Exclusion from the Congregation 1 CPDV “A eunuch, one whose testicles have been debilitated or cut off, or whose penis has been cut off, shall not enter into the church of the Lord. BSB BSB: No man with crushed or severed genitals may enter the assembly of the LORD.
2 CPDV The offspring of a harlot, that is, one born of a prostitute, shall not enter into the church of the Lord, until the tenth generation. BSB BSB: No one of illegitimate birth may enter the assembly of the LORD, nor may any of his descendants, even to the tenth generation.
3 CPDV The Ammonite and the Moabite, even after the tenth generation, shall not enter into the church of the Lord forever, BSB BSB: No Ammonite or Moabite or any of their descendants may enter the assembly of the LORD, even to the tenth generation.
4 CPDV because they were not willing to meet you with bread and water along the way, when you had departed from Egypt, and because they hired against you Balaam, the son of Beor, from Mesopotamia in Syria, in order to curse you. BSB BSB: For 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.
5 CPDV But the Lord your God was not willing to listen to Balaam, and he turned his cursing into your blessing, because he loves you. BSB BSB: Yet 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.
6 CPDV You shall not make peace with them, nor shall you seek their prosperity, throughout all the days of your life forever. BSB BSB: You are not to seek peace or prosperity from them as long as you live.
7 CPDV You shall not abhor anyone from Idumea, for he is your brother, nor the Egyptian, for you were a new arrival in his land. BSB BSB: Do not despise an Edomite, for he is your brother. Do not despise an Egyptian, because you lived as a foreigner in his land.
8 CPDV Those who have been born of them, in the third generation, shall enter into the church of the Lord. BSB BSB: The third generation of children born to them may enter the assembly of the LORD.
Uncleanness in the Camp (Leviticus 15:1–12)
9 CPDV When you have gone out to war against your enemies, you shall keep yourself from everything that is evil. BSB BSB: When you are encamped against your enemies, then you shall keep yourself from every wicked thing.
10 CPDV If there is a man among you who has been defiled by a dream in the night, he shall depart from the camp. BSB BSB: If any man among you becomes unclean because of a nocturnal emission, he must leave the camp and stay outside.
11 CPDV And he shall not return before the evening, after he has washed with water, and then, after the sun sets, he shall return to the camp. BSB BSB: When evening approaches, he must wash with water, and when the sun sets he may return to the camp.
12 CPDV You shall have a place beyond the camp to which you may go for the necessities of nature, BSB BSB: You must have a place outside the camp to go and relieve yourself.
13 CPDV carrying a small shovel at your belt. And when you would sit down, you shall dig around, and then, with the soil that was dug up, you shall cover BSB BSB: And 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.
14 CPDV that from which you were relieved. For the Lord your God walks in the midst of your camp, in order to rescue you, and to deliver your enemies to you. And so, let your camp be holy, and let nothing filthy appear within it, lest he abandon you. BSB BSB: For 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.
Miscellaneous Laws 16 CPDV He shall live with you in a place that pleases him, and he shall rest in one of your cities. You shall not grieve him. BSB BSB: Let him live among you wherever he chooses, in the town of his pleasing. Do not oppress him.
17 CPDV There shall be no prostitutes among the daughters of Israel, nor anyone among the sons of Israel who visits a prostitute. BSB BSB: No daughter or son of Israel is to be a shrine prostitute.
18 CPDV You shall not offer money from a prostitute, nor the price of a dog, in the house of the Lord your God, no matter what you may have vowed. For both of these are an abomination with the Lord your God. BSB BSB: You 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.
19 CPDV You shall not lend money, or grain, or anything else at all, to your brother at interest, BSB BSB: Do not charge your brother interest on money, food, or any other type of loan.
20 CPDV but only to a foreigner. For you shall lend to your brother whatever he needs without interest, so that the Lord your God may bless you in all your works in the land, which you shall enter so as to possess it. BSB BSB: You 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.
21 CPDV When you have made a vow to the Lord your God, you shall not be late in paying it. For the Lord your God demands it. And if you delay, it shall be imputed to you as a sin. BSB BSB: If 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.
22 CPDV If you are not willing to make a promise, then it shall be without sin. BSB BSB: But if you refrain from making a vow, you will not be guilty of sin.
23 CPDV But as soon as it has departed from your lips, you shall observe and do just as you have promised to the Lord your God and just as you have spoken by your own free will and with your own mouth. BSB BSB: Be careful to follow through on what comes from your lips, because you have freely vowed to the LORD your God with your own mouth.
24 CPDV Upon entering your neighbor’s vineyard, you may eat as many grapes as you please. But you may not carry any out with you. BSB BSB: When you enter your neighbor’s vineyard, you may eat your fill of grapes, but you must not put any in your basket.
25 CPDV If you enter into your friend’s grain field, you may break off the ears, and rub them in your hand, but you may not reap them with a sickle.” BSB BSB: When 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.