Deuteronomy 23:2

Old Testament · SCRIPTURE

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BSB

Berean Standard Bible

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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KJV

King James Version

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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WEB

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.

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ASV

American Standard Version

A bastard shall not enter into the assembly of Jehovah; even to the tenth generation shall none of his enter into the assembly of Jehovah.

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

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.

⁴ For they did not meet you with food and water on your way out of Egypt, and they hired Balaam son of Beor from Pethor in Aram-naharaim to curse you.

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