5. But the Lord your God would not listen to Balaam; instead he turned the curse into a blessing, because he loved you.
6. As long as you are a nation, never do anything to help these nations or to make them prosperous.
7. “Do not despise the Edomites; they are your relatives. And do not despise the Egyptians; you once lived in their land.
8. From the third generation onward their descendants may be included among the Lord's people.
9. “When you are in camp in time of war, you are to avoid anything that would make you ritually unclean.
10. If a man becomes unclean because he has had a wet dream during the night, he is to go outside the camp and stay there.
11. Towards evening he is to wash himself, and at sunset he may come back into camp.
12. “You are to have a place outside the camp where you can go when you need to relieve yourselves.