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another man’s wife. In this way, you will purge
this evil from among you.
25 “But if the man meets the engaged woman
out in the country, and he rapes her, then only
the man must die. 26 Do nothing to the young
woman; she has committed no crime worthy of
death. She is as innocent as a murder victim.
27 Since the man raped her out in the country, it
must be assumed that she screamed, but there
was no one to rescue her.
28 “Suppose a man has intercourse with a
young woman who is a virgin but is not engaged
to be married. If they are discovered, 29 he must
pay her father fifty pieces of silver.* Then he must
marry the young woman because he violated her,
and he may never divorce her as long as he lives.
30*“A man must not marry his father’s former
wife, for this would violate his father.
Regulations concerning Worship
1*“If a man’s testicles are crushed or his
penis is cut off, he may not be admitted
to the assembly of the Lord.
2 “If a person is illegitimate by birth, neither
he nor his descendants for ten generations may
be admitted to the assembly of the Lord.
3 “No Ammonite or Moabite or any of their
descendants for ten generations may be admitted to the assembly of the Lord. 4 These nations
did not welcome you with food and water when
you came out of Egypt. Instead, they hired Balaam son of Beor from Pethor in distant Aramnaharaim to curse you. 5 But the Lord your God
refused to listen to Balaam. He turned the intended curse into a blessing because the Lord
your God loves you. 6 As long as you live, you
must never promote the welfare and prosperity
of the Ammonites or Moabites.
7 “Do not detest the Edomites or the Egyptians, because the Edomites are your relatives
and you lived as foreigners among the Egyptians. 8 The third generation of Edomites and
Egyptians may enter the assembly of the Lord.
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Miscellaneous Regulations
9 “When you go to war against your enemies, be
sure to stay away from anything that is impure.
10 “Any man who becomes ceremonially defiled because of a nocturnal emission must
leave the camp and stay away all day. 11 Toward
evening he must bathe himself, and at sunset
he may return to the camp.
12 “You must have a designated area outside the
camp where you can go to relieve yourself. 13 Each
of you must have a spade as part of your equipment. Whenever you relieve yourself, dig a hole
with the spade and cover the excrement. 14 The
camp must be holy, for the Lord your God moves
around in your camp to protect you and to defeat
your enemies. He must not see any shameful thing
among you, or he will turn away from you.
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15 “If slaves should escape from their masters
and take refuge with you, you must not hand
them over to their masters. 16 Let them live
among you in any town they choose, and do
not oppress them.
17 “No Israelite, whether man or woman, may
become a temple prostitute. 18 When you are
bringing an offering to fulfill a vow, you must
not bring to the house of the Lord your God
any offering from the earnings of a prostitute,
whether a man* or a woman, for both are detestable to the Lord your God.
19 “Do not charge interest on the loans you
make to a fellow Israelite, whether you loan
money, or food, or anything else. 20 You may
charge interest to foreigners, but you may not
charge interest to Israelites, so that the Lord
your God may bless you in everything you do
in the land you are about to enter and occupy.
21 “When you make a vow to the Lord your
God, be prompt in fulfilling whatever you promised him. For the Lord your God demands that
you promptly fulfill all your vows, or you will
be guilty of sin. 22 However, it is not a sin to refrain from making a vow. 23 But once you have
voluntarily made a vow, be careful to fulfill your
promise to the Lord your God.
24 “When you enter your neighbor’s vineyard,
you may eat your fill of grapes, but you must
not carry any away in a basket. 25 And when you
enter your neighbor’s field of grain, you may
pluck the heads of grain with your hand, but
you must not harvest it with a sickle.
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“Suppose a man marries a woman but
she does not please him. Having discovered something wrong with her, he writes a
document of divorce, hands it to her, and sends
her away from his house. 2 When she leaves his
house, she is free to marry another man. 3 But
if the second husband also turns against her,
writes a document of divorce, hands it to her,
and sends her away, or if he dies, 4 the first
husband may not marry her again, for she has
been defiled. That would be detestable to the
Lord. You must not bring guilt upon the land
the Lord your God is giving you as a special
possession.
5 “A newly married man must not be drafted into
the army or be given any other official responsibilities. He must be free to spend one year at home,
bringing happiness to the wife he has married.
6 “It is wrong to take a set of millstones, or
even just the upper millstone, as security for a
loan, for the owner uses it to make a living.
7 “If anyone kidnaps a fellow Israelite and
treats him as a slave or sells him, the kidnapper
22:29 Hebrew 50 [shekels] of silver, about 1.25 pounds or
570 grams in weight. 22:30 Verse 22:30 is numbered 23:1
in Hebrew text. 23:1 Verses 23:1-25 are numbered 23:2-26
in Hebrew text. 23:18 Hebrew a dog.