Deuteronomy 23:2
Verse 2 of 25. The 23rd of 34 chapters in Deuteronomy, in The Law.
1He that is wounded in the stones, or hath his privy member cut off, shall not enter into the congregation of the Lord.
2A bastard shall not enter into the congregation of the Lord; even to his tenth generation shall he not enter into the congregation of the Lord.
3An Ammonite or Moabite shall not enter into the congregation of the Lord; even to their tenth generation shall they not enter into the congregation of the Lord for ever:
4Because they met you not with bread and with water in the way, when ye came forth out of Egypt; and because they hired against thee Balaam the son of Beor of Pethor of Mesopotamia, to curse thee.
5Nevertheless the Lord thy God would not hearken unto Balaam; but the Lord thy God turned the curse into a blessing unto thee, because the Lord thy God loved thee.
6Thou shalt not seek their peace nor their prosperity all thy days for ever.
Deuteronomy 23:2 in the World English Bible
A person born of a forbidden union shall not enter into the LORD’s assembly; even to the tenth generation shall no one of his enter into the LORD’s assembly.Read Deuteronomy 23:2 in the WEB
Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 23:2
Upon bastards and eunuchs, v. 1, 2. By bastards here the Jewish writers understand, not all that were born of fornication, or out of marriage, but all the issue of those incestuous mixtures which are forbidden, Lev. xviii. And, though it was not the fault of the issue, yet, to deter people from those unlawful marriages and unlawful lusts, it was very convenient that their posterity should thus be made infamous.
Read Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 23:1–8: Laws of Separation. (b. c. 1451.)
Pray Deuteronomy 23:2 with someone reading it aloud.
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