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"You are to have a place outside the camp where you can go when you need to relieve yourselves.
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Carry a stick as part of your equipment, so that when you have a bowel movement you can dig a hole and cover it up.
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Keep your camp ritually clean, because the Lord your God is with you in your camp to protect you and to give you victory over your enemies. Do not do anything indecent that would cause the Lord to turn his back on you
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"If slaves run away from their owners and come to you for protection, do not send them back.
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They may live in any of your towns that they choose, and you are not to treat them harshly.
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"No Israelite, man or woman, is to become a temple prostitute.
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Also, no money earned in this way may be brought into the house of the Lord your God in fulfillment of a vow. The Lord hates temple prostitutes.
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"When you lend money or food or anything else to Israelites, do not charge them interest.
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You may charge interest on what you lend to foreigners, but not on what you lend to Israelites. Obey this rule, and the Lord your God will bless everything you do in the land that you are going to occupy.
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"When you make a vow to the Lord your God, do not put off doing what you promised; the Lord will hold you to your vow, and it is a sin not to keep it.
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It is no sin not to make a vow to the Lord,