New Revised Standard NRS
The Bible in Basic English BBE
1 No one whose testicles are crushed or whose penis is cut off shall be admitted to the assembly of the Lord.
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No man whose private parts have been wounded or cut off may come into the meeting of the Lord's people.
2 Those born of an illicit union shall not be admitted to the assembly of the Lord. Even to the tenth generation, none of their descendants shall be admitted to the assembly of the Lord.
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One whose father and mother are not married may not come into the meeting of the Lord's people, or any of his family to the tenth generation.
3 No Ammonite or Moabite shall be admitted to the assembly of the Lord. Even to the tenth generation, none of their descendants shall be admitted to the assembly of the Lord,
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No Ammonite or Moabite or any of their people to the tenth generation may come into the meeting of the Lord's people:
4 because they did not meet you with food and water on your journey out of Egypt, and because they hired against you Balaam son of Beor, from Pethor of Mesopotamia, to curse you
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Because they gave you no bread or water on your way, when you came out of Egypt: and they got Balaam, the son of Peor, from Pethor in Aram-naharaim to put curses on you
5 (Yet the Lord your God refused to heed Balaam; the Lord your God turned the curse into a blessing for you, because the Lord your God loved you.)
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But the Lord your God would not give ear to Balaam, but let the curse be changed into a blessing to you, because of his love for you.
6 You shall never promote their welfare or their prosperity as long as you live.
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Do nothing for their peace or well-being for ever.
7 You shall not abhor any of the Edomites, for they are your kin. You shall not abhor any of the Egyptians, because you were an alien residing in their land.
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But have no hate for an Edomite, because he is your brother, or for an Egyptian, for you were living in his land.
8 The children of the third generation that are born to them may be admitted to the assembly of the Lord.
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Their children in the third generation may come into the meeting of the Lord's people.
9 When you are encamped against your enemies you shall guard against any impropriety.
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When you go out to war and put your tents in position, keep from every evil thing.
10 If one of you becomes unclean because of a nocturnal emission, then he shall go outside the camp; he must not come within the camp.
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If any man among you becomes unclean through anything which has taken place in the night, he is to go out from the tent-circle and keep outside it:
11 When evening comes, he shall wash himself with water, and when the sun has set, he may come back into the camp.
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But when evening comes near, let him take a bath: and after sundown he may come back to the tents.
12 You shall have a designated area outside the camp to which you shall go.
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Let there be a place outside the tent-circle to which you may go;
13 With your utensils you shall have a trowel; when you relieve yourself outside, you shall dig a hole with it and then cover up your excrement.
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And have among your arms a spade; and when you have been to that place, let that which comes from you be covered up with earth:
14 Because the Lord your God travels along with your camp, to save you and to hand over your enemies to you, therefore your camp must be holy, so that he may not see anything indecent among you and turn away from you
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For the Lord your God is walking among your tents, to keep you safe and to give up into your hands those who are fighting against you; then let your tents be holy, so that he may see no unclean thing among you, and be turned away from you
15 Slaves who have escaped to you from their owners shall not be given back to them.
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Do not give back to his master a servant who has gone in flight from his master and come to you:
16 They shall reside with you, in your midst, in any place they choose in any one of your towns, wherever they please; you shall not oppress them.
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Let him go on living among you in whatever place is most pleasing to him: do not be hard on him.
17 None of the daughters of Israel shall be a temple prostitute; none of the sons of Israel shall be a temple prostitute.
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No daughter of Israel is to let herself be used as a loose woman for a strange god, and no son of Israel is to give himself to a man.
18 You shall not bring the fee of a prostitute or the wages of a male prostitute into the house of the Lord your God in payment for any vow, for both of these are abhorrent to the Lord your God.
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Do not take into the house of the Lord your God, as an offering for an oath, the price of a loose woman or the money given to one used for sex purposes in the worship of the gods: for these two things are disgusting to the Lord your God.
19 You shall not charge interest on loans to another Israelite, interest on money, interest on provisions, interest on anything that is lent
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Do not take interest from an Israelite on anything, money or food or any other goods, which you let him have
20 On loans to a foreigner you may charge interest, but on loans to another Israelite you may not charge interest, so that the Lord your God may bless you in all your undertakings in the land that you are about to enter and possess.
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From men of other nations you may take interest, but not from an Israelite: so that the blessing of the Lord your God may be on everything to which you put your hand, in the land which you are about to take as your heritage.
21 If you make a vow to the Lord your God, do not postpone fulfilling it; for the Lord your God will surely require it of you, and you would incur guilt
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When you take an oath to the Lord, do not be slow to give effect to it: for without doubt the Lord your God will make you responsible, and will put it to your account as sin
22 But if you refrain from vowing, you will not incur guilt.
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But if you take no oath, there will be no sin.
23 Whatever your lips utter you must diligently perform, just as you have freely vowed to the Lord your God with your own mouth.
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Whatever your lips have said, see that you do it; for you gave your word freely to the Lord your God.
24 If 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 a container.
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When you go into your neighbour's vine-garden, you may take of his grapes at your pleasure, but you may not take them away in your vessel.
25 If 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.
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When you go into your neighbour's field, you may take the heads of grain with your hand; but you may not put your blade to his grain.
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