11. Toward evening he must wash, and at sunset he may come back to camp.
12. Choose a place outside the camp where you can go ⌊to relieve yourself⌋.
13. You must carry a pointed stick as part of your equipment. When you go outside to squat, dig a hole with it. When you’re done, cover up your excrement.
14. The Lord your God moves around in your camp to protect you and hand your enemies over to you. So your camp must always be holy. This way, the Lord will never see anything offensive among you and turn away from you.
15. If a slave escapes from his master and comes to you, don’t return him to his master.
16. Let him stay with you ⌊and live⌋ among your people wherever he chooses, in any of your cities that seems best to him. Never mistreat him.
17. No Israelite man or woman should ever become a temple prostitute.
18. Never bring gifts or money earned by prostitution into the house of the Lord your God as an offering you vowed to give. These earnings are disgusting to the Lord your God.
19. Never charge another Israelite any interest on money, food, or anything else that is borrowed.
20. You may charge a foreigner interest, but not an Israelite. Then the Lord your God will bless you in everything you do once you’ve entered the land and taken possession of it.
21. If you make a vow to the Lord your God, don’t avoid keeping it. The Lord your God expects you to keep it. You would be guilty of a sin if you didn’t.