Deuteronomy 23:2
a bastard doth not enter into the assembly of Jehovah; even a tenth generation of him doth not enter into the assembly of Jehovah.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
1'One wounded, bruised, or cut in the member doth not enter into the assembly of Jehovah;
Cross References
Isaiah 56:3Nor speak let a son of the stranger, Who is joined unto Jehovah, saying: 'Jehovah doth certainly separate me from His people.' Nor say let the eunuch, 'Lo, I am a tree dried up,'
Zechariah 9:6And dwelt hath a foreigner in Ashdod, And I have cut off the excellency of the Philistines.
Hebrews 12:8and if ye are apart from chastening, of which all have become partakers, then bastards are ye, 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 →