Deuteronomy 23:8
sons who are begotten of them, a third generation of them, enter into the assembly of YHWH.
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In Context
9When a camp goes out against your enemies, then you have kept from every evil thing.
Cross References
Genesis 25:25and the first comes out all red as a hairy robe, and they call his name Esau;
Exodus 20:5You do not bow yourself to them, nor serve them: for I, your God YHWH, [am] a zealous God, charging iniquity of fathers on sons, on a third and on a fourth [generation] of those hating Me,
Leviticus 19:34the sojourner who is sojourning with you is to you as a native among you, and you have had love for him as for yourself, for you have been sojourners in the land of Egypt; I [am] your God YHWH.
Deuteronomy 23:1“No one wounded, bruised, or cut in the genitals enters into the assembly of YHWH;
1 Kings 3:1And Solomon joins in marriage with Pharaoh king of Egypt, and takes the daughter of Pharaoh, and brings her to the City of David, until he completes to build his own house, and the house of YHWH, and the wall of Jerusalem all around.
Obadiah 1:10For slaughter, for violence [to] your brother Jacob, || Shame covers you, || And you have been cut off for all time.
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 →