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1 "No one whose testicles are crushed or whose male organ is cut off shall enter the assembly of the LORD.
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No one who has been emasculated by crushing or cutting may enter the assembly of the LORD.
2 "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.
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No one born of a forbidden marriage nor any of their descendants may enter the assembly of the LORD, not even in the tenth generation.
3 "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,
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No Ammonite or Moabite or any of their descendants may enter the assembly of the LORD, not even in the tenth generation.
4 because they did not meet you with bread and with water on the way, when you came out of Egypt, and because they hired against you Balaam the son of Beor from Pethor of Mesopotamia, to curse you
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For they did not come to meet you with bread and water on your way when you came out of Egypt, and they hired Balaam son of Beor from Pethor in Aram Naharaim to pronounce a curse on you.
5 But the LORD your God would not listen to Balaam; instead the LORD your God turned the curse into a blessing for you, because the LORD your God loved you.
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However, the LORD your God would not listen to Balaam but turned the curse into a blessing for you, because the LORD your God loves you.
6 You shall not seek their peace or their prosperity all your days forever.
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Do not seek a treaty of friendship with them as long as you live.
7 "You shall not abhor an Edomite, for he is your brother. You shall not abhor an Egyptian, because you were a sojourner in his land.
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Do not despise an Edomite, for the Edomites are related to you. Do not despise an Egyptian, because you resided as foreigners in their country.
8 Children born to them in the third generation may enter the assembly of the LORD.
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The third generation of children born to them may enter the assembly of the LORD.
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