Deuteronomy 23:2
He that is wounded in the testicles, or hath a severed organ, shall not enter into the Kahal Hashem.
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
1An ish shall not take eshet aviv (his fatherʼs wife), nor uncover his fatherʼs robe.
Cross References
Isaiah 56:3Neither let the ben hanekhar, 1 that hath joined himself to Hashem, speak, saying: 1 Hashem hath utterly separated me from His people; 1 neither let the saris say: 1 See, I am an etz yavesh (dry tree). 1
Zechariah 9:6And mamzer shall dwell in Ashdod, 1 and I will cut off the ga'on (pride) of the Pelishtim (Philistines). 1
Hebrews 12:8But if you are without musar, in which all the yeladim share, then you are not banim but mamzerim.
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 →