Deuteronomy 23:9

If sons be born to them, in the third generation they shall enter into the assembly of the Lord.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

When the host goeth forth against thine enemies, then keep thee from every wicked thing.

In Context

8Thou shalt not abhor an Edomite, because he is thy brother; thou shalt not abhor an Egyptian, because thou wast a stranger in his land.

10And if thou shouldest go forth to engage with thine enemies, then thou shalt keep thee from every wicked thing.

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Cross References

Joshua 7:11The people has sinned, and transgressed the covenant which I made with them; they have stolen from the cursed thing, and put it into their store.

2 Chronicles 19:4And Jehoshaphat dwelt in Jerusalem: and he again went out among the people from Beersheba to the mount of Ephraim, and turned them back to the Lord God of their fathers.

2 Chronicles 31:20And Hezekiah did so through all Judah, and did that which was good and right before the Lord his God.

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 →

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