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Deuteronomy 23:1-8

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Those Excluded from the Assembly

1 "No one whose testicles are crushed or whose male organ is cut off shall enter the assembly of the LORD.
2 1"No one born of a forbidden union may enter the assembly of the LORD. Even to the tenth generation, none of his descendants may enter the assembly of the LORD.
3 2"No Ammonite or Moabite may enter the assembly of the LORD. Even to the tenth generation, none of them may enter the assembly of the LORD forever,
4 3because they did not meet you with bread and with water on the way, when you came out of Egypt, and because they 4hired against you Balaam the son of Beor from Pethor of 5Mesopotamia, to curse you
5 But the LORD your God would not listen to Balaam; instead the LORD your God turned 6the curse into a blessing for you, because the LORD your God loved you.
6 You 7shall not seek their peace or their prosperity all your days forever.
7 "You shall not abhor an Edomite, for 8he is your brother. You shall not abhor an Egyptian, because 9you were a sojourner in his land.
8 Children born to them in the third generation may enter the assembly of the LORD.
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Deuteronomy 23:1-8 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. [Zechariah 9:6]
  • 2. Nehemiah 13:1, 2
  • 3. [Deuteronomy 2:29]
  • 4. Numbers 22:5, 6; [2 Peter 2:15]
  • 5. Acts 7:2
  • 6. Numbers 23:11; Numbers 24:10
  • 7. [Ezra 9:12]
  • 8. Genesis 25:24-26; Numbers 20:14; Obad. 10, 12
  • 9. Deuteronomy 10:19; Exodus 22:21; Exodus 23:9; Leviticus 19:34
The English Standard Version is published with the permission of Good News Publishers.