23:12 You are to have a place outside the camp to serve as a latrine. 1 23:13 You must have a spade among your other equipment and when you relieve yourself 2 outside you must dig a hole with the spade 3 and then turn and cover your excrement. 4 23:14 For the Lord your God walks about in the middle of your camp to deliver you and defeat 5 your enemies for you. Therefore your camp should be holy, so that he does not see anything indecent 6 among you and turn away from you.
23:15 You must not return an escaped slave to his master when he has run away to you. 7 23:16 Indeed, he may live among you in any place he chooses, in whichever of your villages 8 he prefers; you must not oppress him.
23:17 There must never be a sacred prostitute 9 among the young women 10 of Israel nor a sacred male prostitute 11 among the young men 12 of Israel. 23:18 You must never bring the pay of a female prostitute 13 or the wage of a male prostitute 14 into the temple of the Lord your God in fulfillment of any vow, for both of these are abhorrent to the Lord your God.
23:19 You must not charge interest on a loan to your fellow Israelite, 15 whether on money, food, or anything else that has been loaned with interest. 23:20 You may lend with interest to a foreigner, but not to your fellow Israelite; if you keep this command the Lord your God will bless you in all you undertake in the land you are about to enter to possess. 23:21 When you make a vow to the Lord your God you must not delay in fulfilling it, for otherwise he 16 will surely 17 hold you accountable as a sinner. 18 23:22 If you refrain from making a vow, it will not be sinful. 23:23 Whatever you vow, you must be careful to do what you have promised, such as what you have vowed to the Lord your God as a freewill offering. 23:24 When you enter the vineyard of your neighbor you may eat as many grapes as you please, 19 but you must not take away any in a container. 20 23:25 When you go into the ripe grain fields of your neighbor you may pluck off the kernels with your hand, 21 but you must not use a sickle on your neighbor’s ripe grain.