⁷ “‘Do not dishonor your father^(A) by having sexual relations with your mother.^(B) She is your mother; do not have relations with her.

⁸ “‘Do not have sexual relations with your father’s wife;^(C) that would dishonor your father.^(D)

⁹ “‘Do not have sexual relations with your sister,^(E) either your father’s daughter or your mother’s daughter, whether she was born in the same home or elsewhere.^(F)

¹⁰ “‘Do not have sexual relations with your son’s daughter or your daughter’s daughter; that would dishonor you.

¹¹ “‘Do not have sexual relations with the daughter of your father’s wife, born to your father; she is your sister.

¹² “‘Do not have sexual relations with your father’s sister;^(G) she is your father’s close relative.

¹³ “‘Do not have sexual relations with your mother’s sister,^(H) because she is your mother’s close relative.

¹⁴ “‘Do not dishonor your father’s brother by approaching his wife to have sexual relations; she is your aunt.^(I)

¹⁵ “‘Do not have sexual relations with your daughter-in-law.^(J) She is your son’s wife; do not have relations with her.^(K)

¹⁶ “‘Do not have sexual relations with your brother’s wife;^(L) that would dishonor your brother.

¹⁷ “‘Do not have sexual relations with both a woman and her daughter.^(M) Do not have sexual relations with either her son’s daughter or her daughter’s daughter; they are her close relatives. That is wickedness.

¹⁸ “‘Do not take your wife’s sister^(N) as a rival wife and have sexual relations with her while your wife is living.

¹⁹ “‘Do not approach a woman to have sexual relations during the uncleanness^(O) of her monthly period.^(P)

²⁰ “‘Do not have sexual relations with your neighbor’s wife^(Q) and defile yourself with her.

¹⁰ “‘If a man commits adultery with another man’s wife^(A)—with the wife of his neighbor—both the adulterer and the adulteress are to be put to death.^(B)

¹¹ “‘If a man has sexual relations with his father’s wife, he has dishonored his father.^(C) Both the man and the woman are to be put to death; their blood will be on their own heads.^(D)

¹² “‘If a man has sexual relations with his daughter-in-law,^(E) both of them are to be put to death. What they have done is a perversion; their blood will be on their own heads.

¹³ “‘If a man has sexual relations with a man as one does with a woman, both of them have done what is detestable.^(F) They are to be put to death; their blood will be on their own heads.

¹⁴ “‘If a man marries both a woman and her mother,^(G) it is wicked. Both he and they must be burned in the fire,^(H) so that no wickedness will be among you.^(I)

¹⁵ “‘If a man has sexual relations with an animal,^(J) he is to be put to death,^(K) and you must kill the animal.

¹⁶ “‘If a woman approaches an animal to have sexual relations with it, kill both the woman and the animal. They are to be put to death; their blood will be on their own heads.

¹⁷ “‘If a man marries his sister^(L), the daughter of either his father or his mother, and they have sexual relations, it is a disgrace. They are to be publicly removed^(M) from their people. He has dishonored his sister and will be held responsible.^(N)

¹⁸ “‘If a man has sexual relations with a woman during her monthly period,^(O) he has exposed the source of her flow, and she has also uncovered it. Both of them are to be cut off from their people.^(P)

¹⁹ “‘Do not have sexual relations with the sister of either your mother or your father,^(Q) for that would dishonor a close relative; both of you would be held responsible.

²⁰ “‘If a man has sexual relations with his aunt,^(R) he has dishonored his uncle. They will be held responsible; they will die childless.^(S)

²¹ “‘If a man marries his brother’s wife,^(T) it is an act of impurity; he has dishonored his brother. They will be childless.^(U)

Exclusion From the Assembly

23 ^[a]No one who has been emasculated^(A) by crushing or cutting may enter the assembly of the Lord.

² No one born of a forbidden marriage^[b] nor any of their descendants may enter the assembly of the Lord, not even in the tenth generation.

³ No Ammonite^(B) or Moabite or any of their descendants may enter the assembly of the Lord, not even in the tenth generation.^{(C) 4} For they did not come to meet you with bread and water^(D) on your way when you came out of Egypt, and they hired Balaam^(E) son of Beor from Pethor in Aram Naharaim^[c](F) to pronounce a curse on you.^{(G) 5} However, the Lord your God would not listen to Balaam but turned the curse^(H) into a blessing for you, because the Lord your God loves^(I) you. ⁶ Do not seek a treaty^(J) of friendship with them as long as you live.^(K)

⁷ Do not despise an Edomite,^(L) for the Edomites are related to you.^(M) Do not despise an Egyptian, because you resided as foreigners in their country.^{(N) 8} The third generation of children born to them may enter the assembly of the Lord.

Uncleanness in the Camp

⁹ When you are encamped against your enemies, keep away from everything impure.^{(O) 10} If one of your men is unclean because of a nocturnal emission, he is to go outside the camp and stay there.^{(P) 11} But as evening approaches he is to wash himself, and at sunset^(Q) he may return to the camp.^(R)

¹² Designate a place outside the camp where you can go to relieve yourself. ¹³ As part of your equipment have something to dig with, and when you relieve yourself, dig a hole and cover up your excrement. ¹⁴ For the Lord your God moves^(S) about in your camp to protect you and to deliver your enemies to you. Your camp must be holy,^(T) so that he will not see among you anything indecent and turn away from you.

Miscellaneous Laws

¹⁵ If a slave has taken refuge^(U) with you, do not hand them over to their master.^{(V) 16} Let them live among you wherever they like and in whatever town they choose. Do not oppress^(W) them.

¹⁷ No Israelite man^(X) or woman is to become a shrine prostitute.^{(Y) 18} You must not bring the earnings of a female prostitute or of a male prostitute^[d] into the house of the Lord your God to pay any vow, because the Lord your God detests them both.^(Z)

¹⁹ Do not charge a fellow Israelite interest, whether on money or food or anything else that may earn interest.^{(AA) 20} You may charge a foreigner^(AB) interest, but not a fellow Israelite, so that the Lord your God may bless^(AC) you in everything you put your hand to in the land you are entering to possess.

²¹ If you make a vow to the Lord your God, do not be slow to pay it,^(AD) for the Lord your God will certainly demand it of you and you will be guilty of sin.^{(AE) 22} But if you refrain from making a vow, you will not be guilty.^{(AF) 23} Whatever your lips utter you must be sure to do, because you made your vow freely to the Lord your God with your own mouth.

²⁴ If you enter your neighbor’s vineyard, you may eat all the grapes you want, but do not put any in your basket. ²⁵ If you enter your neighbor’s grainfield, you may pick kernels with your hands, but you must not put a sickle to their standing grain.^(AG)