Who Can Join in Worship With the Lord’s People?
1No man whose sex organs have been crushed or cut can join in worship with the Lord’s people.
2No one born to an unmarried woman can join in worship with the Lord’s people. That also applies to the person’s children for all time to come.
3The people of Ammon and Moab can’t join in worship with the Lord’s people. That also applies to their children after them for all time to come. 4The Ammonites and Moabites didn’t come to meet you with food and water on your way out of Egypt. They even hired Balaam from Pethor in Aram Naharaim to put a curse on you. Balaam was the son of Beor. 5The Lord your God wouldn’t listen to Balaam. Instead, he turned the curse into a blessing for you. He did it because he loves you. 6So don’t make a peace treaty with the Ammonites and Moabites as long as you live.
7Don’t hate the people of Edom. They are your relatives. Don’t hate the people of Egypt. After all, you lived as outsiders in their country. 8The great-grandchildren of the Edomites and Egyptians can join in worship with the Lord’s people.
Keep the Camp of the Soldiers Pure and “Clean”
9There will be times when you are at war with your enemies. And your soldiers will be in camp. Then keep away from anything that isn’t pure and “clean.” 10Suppose semen flows from the body of one of your soldiers during the night. Then that will make him “unclean.” He must go outside the camp and stay there. 11But as evening approaches, he must wash himself. When the sun goes down, he can return to the camp.
12Choose a place outside the camp where you can go to the toilet. 13Keep a shovel among your tools. When you go to the toilet, dig a hole. Then cover up your waste. 14The Lord your God walks around in your camp. He’s there to keep you safe. He’s also there to hand your enemies over to you. So your camp must be holy. Then he won’t see anything among you that is shameful. He won’t turn away from you.
Several Other Laws
15If a slave comes to you for safety, don’t hand them over to their master. 16Let them live among you anywhere they want to. Let them live in any town they choose. Don’t treat them badly.
17A man or woman in Israel must not become a temple prostitute. 18The Lord your God hates the money that men and women get for being prostitutes. So don’t take that money into the house of the Lord to pay what you promised to give.
19Don’t charge your own people any interest. Don’t charge them when they borrow money, food or anything else. 20You can charge interest to people from another country. But don’t charge your own people. Then the Lord your God will bless you in everything you do. He will bless you in the land you are entering to take as your own.
21Don’t put off giving to the Lord your God everything you promise him. He will certainly require it from you. And you will be guilty of committing a sin. 22But if you don’t make a promise, you won’t be guilty. 23Make sure you do what you promised to do. With your own mouth you made the promise to the Lord your God. No one forced you to do it.
24When you enter your neighbor’s vineyard, you can eat all the grapes you want. But don’t put any of them in your basket. 25When you enter your neighbor’s field, you can pick heads of grain. But don’t cut down their standing grain.
Kutengwa Na Mkutano
123:1 Law 21:20Asiingie mtu yeyote aliyehasiwa kwa kupondwa makende au kwa kukatwa uume wake katika kusanyiko la Bwana.
2Mtu yeyote ambaye amezaliwa kwenye ndoa isiyo halali au wazao wake wasiingie kwenye kusanyiko la Bwana, hata mpaka kizazi cha kumi.
323:3 Mwa 19:38; Neh 13:2; Rut 4:5; Neh 4:3-7Hapatakuwa na Mwamoni au Mmoabu au yeyote wa wazao wao atakayeruhusiwa kuingia katika kusanyiko la Bwana, hata mpaka kizazi cha kumi. 423:4 Kum 2:28; Hes 23:7; 2Pet 2:15; Mwa 24:10; 14:18; Kum 2:29; 1Sam 25:11; 1Fal 18:4; Isa 63:9Kwa kuwa hawakuja kuwalaki wakiwa na mkate na maji mlipokuwa njiani mlipotoka Misri, tena walimwajiri Balaamu mwana wa Beori kutoka Pethori iliyoko Aramu-Naharaimu23:4 Yaani Mesopotamia ya Kaskazini-Magharibi. ili kuwalaani ninyi. 523:5 Hes 24:10; Yos 24:10; Mit 26:2; Kum 4:37Hata hivyo, Bwana Mungu wenu hakumsikiliza Balaamu bali aligeuza laana kuwa baraka kwenu kwa sababu Bwana Mungu wenu anawapenda. 623:6 Hes 24:17; Isa 15:1; 25:10; Yer 25:21; 27:3; 48:1; Eze 25:8; Sef 2:9; Ezr 9:12; Mt 5:43Msitafute mapatano ya urafiki nao maisha yenu yote.
723:7 Mwa 25:30; 25:26; Law 19:34; Kut 23:9; Oba 1:11-12; Law 15:1-33; Kum 10:19; Law 19:34Usimchukie Mwedomu, kwa kuwa yeye ni ndugu yako. Usimchukie Mmisri, kwa sababu uliishi kama mgeni katika nchi yake. 8Kizazi cha tatu cha watoto watakaozaliwa nao wanaweza kuingia katika kusanyiko la Bwana.
Unajisi Katika Kambi
9Unapokuwa umepiga kambi dhidi ya adui zako, jitenge na kitu chochote kisicho safi. 1023:10 Law 15:16Ikiwa mtu amechafuka kwa sababu ya kutokwa na shahawa usiku, inampasa atoke nje ya kambi na kukaa huko. 1123:11 Law 15:16; 1Sam 21:5Lakini jioni ikikaribia ataoga, na baada ya jua kuzama ataingia tena kambini.
12Tengeni mahali nje ya kambi ambapo mnaweza kwenda kujisaidia. 13Kama sehemu ya vifaa vyenu kuweni na kitu cha kulimia, nanyi mnapojisaidia, chimba shimo na kisha funika kile kikutokacho. 1423:14 Mwa 3:8; Kut 3:4-5; Law 26:12; Yer 32:40; 2Kor 6:16Kwa kuwa Bwana Mungu wenu hutembea katika kambi yenu ili kuwalinda na kuwaweka adui zenu mikononi mwenu. Kambi yenu ni lazima iwe takatifu, ili asione kitu chochote miongoni mwenu kilicho kichafu akageuka na kuwaacha.
Sheria Mbalimbali
1523:15 2Sam 22:3; Za 2:12; 71:1; 1Sam 30:15Ikiwa mtumwa amekimbilia kwako, usimrudishe kwa bwana wake. 1623:16 Kut 22:21; 23:6; Mt 22:22; Yer 7:6; Zek 7:10; Yak 2:6Mwache aishi miongoni mwenu mahali popote anapopapenda na katika mji wowote anaochagua. Usimwonee.
1723:17 1Fal 14:24; 15:12; 22:46; 2Fal 23:7; Ay 36:14; Mwa 38:21; Law 19:29; Mit 2:16; Mwa 19:5Asiwepo Mwisraeli mwanamke kahaba au mwanaume hanithi wa mahali pa kuabudia miungu. 1823:18 Mwa 19:5; Law 20:13; Ufu 22:15Kamwe usilete mapato ya ukahaba ikiwa ni ya mwanamke au ni ya mwanaume katika nyumba ya Bwana Mungu wako kwa ajili ya nadhiri yoyote, kwa sababu Bwana Mungu wako anachukizwa na yote mawili.
1923:19 Law 25:35-37; Neh 5:2-7; Kut 22:25; Za 15:5; Lk 6:34Usimtoze ndugu yako riba, iwe ni fedha ama chakula ama kitu kingine chochote ambacho waweza kupata riba juu yake. 2023:20 Hes 6:21; Amu 11:35; Za 15:4; Hes 30:1-2; Ay 22:27; Za 61:8; 65:1; 76:11; Mhu 5:4-5; Isa 19:21; Mt 5:33; Mdo 5:3; Kum 25:10; 28:12; Law 19:34Unaweza kumtoza mgeni riba, lakini siyo nduguyo Mwisraeli, ili kwamba Bwana Mungu wako akubariki katika kila kitu unachoweka mkono katika nchi unayoingia kuimiliki.
2123:21 Ay 22:27; Za 61:8; Mhu 5:4-5Ukiweka nadhiri kwa Bwana Mungu wako, usichelewe kuitimiza, kwa kuwa Bwana Mungu wako atakudai, nawe utakuwa na hatia ya dhambi. 2223:22 Mdo 5:4Lakini ukijizuia kuweka nadhiri, hutakuwa na hatia. 2323:23 Za 66:13Chochote kitakachotamkwa kwa midomo yako ni lazima uhakikishe umekifanya, kwa sababu uliweka nadhiri yako kwa hiari mbele za Bwana Mungu wako kwa kinywa chako mwenyewe.
2423:24 Mt 12:1; Lk 12:15; 1Kor 6:10; Kol 3:5Kama ukiingia katika shamba la mizabibu la jirani yako, unaweza kula zabibu kadiri utakavyo, lakini usiweke chochote kwenye kikapu chako. 2523:25 Mt 12:1; Mk 2:23; Lk 6:1Kama ukiingia katika shamba la nafaka la jirani yako, unaweza kukwanyua kwa mikono yako, lakini usikate kwa mundu nafaka iliyosimama.
