Deuteronomy 23
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New American Standard Bible 1995

Deuteronomy 23:1-8

1“1No one who is 2emasculated or has his male organ cut off shall enter the assembly of the Lord. 2No one of illegitimate birth shall enter the assembly of the Lord; none of his descendants, even to the tenth generation, shall enter the assembly of the Lord. 33No Ammonite or Moabite shall enter the assembly of the Lord; none of their descendants, even to the tenth generation, shall ever enter the assembly of the Lord, 44because they did not meet you with 5food and water on the way when you came out of Egypt, and because they hired against you 6Balaam the son of Beor from Pethor of 7Mesopotamia, to curse you. 5Nevertheless, the Lord your God was not willing to listen to Balaam, but the Lord your God 8turned the curse into a blessing for you because the Lord your God 9loves you. 610You shall never seek their peace or their prosperity all your days.

7“You shall not detest an Edomite, for 11he is your brother; you shall not detest an Egyptian, 12because you were an alien in his land. 8The sons of the third generation who are born to them may enter the assembly of the Lord.

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Notes

  1. 1. Deuteronomy 23:1 Lev 21:20; 22:24 ↩
  2. 2. Deuteronomy 23:1 Lit wounded by crushing of testicles ↩
  3. 3. Deuteronomy 23:3 Neh 13:1, 2 ↩
  4. 4. Deuteronomy 23:4 Neh 13:2 ↩
  5. 5. Deuteronomy 23:4 Lit bread ↩
  6. 6. Deuteronomy 23:4 Num 22:5; 23:7; Josh 24:9; 2 Pet 2:15; Jude 11 ↩
  7. 7. Deuteronomy 23:4 Heb Aram-naharaim ↩
  8. 8. Deuteronomy 23:5 Prov 26:2 ↩
  9. 9. Deuteronomy 23:5 Deut 4:37 ↩
  10. 10. Deuteronomy 23:6 Ezra 9:12 ↩
  11. 11. Deuteronomy 23:7 Gen 25:24-26; Obad 10, 12 ↩
  12. 12. Deuteronomy 23:7 Ex 22:21; 23:9; Lev 19:34; Deut 10:19 ↩

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