Deuteronomy 23

¹No man with crushed or severed genitals may enter the assembly of the LORD.

²No one of illegitimate birth may enter the assembly of the LORD, nor may any of his descendants, even to the tenth generation.

³No Ammonite or Moabite or any of their descendants may enter the assembly of the LORD, even to the tenth generation.

⁴For they did not meet you with food and water on your way out of Egypt, and they hired Balaam son of Beor from Pethor in Aram-naharaim to curse you.

⁵Yet the LORD your God would not listen to Balaam, and the LORD your God turned the curse into a blessing for you, because the LORD your God loves you.

⁶You are not to seek peace or prosperity from them as long as you live.

⁷Do not despise an Edomite, for he is your brother. Do not despise an Egyptian, because you lived as a foreigner in his land.

⁸The third generation of children born to them may enter the assembly of the LORD.

⁹When you are encamped against your enemies, then you shall keep yourself from every wicked thing.

¹⁰If any man among you becomes unclean because of a nocturnal emission, he must leave the camp and stay outside.

¹¹When evening approaches, he must wash with water, and when the sun sets he may return to the camp.

¹²You must have a place outside the camp to go and relieve yourself.

¹³And you must have a digging tool in your equipment so that when you relieve yourself you can dig a hole and cover up your excrement.