23 No man with crushed testicles or a severed penis is allowed to enter into Yahweh’s assembly.

2 No illegitimate child[fn] is allowed to enter into Yahweh’s assembly, even down to the tenth generation.

3 No Ammonite or Moabite is allowed to enter into Yahweh’s assembly, even down past the tenth generation[ref] 4 since they wouldn’t even sell you bread and water when the people were travelling from Egypt to Canaan. What’s more, they hired Beor’s son Bil’am (Balaam) (from Petor in Aram-Naharayim) to curse you 5 However, your god Yahweh took no notice of Bil’am and turned the curse into a blessing because he loves you,[ref] 6 so you must never strive for peace or prosperity for the Ammonites or the Moabites.

7 In contrast, don’t despise the Edomites because they’re your cousins (descendants of your ancestor Yitshak). And don’t despise the Egyptians, because you lived there as foreigners. 8 The third generation (grandchildren) of any of Edomites or Egyptians that live among you, may enter Yahweh’s assembly.