Deuteronomy 23:9
When the army goes forth against thine enemies, then thou shall keep thee from every evil thing.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
When the host goeth forth against thine enemies, then keep thee from every wicked thing.
In Context
8The sons of the third generation who are born to them shall enter into the assembly of LORD.
Cross References
Joshua 7:11Israel has sinned. Yes, they have even transgressed my covenant which I commanded them. Yes, they have even taken from what was set apart, and have also stolen, and also dissembled. And they have even put it among their own stuff.
2 Chronicles 19:4And Jehoshaphat dwelt at Jerusalem. And he went out again among the people from Beersheba to the hill-country of Ephraim, and brought them back to LORD, the God of their fathers.
2 Chronicles 31:20And thus Hezekiah did throughout all Judah. And he wrought that which was good and right and faithful before LORD his God.
Luke 3:14And men who were soldiers also questioned him, saying, And we, what should we do? And he said to them, Do violence to no man, nor accuse falsely, and be content with your wages.
Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 23:2-9
Laws of Separation. ( b. c. 1451.) 1 He that is wounded in the stones, or hath his privy member cut off, shall not enter into the congregation of the Lord . 2 A bastard shall not enter into the congregation of the Lord ; even to his tenth generation shall he not enter into the congregation of the Lord . 3 An Ammonite or Moabite shall not enter into the congregation of the Lord ; even to their tenth generation shall they not enter into the congregation of the Lord for ever: 4 Because they met you not with bread and… Read the whole commentary →