Deuteronomy 23:1–14

“No man ⌊with crushed testicles⌋a or whose ⌊male organ is cut off⌋b may come into the assembly of Yahweh.

2 An illegitimate child may not come into the assembly of Yahweh; even to the tenth generation none ⌊of his descendants⌋c may come into the assembly of Yahweh.

3 An Ammonite or a Moabite may not come into the assembly of Yahweh; even to the tenth generation none ⌊of his descendants⌋d may come into the assembly of Yahweh ⌊forever⌋,e 4 ⌊because⌋f they did not come to meet you with food and with water ⌊when you came out of Egypt⌋,g and also ⌊because⌋h theyi hired Balaam, son of Beor, from Pethor, in Aram Naharaimj to act against you to curse you. 5 But Yahweh your God was not willing to listen to Balaam, and Yahweh your God turned the curse into a blessing for you, because Yahweh your God loved you. 6 You shall not promote their welfare or their prosperity all your days ⌊forever⌋.k

7 “You shall not abhor an Edomite, because he is your brother; you shall not abhor an Egyptian because you were an alien in his land. 8 The childrenl that are born to them in the third generation may come ⌊representing them⌋m in the assembly of Yahweh.

9 “Ifn you go out to encamp against your enemies, then you shall guard against doing anything evil.

10 “If there is among you a man that is not clean because of a seminal emission ⌊during the night⌋,o he shall go outside the camp; he shall not come within the camp. 11 ⌊And then⌋p toward the ⌊coming⌋q of the evening, he shall bathe withr water, and at the going downs of the sun, he may come to the midst of the camp.

12 “And there shall be for you a designated place outside the camp; ⌊and you shall go there to relieve yourself⌋,t 13 and a digging toolu shall be included in addition to your other utensilsv for yourself; ⌊and then⌋w ⌊when you relieve yourself⌋x outside the camp you shall dig with it, and then you shall turn, and you shall cover your excrement. 14 For Yahweh your God is walking about in the midst of your camp to deliver you and ⌊to hand your enemies over to you before you⌋,y and so let your camp be holy, so that he shall not see in it ⌊anything indecent⌋,z and he shall turn away ⌊from going with you⌋.a

a	Literally “bruised of crushing”
b	Literally “cut off of male organ”
c	Literally “to him”
d	Literally “to him”
e	Literally “until eternity”
f	Literally “because of the event when”
g	Literally “at your going out of Egypt”
h	Literally “because of the event when”
i	Hebrew “he,” but with plural meaning
j	Or “Mesopotamia” = “between the rivers”
k	Literally “until eternity”
l	Or “sons”
m	Literally “for them” or possibly “become members of”
n	Or “when”
o	Literally “of the night”
p	Literally “And it will happen/come about that”
q	Literally “turning”
r	Hebrew “in” but this is instrumental use of this preposition
s	The verb can mean “coming/going” and here it means “going”
t	Literally “and you shall go out there, outside to relieve yourself”
u	Or “spade”
v	Hebrew “utensil”
w	Literally “and it will happen”
x	Literally “at your sitting”
y	Literally “to give your enemies to the face of you”
z	Literally “nakedness of a thing”
a	Literally “from behind/after you”