Deuteronomy 23:7
Don't look down on an Edomite, for they are your relatives. Don't look down on an Egyptian either, because you lived as foreigners in their country.
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6Don't arrange a peace treaty with them or help them out as long as you live.
8The third generation of their children are allowed to enter the Lord's sanctuary.
Cross References
Genesis 25:24When the time came she gave birth to twins.
Genesis 45:17Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Tell your brothers, ‘This is what you are to do: Load your donkeys with grain and go back to the country of Canaan.
Genesis 47:6you can choose wherever you like in Egypt, the best place, for them to live. Let them live in Goshen. If you know any of them who are good at what they do, put them in charge of my livestock as well.”
Genesis 47:27The Israelites settled in Goshen in Egypt where they became prosperous landowners and rapidly increased in number.
Exodus 23:9Don't abuse foreigners living among you, since you know very well what it's like to be foreigners, for you were once foreigners in Egypt.
Numbers 20:14Moses sent messengers from Kadesh to the king of Edom, telling him, “This is what your brother Israel says. You know all about the difficulties we've faced.
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 →