Deuteronomy 23

Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition	NEW AMERICAN BIBLE
1 "He whose testicles are crushed or whose male member is cut off shall not enter the assembly of the LORD.	1 "A man shall not marry his father's wife, nor shall he dishonor his father's bed.
2 "No bastard shall enter the assembly of the LORD; even to the tenth generation none of his descendants shall enter the assembly of the LORD.	2 "No one whose testicles have been crushed or whose penis has been cut off may be admitted into the community of the LORD.
3 "No Ammonite or Moabite shall enter the assembly of the LORD; even to the tenth generation none belonging to them shall enter the assembly of the LORD for ever;	3 No child of an incestuous union may be admitted into the community of the LORD, nor any descendant of his even to the tenth generation.
4 because they did not meet you with bread and with water on the way, when you came forth out of Egypt, and because they hired against you Balaam the son of Beor from Pethor of Mesopotamia, to curse you.	4 No Ammonite or Moabite may ever be admitted into the community of the LORD, nor any descendants of theirs even to the tenth generation,
5 Nevertheless the LORD your God would not hearken to Balaam; but the LORD your God turned the curse into a blessing for you, because the LORD your God loved you.	5 because they would not succor you with food and water on your journey after you left Egypt, and because Moab hired Balaam, son of Beor, from Pethor in Aram Naharaim, to curse you;
6 You shall not seek their peace or their prosperity all your days for ever.	6 though the LORD, your God, would not listen to Balaam and turned his curse into a blessing for you, because he loves you.
7 "You shall not abhor an Edomite, for he is your brother; you shall not abhor an Egyptian, because you were a sojourner in his land.	7 Never promote their peace and prosperity as long as you live.
8 The children of the third generation that are born to them may enter the assembly of the LORD.	8 But do not abhor the Edomite, since he is your brother, nor the Egyptian, since you were an alien in his country.
9 "When you go forth against your enemies and are in camp, then you shall keep yourself from every evil thing.	9 Children born to them may in the third generation be admitted into the community of the LORD.
10 "If there is among you any man who is not clean by reason of what chances to him by night, then he shall go outside the camp, he shall not come within the camp;	10 "When you are in camp during an expedition against your enemies, you shall keep yourselves from everything offensive.
11 but when evening comes on, he shall bathe himself in water, and when the sun is down, he may come within the camp.	11 If one of you becomes unclean because of a nocturnal emission, he shall go outside the camp, and not return until,
12 "You shall have a place outside the camp and you shall go out to it;	12 toward evening, he has bathed in water; then, when the sun has set, he may come back into the camp.
13 and you shall have a stick with your weapons; and when you sit down outside, you shall dig a hole with it, and turn back and cover up your excrement.	13 Outside the camp you shall have a place set aside to be used as a latrine.
14 Because the LORD your God walks in the midst of your camp, to save you and to give up your enemies before you, therefore your camp must be holy, that he may not see anything indecent among you, and turn away from you.	14 You shall also keep a trowel in your equipment and with it, when you go outside to ease nature, you shall first dig a hole and afterward cover up your excrement.
15 "You shall not give up to his master a slave who has escaped from his master to you;	15 Since the LORD, your God, journeys along within your camp to defend you and to put your enemies at your mercy, your camp must be holy; otherwise, if he sees anything indecent in your midst, he will leave your company.
16 he shall dwell with you, in your midst, in the place which he shall choose within one of your towns, where it pleases him best; you shall not oppress him.	16 "You shall not hand over to his master a slave who has taken refuge from him with you.
17 "There shall be no cult prostitute of the daughters of Israel, neither shall there be a cult prostitute of the sons of Israel.	17 Let him live with you wherever he chooses, in any one of your communities that pleases him. Do not molest him.
18 You shall not bring the hire of a harlot, or the wages of a dog, into the house of the LORD your God in payment for any vow; for both of these are an abomination to the LORD your God.	18 "There shall be no temple harlot among the Israelite women, nor a temple prostitute among the Israelite men.
19 "You shall not lend upon interest to your brother, interest on money, interest on victuals, interest on anything that is lent for interest.	19 You shall not offer a harlot's fee or a dog's price as any kind of votive offering in the house of the LORD, your God; both these things are an abomination to the LORD, your God.
20 To a foreigner you may lend upon interest, but to your brother you shall not lend upon interest; that the LORD your God may bless you in all that you undertake in the land which you are entering to take possession of it.	20 "You shall not demand interest from your countrymen on a loan of money or of food or of anything else on which interest is usually demanded.
21 "When you make a vow to the LORD your God, you shall not be slack to pay it; for the LORD your God will surely require it of you, and it would be sin in you.	21 You may demand interest from a foreigner, but not from your countryman, so that the LORD, your God, may bless you in all your undertakings on the land you are to enter and occupy.
22 But if you refrain from vowing, it shall be no sin in you.	22 "When you make a vow to the LORD, your God, you shall not delay in fulfilling it; otherwise you will be held guilty, for the LORD, your God, is strict in requiring it of you.
23 You shall be careful to perform what has passed your lips, for you have voluntarily vowed to the LORD your God what you have promised with your mouth.	23 Should you refrain from making a vow, you will not be held guilty.
24 "When you go into your neighbor's vineyard, you may eat your fill of grapes, as many as you wish, but you shall not put any in your vessel.	24 But you must keep your solemn word and fulfill the votive offering you have freely promised to the LORD.
25 When you go into your neighbor's standing grain, you may pluck the ears with your hand, but you shall not put a sickle to your neighbor's standing grain.	25 "When you go through your neighbor's vineyard, you may eat as many of his grapes as you wish, but do not put them in your basket.
	26 When you go through your neighbor's grainfield, you may pluck some of the ears with your hand, but do not put a sickle to your neighbor's grain.