Deuteronomy 23:2
a bastard does not enter into the assembly of YHWH; even a tenth generation of him does not enter into the assembly of YHWH.
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
In Context
1“No one wounded, bruised, or cut in the genitals enters into the assembly of YHWH;
Cross References
Isaiah 56:3Do not let a son of the stranger speak, || Who is joined to YHWH, saying, “YHWH certainly separates me from His people.” Nor let the eunuch say, “Behold, I am a dried up tree,”
Zechariah 9:6“And a foreigner has dwelt in Ashdod, || And I have cut off the excellence of the Philistines.
Hebrews 12:8And if you are apart from discipline, of which all have become partakers, then you are bastards, and not sons.
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 →