New American Bible, Revised Edition

Deuteronomy 23:11-17 New American Bible, Revised Edition (NABRE)

11. If one of you becomes unclean because of a nocturnal emission, he shall go outside the camp; he shall not come back into the camp.

12. Toward evening, he shall bathe in water; then, when the sun has set, he may come back into the camp.

13. Outside the camp you shall have a place set aside where you shall go.

14. You shall keep a trowel in your equipment and, when you go outside to relieve yourself, you shall dig a hole with it and then cover up your excrement.

15. Since the Lord, your God, journeys along in the midst of your camp to deliver you and to give your enemies over to you, your camp must be holy, so that he does not see anything indecent in your midst and turn away from you.

16. You shall not hand over to their master any slaves who have taken refuge with you from their master.

17. Let them live among you in any place they choose, in any one of your communities that seems good to them. Do not oppress them.