| Berean Study Bible | New International Version |
| 1No man with crushed or severed genitals may enter the assembly of the LORD. | 1No one who has been emasculated by crushing or cutting may enter the assembly of the LORD. |
| 2No one of illegitimate birth may enter the assembly of the LORD, nor may any of his descendants, even to the tenth generation. | 2No one born of a forbidden marriage nor any of their descendants may enter the assembly of the LORD, not even in the tenth generation. |
| 3No Ammonite or Moabite or any of their descendants may enter the assembly of the LORD, even to the tenth generation. | 3No Ammonite or Moabite or any of their descendants may enter the assembly of the LORD, not even in the tenth generation. |
| 4For they did not meet you with food and water on your way out of Egypt, and they hired Balaam son of Beor from Pethor in Aram-naharaim to curse you. | 4For they did not come to meet you with bread and water on your way when you came out of Egypt, and they hired Balaam son of Beor from Pethor in Aram Naharaim to pronounce a curse on you. |
| 5Yet the LORD your God would not listen to Balaam, and the LORD your God turned the curse into a blessing for you, because the LORD your God loves you. | 5However, the LORD your God would not listen to Balaam but turned the curse into a blessing for you, because the LORD your God loves you. |
| 6You are not to seek peace or prosperity from them as long as you live. | 6Do not seek a treaty of friendship with them as long as you live. |
| 7Do not despise an Edomite, for he is your brother. Do not despise an Egyptian, because you lived as a foreigner in his land. | 7Do not despise an Edomite, for the Edomites are related to you. Do not despise an Egyptian, because you resided as foreigners in their country. |
| 8The third generation of children born to them may enter the assembly of the LORD. | 8The third generation of children born to them may enter the assembly of the LORD. |
| 9When you are encamped against your enemies, then you shall keep yourself from every wicked thing. | 9When you are encamped against your enemies, keep away from everything impure. |
| 10If any man among you becomes unclean because of a nocturnal emission, he must leave the camp and stay outside. | 10If one of your men is unclean because of a nocturnal emission, he is to go outside the camp and stay there. |
| 11When evening approaches, he must wash with water, and when the sun sets he may return to the camp. | 11But as evening approaches he is to wash himself, and at sunset he may return to the camp. |
| 12You must have a place outside the camp to go and relieve yourself. | 12Designate a place outside the camp where you can go to relieve yourself. |
| 13And you must have a digging tool in your equipment so that when you relieve yourself you can dig a hole and cover up your excrement. | 13As part of your equipment have something to dig with, and when you relieve yourself, dig a hole and cover up your excrement. |
| 14For the LORD your God walks throughout your camp to protect you and deliver your enemies to you. Your camp must be holy, lest He see anything unclean among you and turn away from you. | 14For the LORD your God moves about in your camp to protect you and to deliver your enemies to you. Your camp must be holy, so that he will not see among you anything indecent and turn away from you. |
| 15Do not return a slave to his master if he has taken refuge with you. | 15If a slave has taken refuge with you, do not hand them over to their master. |
| 16Let him live among you wherever he chooses, in the town of his pleasing. Do not oppress him. | 16Let them live among you wherever they like and in whatever town they choose. Do not oppress them. |
| 17No daughter or son of Israel is to be a shrine prostitute. | 17No Israelite man or woman is to become a shrine prostitute. |
| 18You must not bring the wages of a prostitute, whether female or male, into the house of the LORD your God to fulfill any vow, because both are detestable to the LORD your God. | 18You must not bring the earnings of a female prostitute or of a male prostitute into the house of the LORD your God to pay any vow, because the LORD your God detests them both. |
| 19Do not charge your brother interest on money, food, or any other type of loan. | 19Do not charge a fellow Israelite interest, whether on money or food or anything else that may earn interest. |
| 20You may charge a foreigner interest, but not your brother, so that the LORD your God may bless you in everything to which you put your hand in the land that you are entering to possess. | 20You may charge a foreigner interest, but not a fellow Israelite, so that the LORD your God may bless you in everything you put your hand to in the land you are entering to possess. |
| 21If you make a vow to the LORD your God, do not be slow to keep it, because He will surely require it of you, and you will be guilty of sin. | 21If you make a vow to the LORD your God, do not be slow to pay it, for the LORD your God will certainly demand it of you and you will be guilty of sin. |
| 22But if you refrain from making a vow, you will not be guilty of sin. | 22But if you refrain from making a vow, you will not be guilty. |
| 23Be careful to follow through on what comes from your lips, because you have freely vowed to the LORD your God with your own mouth. | 23Whatever your lips utter you must be sure to do, because you made your vow freely to the LORD your God with your own mouth. |
| 24When you enter your neighbor’s vineyard, you may eat your fill of grapes, but you must not put any in your basket. | 24If you enter your neighbor's vineyard, you may eat all the grapes you want, but do not put any in your basket. |
| 25When you enter your neighbor’s grainfield, you may pluck the heads of grain with your hand, but you must not put a sickle to your neighbor’s grain. | 25If you enter your neighbor's grainfield, you may pick kernels with your hands, but you must not put a sickle to their standing grain. |
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