'n gelofte doen, moet jy nie versuim om dit te betaal nie; want die HERE jou God sal dit sekerlik van jou eis, en dit sal sonde in jou word.

22 Maar as jy nalaat om te belowe, sal dit geen sonde in jou wees nie.

23 Wat oor jou lippe gaan, moet jy hou en doen soos jy aan die HERE jou God vrywillig beloof het -- wat jy met jou mond gespreek het.

24 As jy in die wingerd van jou naaste kom, mag jy na hartelus volop druiwe eet, maar in jou tas mag jy niks steek nie.

25 As jy in die ongesnyde graan van jou naaste kom, mag jy met jou hand are afpluk; maar 'n sekel mag jy nie swaai in die ongesnyde graan van jou naaste nie.