6. Don't even think of signing a peace treaty with Moab or Ammon.
7. But Edomites are your relatives, and you lived as foreigners in the country of Egypt. Now you must be kind to Edomites and Egyptians
8. and let their great-grandchildren become part of Israel, the Lord's people.
9. When you men go off to fight your enemies, make sure your camp is acceptable to the Lord.
10. For example, if something happens at night that makes a man unclean and unfit for worship, he must go outside the camp and stay there
11. until late afternoon. Then he must take a bath, and at sunset he can go back into camp.
12. Set up a place outside the camp to be used as a toilet area.
13. And make sure that you have a small shovel in your equipment. When you go out to the toilet area, use the shovel to dig a hole. Then, after you relieve yourself, bury the waste in the hole.
14. You must keep your camp clean of filthy and disgusting things. The Lord is always present in your camp, ready to rescue you and give you victory over your enemies. But if he sees something disgusting in your camp, he may turn around and leave.
15. When runaway slaves from other countries come to Israel and ask for protection, you must not hand them back to their owners.
16. Instead, you must let them choose which one of your towns they want to live in. Don't be cruel to runaway slaves.
17. People of Israel, don't any of you ever be temple prostitutes.
18. The Lord your God is disgusted with men and women who are prostitutes of any kind, and he will not accept a gift from them, even if it had been promised to him.