Holman Christian Standard Bible

Deuteronomy 23:9-20 Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

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.

13. You must have a digging tool in your equipment; when you relieve yourself, dig a hole with it and cover up your excrement.

14. For the Lord your God walks throughout your camp to protect you and deliver your enemies to you; so your encampments must be holy. He must not see anything improper among you or He will turn away from you.

15. “Do not return a slave to his master when he has escaped from his master to you.

16. Let him live among you wherever he wants within your gates. Do not mistreat him.

17. “No Israelite woman is to be a cult prostitute, and no Israelite man is to be a cult prostitute.

18. Do not bring a female prostitute’s wages or a male prostitute’s earnings into the house of the Lord your God to fulfill any vow, because both are detestable to the Lord your God.

19. “Do not charge your brother interest on money, food, or anything that can earn interest.

20. You may charge a foreigner interest, but you must not charge your brother interest, so that the Lord your God may bless you in everything you do in the land you are entering to possess.