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Deuteronomy 23:1-9

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Persons Excluded from the Assembly

1 "1No one who is emasculated * or has his male organ cut off shall enter the assembly of the LORD.
2 "No one of illegitimate birth shall enter the assembly of the LORD; none of his descendants, even to the tenth generation, shall enter the assembly of the LORD.
3 "2No Ammonite or Moabite shall enter the assembly of the LORD; none of their descendants, even to the tenth generation, shall ever enter the assembly of the LORD,
4 3because * * they did not meet you with food and water on the way when you came out of Egypt, and because they hired against you 4Balaam the son of Beor from Pethor of Mesopotamia, to curse you
5 "Nevertheless, the LORD your God was not willing to listen to Balaam, but the LORD your God 5turned the curse into a blessing for you because the LORD your God 6loves you.
6 "7You shall never * seek their peace or their prosperity all your days.
7 "You shall not detest an Edomite, for 8he is your brother; you shall not detest an Egyptian, 9because you were an alien in his land.
8 "The sons of the third generation who are born to them may enter the assembly of the LORD.
9 "When you go out as an army against your enemies, you shall keep yourself from every evil thing.
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Deuteronomy 23:1-9 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO DEUTERONOMY 23

Orders are here given to restrain certain persons from entering into the congregation of the Lord, De 23:1-8, and to take care that there be no unclean person in the camp, or any indecent thing done in it, De 23:9-14, to protect fugitive servants, and not deliver them up to their masters, De 23:15,16 not to suffer a filthy person to be among them, or any filthy thing to be brought into the house of God for a vow, De 23:17,18, then follow some laws against usury, and for the payment of vows, De 23:19-23, and the chapter is concluded with some directions how to behave in a neighbour's vineyard, or standing corn, De 23:24,25.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible
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Cross References 9

  • 1. Leviticus 21:20; Leviticus 22:24
  • 2. Nehemiah 13:1, 2
  • 3. Nehemiah 13:2
  • 4. Numbers 22:5; Numbers 23:7; Joshua 24:9; 2 Peter 2:15; Jude 11
  • 5. Proverbs 26:2
  • 6. Deuteronomy 4:37
  • 7. Ezra 9:12
  • 8. Genesis 25:24-26; Obad 10, 12
  • 9. Exodus 22:21; Exodus 23:9; Leviticus 19:34; Deuteronomy 10:19

Footnotes 4

  • [a] Lit "wounded by crushing" of testicles
  • [b] Lit "bread"
  • [c] Heb "Aram-naharaim"
  • [d] Or "a camp"
Scripture quotations taken from the (NASB®) New American Standard Bible®, Copyright © 1960, 1971, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission. All rights reserved. www.Lockman.org

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