Deuteronomy 23:8
Children that are born to them shall come into the congregation of Jehovah in the third generation.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
9When thou goest forth into camp against thine enemies, then keep thee from every evil thing.
Cross References
Genesis 25:25And the first came out red all over like a hairy garment; and they called his name Esau.
Exodus 20:5thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them; for I, Jehovah thy God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the sons to the third and to the fourth [generation] of them that hate me,
Leviticus 19:34As one born among you shall the stranger who sojourneth with you be unto you; and thou shalt love him as thyself; for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt: I am Jehovah your God.
Deuteronomy 23:1He that is a eunuch, whether he have been crushed or cut, shall not come into the congregation of Jehovah.
1 Kings 3:1And Solomon allied himself by marriage with Pharaoh king of Egypt, and took Pharaoh's daughter, and brought her into the city of David, until he had ended building his own house, and the house of Jehovah, and the wall of Jerusalem round about.
Obadiah 1:10Because of violence against thy brother Jacob, shame shall cover thee, and thou shalt be cut off for ever.
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 →