1. A man shall not marry his father’s wife, nor shall he dishonor his father’s bed.
2. No one whose testicles have been crushed or whose penis has been cut off may come into the assembly of the Lord.
3. No one born of an illicit union may come into the assembly of the Lord, nor any descendant of such even to the tenth generation may come into the assembly of the Lord.
4. No Ammonite or Moabite may ever come into the assembly of the Lord, nor may any of their descendants even to the tenth generation come into the assembly of the Lord,
5. because they would not come to meet you with food and water on your journey after you left Egypt, and because they hired Balaam, son of Beor, from Pethor in Aram Naharaim, to curse you.
6. The Lord, your God, would not listen to Balaam but turned his curse into a blessing for you, because the Lord, your God, loves you.
7. Never seek their welfare or prosperity as long as you live.
8. Do not abhor the Edomite: he is your brother. Do not abhor the Egyptian: you were a resident alien in his country.
9. Children born to them may come into the assembly of the Lord in the third generation.