Deuteronômio 23:3

3 Nenhum amonita nem moabita entrará na assembléia do Senhor; nem ainda a sua décima geração entrará jamais na assembléia do Senhor;

Deuteronômio 23:3 Meaning and Commentary

Deuteronomy 23:3

An Ammonite or Moabite shall not enter into the congregation of
the Lord
Or marry an Israelitish woman, as Jarchi, and so the Targum of Jonathan,

``the male Ammonites and Moabites are not fit to take a wife of the congregation of the Lord;''

for the Jews restrain this to men, because it is, as Aben Ezra observes, an Ammonite, not an Ammonitess, a Moabite, not a Moabitess; they allow that females of those nations might be married to Israelites, that is, provided they were proselytesses, as Ruth was ^F13:

even to their tenth generation, shall they not enter into the
congregation of the Lord for ever;
that is, not only to the tenth generation, but for ever; and this law was understood as in force in Nehemiah's time, which was more than ten generations from the making of it; though now, as these nations are no more a distinct people, they suppose it is no longer binding ^F14.

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FOOTNOTES:

F13 Misn. Yebamot, c. 8. sect. 3.
F14 Misn. Yadaim, c. 4. sect. 4.

Deuteronômio 23:3 In-Context

1 Aquele a quem forem trilhados os testículos, ou for cortado o membro viril, não entrará na assembléia do Senhor.

2 Nenhum bastardo entrará na assembléia do Senhor; nem ainda a sua décima geração entrará na assembléia do Senhor.

3 Nenhum amonita nem moabita entrará na assembléia do Senhor; nem ainda a sua décima geração entrará jamais na assembléia do Senhor;

4 porquanto não saíram com pão e água a receber-vos no caminho, quando saíeis do Egito; e, porquanto alugaram contra ti a Balaão, filho de Beor, de Petor, da Mesopotâmia, para te amaldiçoar

5 Contudo o Senhor teu Deus não quis ouvir a Balaão, antes trocou-te a maldição em bênção; porquanto o Senhor teu Deus te amava.