Exclusion from the Congregation 1 DRA An eunuch, whose testicles are broken or cut away, or yard 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 DRA A mamzer, that is to say, 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 DRA The Ammonite and the Moabite, even after the tenth generation shall not enter into the church of the Lord for ever: BSB BSB: No Ammonite or Moabite or any of their descendants may enter the assembly of the LORD, even to the tenth generation.
4 DRA Because they would not meet you with bread and water in the way, when you came out of Egypt: hand because they hired against thee Balaam, the son of Beer, from Mesopotamia in Syria, to curse thee. 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 DRA And the Lord thy God would not hear Balaam, and he turned his cursing into thy blessing, because he loved thee. 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 DRA Thou shalt not make peace with them, neither shalt thou seek their prosperity all the days of thy life for ever. BSB BSB: You are not to seek peace or prosperity from them as long as you live.
7 DRA Thou shalt not abhor the Edomite, because he is thy brother: nor the Egyptian, because thou wast a stranger 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 DRA They that are 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 DRA When thou goest out to war against thy enemies, thou shalt keep thyself from every evil thing. BSB BSB: When you are encamped against your enemies, then you shall keep yourself from every wicked thing.
10 DRA If there be among you any man, that is defiled in a dream by night, he shall go forth out of 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 DRA And shall not return, before he be washed with water in the evening: and after sunset he shall return into the camp. BSB BSB: When evening approaches, he must wash with water, and when the sun sets he may return to the camp.
12 DRA Thou shalt have a place without the camp, to which thou mayst go for the necessities of nature, BSB BSB: You must have a place outside the camp to go and relieve yourself.
13 DRA Carrying a paddle at thy girdle. And when thou sittest down, thou shalt dig round about, and with the earth that is dug up thou shalt 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 DRA That which thou art eased of: (for the Lord thy God walketh in the midst of thy camp, to deliver thee, and to give up thy enemies to thee:) and let thy camp be holy, and let no uncleanness appear therein, lest he go away from thee. 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 DRA He shall dwell with thee ill the place that shall please him, and shall rest, in one of thy cities: give him no trouble. BSB BSB: Let him live among you wherever he chooses, in the town of his pleasing. Do not oppress him.
17 DRA There shall be no whore among the daughters of Israel, nor whoremonger among the sons of Israel. BSB BSB: No daughter or son of Israel is to be a shrine prostitute.
18 DRA Thou shalt not offer the hire of a strumpet, nor the price of a dog, in the house of the Lord thy God, whatsoever it be that thou hast vowed: because both these are an abomination to the Lord thy 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 DRA Thou shalt not lend to thy brother money to usury, nor corn, nor any other thing: BSB BSB: Do not charge your brother interest on money, food, or any other type of loan.
20 DRA But to the stranger. To thy brother thou shalt lend that which he wanteth, without usury: that the Lord thy God may bless thee in all thy works in the land, which thou shalt go in to possess. 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 DRA When thou hast made a vow to the Lord thy God, thou shalt not delay to pay it: because the Lord thy God will require it. And if thou delay, it shall be imputed to thee for 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 DRA If thou wilt not promise, thou shalt be without sin. BSB BSB: But if you refrain from making a vow, you will not be guilty of sin.
23 DRA But that which is once gone out of thy lips, thou shalt observe, and shalt do as thou hast promised to the Lord thy God, and hast spoken with thy own will and with thy 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 DRA Going into thy neighbour’s vineyard, thou mayst eat as many grapes as thou pleasest: but must carry none out with thee: 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 DRA If thou go into thy friend’s corn, thou mayst break the ears, and rub them in thy hand: but 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.