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

6But Adonai your God refused to listen to Balaam, and Adonai your God turned the curse into a blessing for you because He loves you. 7You are never to seek their shalom or welfare all your days. “You are not to detest an Edomite, for he is your brother. You are not to detest an Egyptian, for you were an outsider in his land. 9The children born to them—the third generation—may enter the community of Adonai. 10“When you go out as an army camp against your enemies, you are to guard yourself from every evil thing.

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 23:1“A man is not to take his father’s wife—he is not to expose his father’s nakedness.
• Romans 3:29Is God the God of the Jewish people only? Is He not also the God of the Gentiles? Yes, of the Gentiles also.
• Ephesians 2:12At that time you were separate from Messiah, excluded from the commonwealth of Israel and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world.
• Deuteronomy 23:2“No one with crushed or cut-off genitals is to enter the community of Adonai.
• Exodus 20:5Do not bow down to them, do not let anyone make you serve them. For I, Adonai your God, am a jealous God, bringing the iniquity of the fathers upon the children to the third and fourth generations of those who 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

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