Deuteronomy 23:8

Deuteronomy 23:8 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)The children that are begotten of them shall enter into the congregation of the Lord in their third generation.
• New International Version (NIV)The third generation of children born to them may enter the assembly of the Lord.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Children born to them in the third generation may enter the assembly of the Lord.
• New King James Version (NKJV)The children of the third generation born to them may enter the assembly of the Lord.

Context of Deuteronomy 23:8

6Thou shalt not seek their peace nor their prosperity all thy days for ever. 7Thou shalt not abhor an Edomite; for he is thy brother. Thou shalt not abhor an Egyptian; because thou wast a sojourner in his land. Children that are born to them shall come into the congregation of Jehovah in the third generation. 9When thou goest forth into camp against thine enemies, then keep thee from every evil thing. 10If there be with thee a man that is not clean from what hath happened in the night, then shall he go outside the camp; he shall not come inside the camp;

Deuteronomy 23:8 word by word

בָּנִ֛ים אֲשֶׁר־יִוָּלְד֥וּ לָהֶ֖ם דּ֣וֹר שְׁלִישִׁ֑י יָבֹ֥א לָהֶ֖ם בִּקְהַ֥ל יְהוָֽה׃ סRead the interlinear

Cross-references for Deuteronomy 23:8

• Deuteronomy 23:1He that is a eunuch, whether he have been crushed or cut, shall not come into the congregation of Jehovah.
• Romans 3:29Is [God] the God of Jews only? is he not of [the] nations also? Yea, of nations also:
• Ephesians 2:12that ye were at that time without Christ, aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world:
• Deuteronomy 23:2A bastard shall not come into the congregation of Jehovah; even his tenth generation shall not come into the congregation of Jehovah.
• Exodus 20:5thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them; for I, Jehovah thy God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the sons to the third and to the fourth [generation] of them that hate me,

Commentaries on Deuteronomy 23:8

• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 8third generation: After a waiting period of three generations, Edomites and Egyptians who lived among Israel could join in worship of the Lord. This time of probation (a period of testing or waiting) came before they were fully accepted into the community of faith.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-251-3. He that is wounded ..., shall not enter into the congregation of the Lord--"To enter into the congregation of the Lord" means either admission to public honors and offices in the Church and State of Israel, or, in the case of foreigners, incorporation with that nation by marriage. The rule was that strangers and foreigners, for fear of friendship or marriage connections with them leading the people into idolatry, were not admissible till their…Read the comment

Topics related to Deuteronomy 23:8

• Edomites
• Egyptians

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• Alien
• Paddle
• Sickle
• Slack
• Atonement, Day of
• Congregation
• Criticism
• Deuteronomy
• Exodus, the Book of
• Genesis

Commentaries on Deuteronomy 23

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings