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

6You must never do anything to help these two nations. Do not let them live in peace. 7But do not hate anyone from Edom. The Edomites have the same ancestor as you. Do not hate an Egyptian person. You once lived as foreigners in Egypt. The third generation of their descendants can join with the Lord's people when they meet together to worship him. 9Your soldiers may be living in tents while they fight against your enemies. They must keep away from anything that makes them unclean. 10While a man is asleep, semen may come from his sex part. That makes him unclean so he must go outside the camp. He must stay there all day.

Deuteronomy 23:8 word by word

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

Words taken from the KJV.

• The childrenבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
• that are begottenיָלַדyâlad · to begetH3205
• of them shall enterבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
• into the congregationקָהָלqâhâl · assemblyH6951
• of the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• in their thirdשְׁלִישִׁיshelîyshîy · thirdH7992
• generationדּוֹרdôr dôr · generationH1755

Cross-references for Deuteronomy 23:8

• Deuteronomy 23:1Perhaps a man has sex parts that someone has destroyed or spoiled. That man cannot join with the Lord's people when they meet together.
• Romans 3:29God is not God only for Jewish people. He is also God for the Gentiles. Yes! He is the God for all people.
• Ephesians 2:12At that time, you did not know about Christ, God's special Messiah. You did not belong to the nation of Israel's people. You did not know about the good things that God had promised to his people. You were living in this world with nothing good to hope for. You were living without God's help.
• Deuteronomy 23:2If someone was born when his parents were not properly married, he cannot join with the Lord's people. His descendants may not meet with the Lord's people to worship the Lord either. That will continue to the tenth generation of the man's descendants.
• Exodus 20:5You must not bend down your head to any idol or worship it. I am the Lord your God and I want you to belong to me alone. I will punish children because of the bad things that their fathers have done. I will also punish their children and their grandchildren too. That is how I will punish everyone who turns against 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

In the dictionaries

• 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