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Deuteronomy 23:1

He that is wounded in the stones, or hath his privy member cut off, shall not enter into the congregation of the LORD.

2 A 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.

3 An 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:

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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, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.

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  • Isaiah 56:3–4

    Neither let the son of the stranger, that hath joined himself to the LORD, speak, saying, The LORD hath utterly separated me from his people: neither let the eunuch say, Behold, I am a dry tree.

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  • Leviticus 21:17–21

    Speak unto Aaron, saying, Whosoever he be of thy seed in their generations that hath any blemish, let him not approach to offer the bread of his God.

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  • Nehemiah 13:1–3

    On that day they read in the book of Moses in the audience of the people; and therein was found written, that the Ammonite and the Moabite should not come into the congregation of God for ever;

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  • Deuteronomy 23:2–3

    A 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.

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  • Lamentations 1:10

    The adversary hath spread out his hand upon all her pleasant things: for she hath seen that the heathen entered into her sanctuary, whom thou didst command that they should not enter into thy congregation.

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  • Deuteronomy 23:8

    The children that are begotten of them shall enter into the congregation of the LORD in their third generation.

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  • Leviticus 22:22–24

    Blind, or broken, or maimed, or having a wen, or scurvy, or scabbed, ye shall not offer these unto the LORD, nor make an offering by fire of them upon the altar unto the LORD.

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