1. “No man whose testicles have been crushed or whose penis has been cut off may enter the Lord’s assembly.
2. No one of illegitimate birth may enter the Lord’s assembly; none of his descendants, even to the tenth generation, may enter the Lord’s assembly.
3. No Ammonite or Moabite may enter the Lord’s assembly; none of their descendants, even to the tenth generation, may ever enter the Lord’s assembly.
4. This is because they did not meet you with food and water on the journey after you came out of Egypt, and because Balaam son of Beor from Pethor in Aram-naharaim was hired to curse you.
5. Yet the Lord your God would not listen to Balaam, but He turned the curse into a blessing for you because the Lord your God loves you.
6. Never seek their peace or prosperity as long as you live.
7. Do not despise an Edomite, because he is your brother. Do not despise an Egyptian, because you were a foreign resident in his land.
8. The children born to them in the third generation may enter the Lord’s assembly.
9. “When you are encamped against your enemies, be careful to avoid anything offensive.
10. If there is a man among you who is unclean because of a bodily emission during the night, he must go outside the camp; he may not come anywhere inside the camp.
11. When evening approaches, he must wash with water, and when the sun sets he may come inside the camp.
12. You must have a place outside the camp and go there to relieve yourself.