1
“If a man’s testicles are crushed or his penis is cut off, he may not be admitted to the assembly of the LORD .
2
“If a person is illegitimate by birth, neither he nor his descendants for ten generations may be admitted to the assembly of the LORD .
3
“No Ammonite or Moabite or any of their descendants for ten generations may be admitted to the assembly of the LORD .
4
These nations did not welcome you with food and water when you came out of Egypt. Instead, they hired Balaam son of Beor from Pethor in distant Aram-naharaim to curse you.
5
But the LORD your God refused to listen to Balaam. He turned the intended curse into a blessing because the LORD your God loves you.
Footnotes 1
[a].
Verses 23:1-25 are numbered 23:2-26 in Hebrew text.