4. because they didn’t help you with food or water on your journey out of Egypt, and because they hired Balaam, Beor’s son, from Pethor of Mesopotamia to curse you.
5. But the Lord your God wasn’t interested in listening to Balaam. The Lord your God turned that curse into a blessing because the Lord your God loves you.
6. So don’t be concerned with their health and well-being as long as you live.
7. Don’t detest Edomites, because they are your relatives. Don’t detest Egyptians because you were immigrants in their land.
8. Children born to them are permitted to belong to the Lord’s assembly starting with the third generation.
9. When you are camped in battle against your enemies, guard yourself from every possible evil.
10. If an individual in the camp becomes polluted due to a nighttime emission, he must exit the camp area and not reenter.
11. When the next evening arrives, he must wash with water; and when the sun sets, he can come back to the camp.
12. The latrines must be outside the camp. You will use them there, outside the camp.
13. Carry a shovel with the rest of your gear; once you have relieved yourself, use it to dig a hole, then refill it, covering your excrement.
14. Do these things because the Lord your God travels with you, right in the middle of your camp, ready to save you and to hand your enemies over to you. For this reason your camp must be holy. The Lord must not see anything indecent among you, or he will turn away from you.
15. Don’t return slaves to owners if they’ve escaped and come to you.
16. They can stay with you: in your own community or in any place they select from one of your cities, whatever seems good to them. Don’t oppress them.
17. No Israelite daughter is allowed to be a consecrated worker. Neither is any Israelite son allowed to be a consecrated worker.