New American Standard Bible 2020
Deuteronomy 23:1-8
1“1No one who is 2emasculated or has his male organ cut off may enter the assembly of the Lord. 2No one of illegitimate birth may enter the assembly of the Lord; none of his descendants, even to the tenth generation, may enter the assembly of the Lord. 33No Ammonite or Moabite may enter the assembly of the Lord; none of their descendants, even to the tenth generation, may 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 unwilling 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 loathe an 11Edomite, for 12he is your brother; you shall not loathe an Egyptian, 13because you were a stranger in his land. 8The sons of the third generation who are born to them may enter the assembly of the Lord.
Notes
- 1. Deuteronomy 23:1 Lev 21:20; 22:24 ↩
- 2. Deuteronomy 23:1 Lit wounded by crushing of testicles ↩
- 3. Deuteronomy 23:3 Neh 13:1, 2 ↩
- 4. Deuteronomy 23:4 Neh 13:2 ↩
- 5. Deuteronomy 23:4 Lit bread ↩
- 6. Deuteronomy 23:4 Num 22:5; 23:7; Josh 24:9; 2 Pet 2:15; Jude 11 ↩
- 7. Deuteronomy 23:4 Heb Aram-naharaim ↩
- 8. Deuteronomy 23:5 Prov 26:2 ↩
- 9. Deuteronomy 23:5 Deut 4:37 ↩
- 10. Deuteronomy 23:6 Ezra 9:12 ↩
- 11. Deuteronomy 23:7 I.e., a descendant of Esau ↩
- 12. Deuteronomy 23:7 Gen 25:24-26; Obad 10, 12 ↩
- 13. Deuteronomy 23:7 Ex 22:21; 23:9; Lev 19:34; Deut 10:19 ↩
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
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