Deuteronomy 23:2-12

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 "¹No 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 ²because * * they did not meet you with food and water on the way when you came out of Egypt, and because they hired against you ³Balaam 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 ⁴turned the curse into a blessing for you because the LORD your God ⁵loves you.

6 "⁶You shall never * seek their peace or their prosperity all your days.

7 "You shall not detest an Edomite, for ⁷he is your brother; you shall not detest an Egyptian, ⁸because 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.

10 "⁹If there is among you any man who is unclean * because of a nocturnal emission, then he must go outside * * the camp; he may not reenter * the camp.

11 "But it shall be when evening approaches, he shall bathe himself with water, and at sundown * he may reenter * the camp.

12 "You shall also have a place outside * the camp and go out there,

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Deuteronomy 23:2-12 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

Cross References 9

1. Nehemiah 13:1, 2
2. Nehemiah 13:2
3. Numbers 22:5; Numbers 23:7; Joshua 24:9; 2 Peter 2:15; Jude 11
4. Proverbs 26:2
5. Deuteronomy 4:37
6. Ezra 9:12
7. Genesis 25:24-26; Obad 10, 12
8. Exodus 22:21; Exodus 23:9; Leviticus 19:34; Deuteronomy 10:19
9. Leviticus 15:16

Footnotes 5

[a]. Lit "bread"
[b]. Heb "Aram-naharaim"
[c]. Or "a camp"
[d]. Lit "come to the midst of"
[e]. Lit "come to the midst of"

Deuteronomy 23:2-12

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Deuteronomy 23:2-12 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO DEUTERONOMY 23

Cross References 9

Footnotes 5