5 But the Lord your God wasn’t interested in listening to Balaam. The Lord your God turned that curse into a blessing because the Lord your God loves you.
6 So don’t be concerned with their health and well-being as long as you live.
7 Don’t detest Edomites, because they are your relatives. Don’t detest Egyptians because you were immigrants in their land.
8 Children born to them are permitted to belong to the Lord’s assembly starting with the third generation.
9 When you are camped in battle against your enemies, guard yourself from every possible evil.
10 If an individual in the camp becomes polluted due to a nighttime emission, he must exit the camp area and not reenter.
11 When the next evening arrives, he must wash with water; and when the sun sets, he can come back to the camp.