Deuteronomy 23:3
One born of a harlot shall not enter into the assembly of the Lord.
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Ruth 4:10Moreover I have bought for myself for a wife Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of Mahlon, to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance; so the name of the dead shall not be destroyed from among his brethren, and from the tribe of his people: ye are this day witnesses.
Lamentations 1:10The oppressor has stretched out his hand 1 On all her desirable things: 1 For she has seen the Gentiles 1 Entering into her sanctuary, 1 Concerning whom thou didst command 1 That they should not enter into thy congregation. 1
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 →