Exclusion From the Assembly
In Hebrew texts 23:1-25 is numbered 23:2-26. 1No one who has been emasculated by crushing or cutting may enter the assembly of the Lord.
2No one born of a forbidden marriage23:2 Or one of illegitimate birth nor any of their descendants may enter the assembly of the Lord, not even in the tenth generation.
3No Ammonite or Moabite or any of their descendants may enter the assembly of the Lord, not even in the tenth generation. 4For they did not come to meet you with bread and water on your way when you came out of Egypt, and they hired Balaam son of Beor from Pethor in Aram Naharaim23:4 That is, Northwest Mesopotamia to pronounce a curse on you. 5However, the Lord your God would not listen to Balaam but turned the curse into a blessing for you, because the Lord your God loves you. 6Do not seek a treaty of friendship with them as long as you live.
7Do not despise an Edomite, for the Edomites are related to you. Do not despise an Egyptian, because you resided as foreigners in their country. 8The third generation of children born to them may enter the assembly of the Lord.
Uncleanness in the Camp
9When you are encamped against your enemies, keep away from everything impure. 10If one of your men is unclean because of a nocturnal emission, he is to go outside the camp and stay there. 11But as evening approaches he is to wash himself, and at sunset he may return to the camp.
12Designate a place outside the camp where you can go to relieve yourself. 13As part of your equipment have something to dig with, and when you relieve yourself, dig a hole and cover up your excrement. 14For the Lord your God moves about in your camp to protect you and to deliver your enemies to you. Your camp must be holy, so that he will not see among you anything indecent and turn away from you.
Miscellaneous Laws
15If a slave has taken refuge with you, do not hand them over to their master. 16Let them live among you wherever they like and in whatever town they choose. Do not oppress them.
17No Israelite man or woman is to become a shrine prostitute. 18You must not bring the earnings of a female prostitute or of a male prostitute23:18 Hebrew of a dog into the house of the Lord your God to pay any vow, because the Lord your God detests them both.
19Do not charge a fellow Israelite interest, whether on money or food or anything else that may earn interest. 20You may charge a foreigner interest, but not a fellow Israelite, so that the Lord your God may bless you in everything you put your hand to in the land you are entering to possess.
21If you make a vow to the Lord your God, do not be slow to pay it, for the Lord your God will certainly demand it of you and you will be guilty of sin. 22But if you refrain from making a vow, you will not be guilty. 23Whatever your lips utter you must be sure to do, because you made your vow freely to the Lord your God with your own mouth.
24If you enter your neighbor’s vineyard, you may eat all the grapes you want, but do not put any in your basket. 25If you enter your neighbor’s grainfield, you may pick kernels with your hands, but you must not put a sickle to 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.
