Parallel Bible results for "deuteronomy 23:7-8"

Deuteronomy 23:7-8

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7 But don't spurn an Edomite; he's your kin. And don't spurn an Egyptian; you were a foreigner in his land.
7 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 Edomites and Egyptians may enter the congregation of God in the third generation.
8 The third generation of children born to them may enter the assembly of the LORD.
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