Deuteronomy 23

lo-yiqqakh ish et-eshet aviv velo yegalleh kenaf aviv

No man shall marry his father’s former wife, so as to remove his father’s garment.

lo-yavo fetsua-ddakka ukherut shofkhah biqhal Adonai

No [man] whose testes are crushed or whose member is cut off shall be admitted into the congregation of GOD.

lo-yavo mamzer biqhal Adonai gam dor asiri lo-yavo lo biqhal Adonai

No one misbegotten shall be admitted into the congregation of GOD; no descendant of such, even in the tenth generation, shall be admitted into the congregation of GOD.

lo-yavo ammoni umo'avi biqhal Adonai gam dor asiri lo-yavo lahem biqhal Adonai ad-olam

No Ammonite or Moabite shall be admitted into the congregation of GOD; no descendants of such, even in the tenth generation, shall ever be admitted into the congregation of GOD,

al-devar asher lo-qiddemu etkhem ballekhem uvammayim badderekh betsetekhem mimmitsrayim va'asher sakhar alekha et-bilam ben-be'or mippetor aram naharayim leqallekka

because they did not meet you with food and water on your journey after you left Egypt, and because they hired Balaam son of Beor, from Pethor of Aram-naharaim, to curse you.—

velo-avah Adonai elohekha lishmoa el-bilam vayyahafokh Adonai elohekha lekha et-haqqelalah livrakhah ki ahevekha Adonai elohekha

But the ETERNAL your God refused to heed Balaam; instead, the ETERNAL your God turned the curse into a blessing for you, for the ETERNAL your God loves you.—

lo-tidrosh shelomam vetovatam kol-yamekha le'olam

You shall never concern yourself with their welfare or benefit as long as you live.

lo-teta'ev adomi ki akhikha hu lo-teta'ev mitsri ki-ger hayita ve'artso

You shall not abhor an Edomite, for they are your kin. You shall not abhor an Egyptian, for you were a stranger in their land.

banim asher-yivvaledu lahem dor shelishi yavo lahem biqhal Adonai

Children born to them may be admitted into the congregation of GOD in the third generation.

ki-tetse makhaneh al-oyevekha venishmarta mikkol davar ra

When you go out as a troop against your enemies, be on your guard against anything untoward.

ki-yihyeh vekha ish asher lo-yihyeh tahor miqqereh-layelah veyatsa el-mikhuts lammakhaneh lo yavo el-tokh hammakhaneh

If anyone among you has been rendered impure by a nocturnal emission, he must leave the camp, and he must not reenter the camp.

vehayah lifnot-erev yirkhats bammayim ukhevo hashemesh yavo el-tokh hammakhaneh

Toward evening he shall bathe in water, and at sundown he may reenter the camp.

veyad tihyeh lekha mikhuts lammakhaneh veyatsata shammah khuts

Further, there shall be an area for you outside the camp, where you may relieve yourself.

veyated tihyeh lekha al-azenekha vehayah beshivtekha khuts vekhafartah vah veshavta vekhissita et-tse'atekha

With your gear you shall have a spike, and when you have squatted you shall dig a hole with it and cover up your excrement.

ki Adonai elohekha mithallekh beqerev makhanekha lehatsilekha velatet oyevekha lefanekha vehayah makhanekha qadosh velo-yireh vekha ervat davar veshav me'akharekha

Since the ETERNAL your God moves about in your camp to protect you and to deliver your enemies to you, let your camp be holy; let [God] not find anything unseemly among you and turn away from you.

lo-tasgir eved el-adonayw asher-yinnatsel elekha me'im adonayw

You shall not turn over to his master a (male) slave who seeks refuge with you from his master.

immekha yeshev beqirbekha bammaqom asher-yivkhar be'akhad she'arekha battov lo lo tonennu

He shall live with you in any place he may choose among the settlements in your midst, wherever he pleases; you must not ill-treat him.

lo-tihyeh qedeshah mibbenot yisra'el velo-yihyeh qadesh mibbene yisra'el

No Israelite woman shall be a consecrated worker, nor shall any Israelite man be a consecrated worker.

lo-tavi etnan zonah umekhir kelev bet Adonai elohekha lekhol-neder ki to'avat Adonai elohekha gam-shenehem

You shall not bring the fee of a whore or the pay of a dog into the house of the ETERNAL your God in fulfillment of any vow, for both are abhorrent to the ETERNAL your God.

lo-tashikh le'akhikha neshekh kesef neshekh okhel neshekh kol-davar asher yishakh

You shall not deduct interest from loans to your fellow Israelites, whether in money or food or anything else that can be deducted as interest;

lannokhri tashikh ule'akhikha lo tashikh lema'an yevarekhkha Adonai elohekha bekhol mishlakh yadekha al-ha'arets asher-attah va-shammah lerishtah

but you may deduct interest from loans to foreigners. Do not deduct interest from loans to your fellow Israelites, so that the ETERNAL your God may bless you in all your undertakings in the land that you are about to enter and possess.

ki-tiddor neder la-Adonai elohekha lo te'akher leshallemo ki-darosh yidreshennu Adonai elohekha me'immakh vehayah vekha khet

When you make a vow to the ETERNAL your God, do not put off fulfilling it, for the ETERNAL your God will require it of you, and you will have incurred guilt;

vekhi tekhdal lindor lo-yihyeh vekha khet

whereas you incur no guilt if you refrain from vowing.

motsa sefatekha tishmor ve'asita ka'asher nadarta la-Adonai elohekha nedavah asher dibbarta befikha

You must fulfill what has crossed your lips and perform what you have voluntarily vowed to the ETERNAL your God, having made the promise with your own mouth.

ki tavo bekherem re'ekha ve'akhalta anavim kenafshekha sovekha ve'el-kelyekha lo titten

When you enter a fellow Israelite’s vineyard, you may eat as many grapes as you want, until you are full, but you must not put any in your vessel.

ki tavo beqamat re'ekha veqatafta melilot beyadekha vekhermesh lo tanif al qamat re'ekha

When you enter a fellow Israelite’s field of standing grain, you may pluck ears with your hand; but you must not put a sickle to your neighbor’s grain.