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Deuteronomy 23:1

No man with crushed or severed genitals may enter the assembly of the LORD.

2 No one of illegitimate birth may enter the assembly of the LORD, nor may any of his descendants, even to the tenth generation.

3 No Ammonite or Moabite or any of their descendants may enter the assembly of the LORD, even to the tenth generation.

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
No man with crushed or severed genitals may enter the assembly of the LORD.
KJV
He that is wounded in the stones, or hath his privy member cut off, shall not enter into the congregation of the LORD.
WEB
He who is emasculated by crushing or cutting shall not enter into the LORD’s assembly.
ASV
He that is wounded in the stones, or hath his privy member cut off, shall not enter into the assembly of Jehovah.
DARBY
He that is a eunuch, whether he have been crushed or cut, shall not come into the congregation of Jehovah.
BLB
One bruised by crushing or severing the genitals shall not enter into the assembly of YHWH.
ÅB
Ingen som er gildet, enten ved knusning eller ved å skjæres, skal være med i Herrens menighet.
OTB
Ingen som har blitt kastrert ved skade eller har fått sitt mannlige organ fjernet, kan komme inn i Herrens forsamling.
B1930
Ingen som er gildet, enten ved knusning eller ved å skjæres, skal være med i Herrens menighet.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Galatians 3:28

    There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.

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  • Isaiah 56:3–4

    Let no foreigner who has joined himself to the LORD say, “The LORD will utterly exclude me from His people.” And let the eunuch not say, “I am but a dry tree.”

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  • Leviticus 21:17–21

    “Say to Aaron, ‘For the generations to come, none of your descendants who has a physical defect may approach to offer the food of his God.

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  • Nehemiah 13:1–3

    At that time the Book of Moses was read aloud in the hearing of the people, and in it they found the passage stating that no Ammonite or Moabite should ever enter the assembly of God,

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  • Deuteronomy 23:2–3

    No one of illegitimate birth may enter the assembly of the LORD, nor may any of his descendants, even to the tenth generation.

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  • Lamentations 1:10

    The adversary has seized all her treasures. For she has seen the nations enter her sanctuary— those You had forbidden to enter Your assembly.

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  • Deuteronomy 23:8

    The third generation of children born to them may enter the assembly of the LORD.

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  • Leviticus 22:22–24

    You are not to present to the LORD any animal that is blind, injured, or maimed, or anything with a running sore, a festering rash, or a scab; you must not put any of these on the altar as an offering made by fire to the LORD.

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