Deuteronomy 23:1
No man whose private parts have been wounded or cut off may come into the meeting of the Lord's people.
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Leviticus 18:8And you may not have sex relations with your father's wife: she is your father's.
Leviticus 22:22Anything blind or broken or damaged or having any disease or any mark on it may not be offered to the Lord; you may not make an offering of it by fire on the altar to the Lord.
Deuteronomy 23:2One whose father and mother are not married may not come into the meeting of the Lord's people, or any of his family to the tenth generation.
Deuteronomy 27:20Cursed is he who has sex relations with his father's wife, for he has put shame on his father. And let all the people say, So be it.
Isaiah 56:3And let not the man from a strange country, who has been joined to the Lord, say, The Lord will certainly put a division between me and his people: and let not the unsexed man say, See, I am a dry tree.
Galatians 3:28There is no Jew or Greek, servant or free, male or female: because you are all one in Jesus Christ.
Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 23:1
The laws of this chapter provide, I. For the preserving of the purity and honour of the families of Israel, by excluding such as would be a disgrace to them, ver. 1-8 . II. For the preserving of the purity and honour of the camp of Israel when it was abroad, ver. 9-14 . III. For the encouraging and entertaining of slaves who fled to them, ver. 15, 16 . IV. Against whoredom, ver. 17, 18 . V. Against usury, ver. 19, 20 . IV. Against the breach of vows, ver. 21-23 . VII. What liberty a man might take in his… Read the whole commentary →