23"If a man's testicles are crushed or his penis is cut off, he may not be admitted to the assembly of the LORD.H6481H1795H8212H3772H935H6951H3068 2"If a person is illegitimate by birth, neither he nor his descendants for ten generations may be admitted to the assembly of the LORD.H4464H935H6951H3068H6224H1755H935H6951H3068 3"No Ammonite or Moabite or any of their descendants for ten generations may be admitted to the assembly of the LORD.H5984H4125H935H6951H3068H6224H1755H935H6951H3068H5704H5769 4These nations did not welcome you with food and water when you came out of Egypt. Instead, they hired Balaam son of Beor from Pethor in distant Aram-naharaim to curse you.H1697H6923H3899H4325H1870H3318H4714H7936H1109H1121H1160H6604H763H7043 5But the LORD your God refused to listen to Balaam. He turned the intended curse into a blessing because the LORD your God loves you.H3068H430H14H8085H1109H3068H430H2015H7045H1293H3068H430H157 6As long as you live, you must never promote the welfare and prosperity of the Ammonites or Moabites.H1875H7965H2896H3117H5769 7"Do not detest the Edomites or the Egyptians, because the Edomites are your relatives and you lived as foreigners among the Egyptians.H8581H130H251H8581H4713H1616H776 8The third generation of Edomites and Egyptians may enter the assembly of the LORD.H1121H3205H935H6951H3068H7992H1755 9"When you go to war against your enemies, be sure to stay away from anything that is impure.H4264H3318H341H8104H7451H1697 10"Any man who becomes ceremonially defiled because of a nocturnal emission must leave the camp and stay away all day.H376H2889H7137H3915H3318H2351H4264H935H8432H4264 11Toward evening he must bathe himself, and at sunset he may return to the camp.H6153H6437H7364H4325H8121H935H935H8432H4264 12"You must have a designated area outside the camp where you can go to relieve yourself.H3027H2351H4264H3318H2351 13Each of you must have a spade as part of your equipment. Whenever you relieve yourself, dig a hole with the spade and cover the excrement.H3489H240H3427H2351H2658H7725H3680H6627 14The camp must be holy, for the LORD your God moves around in your camp to protect you and to defeat your enemies. He must not see any shameful thing among you, or he will turn away from you.H3068H430H1980H7130H4264H5337H5414H341H6440H4264H6918H7200H6172H1697H7725H310 15"If slaves should escape from their masters and take refuge with you, you must not hand them over to their masters.H5462H113H5650H5337H113 16Let them live among you in any town they choose, and do not oppress them.H3427H7130H4725H977H259H8179H2896H3238 17"No Israelite, whether man or woman, may become a temple prostitute.H6948H1323H3478H6945H1121H3478 18When you are bringing an offering to fulfill a vow, you must not bring to the house of the LORD your God any offering from the earnings of a prostitute, whether a man or a woman, for both are detestable to the LORD your God.H935H868H2181H4242H3611H1004H3068H430H5088H8147H8441H3068H430 19"Do not charge interest on the loans you make to a fellow Israelite, whether you loan money, or food, or anything else.H5391H251H5392H3701H5392H400H5392H1697H5391 20You may charge interest to foreigners, but you may not charge interest to Israelites, so that the LORD your God may bless you in everything you do in the land you are about to enter and occupy.H5237H5391H251H5391H3068H430H1288H4916H3027H776H935H3423 21"When you make a vow to the LORD your God, be prompt in fulfilling whatever you promised him. For the LORD your God demands that you promptly fulfill all your vows, or you will be guilty of sin.H5087H5088H3068H430H309H7999H3068H430H1875H1875H2399 22However, it is not a sin to refrain from making a vow.H2308H5087H2399 23But once you have voluntarily made a vow, be careful to fulfill your promise to the LORD your God.H4161H8193H8104H6213H5071H5087H3068H430H1696H6310 24"When you enter your neighbor's vineyard, you may eat your fill of grapes, but you must not carry any away in a basket.H935H7453H3754H398H6025H7648H5315H5414H3627 25And when you enter your neighbor's field of grain, you may pluck the heads of grain with your hand, but you must not harvest it with a sickle.H935H7054H7453H6998H4425H3027H5130H2770H7453H7054
24"Suppose a man marries a woman but she does not please him. Having discovered something wrong with her, he writes her a letter of divorce, hands it to her, and sends her away from his house.H376H3947H802H1166H4672H2580H5869H4672H1697H6172H3789H5612H3748H5414H3027H7971H1004 2When she leaves his house, she is free to marry another man.H3318H1004H1980H312H376 3But if the second husband also turns against her and divorces her, or if he dies,H314H376H8130H3789H5612H3748H5414H3027H7971H1004H314H376H4191H3947H802 4the first husband may not marry her again, for she has been defiled. That would be detestable to the LORD. You must not bring guilt upon the land the LORD your God is giving you as a special possession.H7223H1167H7971H3201H3947H7725H802H310H2930H8441H6440H3068H776H2398H3068H430H5414H5159 5"A newly married man must not be drafted into the army or be given any other official responsibilities. He must be free to spend one year at home, bringing happiness to the wife he has married.H376H3947H2319H802H3318H6635H5674H1697H5355H1004H259H8141H8055H802H3947 6"It is wrong to take a set of millstones, or even just the upper millstone, as security for a loan, for the owner uses it to make a living.H2254H7347H7393H2254H2254H5315H2254 7"If anyone kidnaps a fellow Israelite and treats him as a slave or sells him, the kidnapper must die. In this way, you will purge the evil from among you.H376H4672H1589H5315H251H1121H3478H6014H4376H1590H4191H1197H7451H1197H7130 8"In all cases involving serious skin diseases, be careful to follow the instructions of the Levitical priests; obey all the commands I have given them.H8104H5061H6883H8104H3966H6213H3548H3881H3384H6680H8104H6213 9Remember what the LORD your God did to Miriam as you were coming from Egypt.H2142H3068H430H6213H4813H1870H3318H4714 10"If you lend anything to your neighbor, do not enter his house to pick up the item he is giving as security.H5383H7453H3972H4859H935H1004H5670H5667 11You must wait outside while he goes in and brings it out to you.H5975H2351H376H5383H3318H5667H2351 12If your neighbor is poor and gives you his cloak as security for a loan, do not keep the cloak overnight.H376H6041H7901H5667 13Return the cloak to its owner by sunset so he can stay warm through the night and bless you, and the LORD your God will count you as righteous.H7725H7725H5667H7725H8121H935H7901H8008H1288H6666H6440H3068H430 14"Never take advantage of poor and destitute laborers, whether they are fellow Israelites or foreigners living in your towns.H6231H7916H6041H34H251H1616H776H8179 15You must pay them their wages each day before sunset because they are poor and are counting on it. If you don't, they might cry out to the LORD against you, and it would be counted against you as sin.H3117H5414H7939H8121H935H6041H5375H5315H7121H3068H2399 16"Parents must not be put to death for the sins of their children, nor children for the sins of their parents. Those deserving to die must be put to death for their own crimes.H1H4191H1121H1121H4191H1H376H4191H2399 17"True justice must be given to foreigners living among you and to orphans, and you must never accept a widow's garment as security for her debt.H5186H4941H1616H3490H2254H490H899H2254 18Always remember that you were slaves in Egypt and that the LORD your God redeemed you from your slavery. That is why I have given you this command.H2142H5650H4714H3068H430H6299H6680H6213H1697 19"When you are harvesting your crops and forget to bring in a bundle of grain from your field, don't go back to get it. Leave it for the foreigners, orphans, and widows. Then the LORD your God will bless you in all you do.H7114H7105H7704H7911H6016H7704H7725H3947H1616H3490H490H3068H430H1288H4639H3027 20When you beat the olives from your olive trees, don't go over the boughs twice. Leave the remaining olives for the foreigners, orphans, and widows.H2251H2132H6286H310H1616H3490H490 21When you gather the grapes in your vineyard, don't glean the vines after they are picked. Leave the remaining grapes for the foreigners, orphans, and widows.H1219H3754H5953H310H1616H3490H490 22Remember that you were slaves in the land of Egypt. That is why I am giving you this command.H2142H5650H776H4714H6680H6213H1697
25"Suppose two people take a dispute to court, and the judges declare that one is right and the other is wrong.H7379H582H5066H4941H8199H6663H6662H7561H7563 2If the person in the wrong is sentenced to be flogged, the judge must command him to lie down and be beaten in his presence with the number of lashes appropriate to the crime.H7563H1121H5221H8199H5307H5221H6440H1767H7564H4557 3But never give more than forty lashes; more than forty lashes would publicly humiliate your neighbor.H705H5221H3254H3254H5221H7227H4347H251H7034H5869 4"You must not muzzle an ox to keep it from eating as it treads out the grain.H2629H7794H1778 5"If two brothers are living together on the same property and one of them dies without a son, his widow may not be married to anyone from outside the family. Instead, her husband's brother should marry her and have intercourse with her to fulfill the duties of a brother-in-law.H251H3427H3162H259H4191H1121H802H4191H2351H376H2114H2993H935H3947H802H2992 6The first son she bears to him will be considered the son of the dead brother, so that his name will not be forgotten in Israel.H1060H3205H6965H8034H251H4191H8034H4229H3478 7"But if the man refuses to marry his brother's widow, she must go to the town gate and say to the elders assembled there, 'My husband's brother refuses to preserve his brother's name in Israel—he refuses to fulfill the duties of a brother-in-law by marrying me.'H376H2654H3947H2994H2994H5927H8179H2205H559H2993H3985H6965H251H8034H3478H14H2992 8The elders of the town will then summon him and talk with him. If he still refuses and says, 'I don't want to marry her,'H2205H5892H7121H1696H5975H559H2654H3947 9the widow must walk over to him in the presence of the elders, pull his sandal from his foot, and spit in his face. Then she must declare, 'This is what happens to a man who refuses to provide his brother with children.'H2994H5066H5869H2205H2502H5275H7272H3417H6440H6030H559H6213H376H1129H251H1004 10Ever afterward in Israel his family will be referred to as 'the family of the man whose sandal was pulled off'!H8034H7121H3478H1004H5275H2502 11"If two Israelite men get into a fight and the wife of one tries to rescue her husband by grabbing the testicles of the other man,H582H5327H3162H251H376H802H259H7126H5337H376H3027H5221H7971H3027H2388H4016 12you must cut off her hand. Show her no pity.H7112H3709H5869H2347 13"You must use accurate scales when you weigh out merchandise,H3599H68H68H1419H6996 14and you must use full and honest measures.H1004H374H374H1419H6996 15Yes, always use honest weights and measures, so that you may enjoy a long life in the land the LORD your God is giving you.H8003H6664H68H8003H6664H374H3117H748H127H3068H430H5414 16All who cheat with dishonest weights and measures are detestable to the LORD your God.H6213H428H6213H5766H8441H3068H430 17"Never forget what the Amalekites did to you as you came from Egypt.H2142H6002H6213H1870H3318H4714 18They attacked you when you were exhausted and weary, and they struck down those who were straggling behind. They had no fear of God.H7136H1870H2179H2826H310H5889H3023H3373H430 19Therefore, when the LORD your God has given you rest from all your enemies in the land he is giving you as a special possession, you must destroy the Amalekites and erase their memory from under heaven. Never forget this!H3068H430H5117H341H5439H776H3068H430H5414H5159H3423H4229H2143H6002H8064H7911
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"If a man's testicles are crushed or his penis is cut off, he may not be admitted to the assembly of the LORD.H6481
