Deuteronomy 23:2 - The Scriptures 1998

² “No one of illegitimate birth does enter the assembly of יהוה, even a tenth generation of his does not enter the assembly of יהוה.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

² A person begotten out of wedlock shall not enter into the assembly of the Lord; even to his tenth generation shall his descendants not enter into the congregation of the Lord.

American Standard Version (1901)

² 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.

Common English Bible

² No one born of an illegitimate marriage can belong to the LORD’s assembly either. Not even the tenth generation of such children can belong to the LORD’s assembly.

Catholic Public Domain Version

² The offspring of a harlot, that is, one born of a prostitute, shall not enter into the church of the Lord, until the tenth generation.

Deuteronomy 23:2 Cross References

Isaiah 56:3

“And let not the son of the foreigner who has joined himself to יהוה  speak, saying, ‘יהוה  has certainly separated me from His people,’ nor let the eunuch say, ‘Look I am a dry tree.’ ”

Isaiah 57:3

“But come here, you sons of the sorceress, you offspring of the adulterer and the whore!

Leviticus 21:20

or is a hunchback or a dwarf, or a man who has a defect in his eye, or eczema or scab, or is a eunuch.

Zechariah 9:6

“And a half-breed shall settle in Ashdoḏ

John 8:41

“You do the works of your father.” Then they said to Him, “We were not born of whoring, we have one Father: Elohim.”

Deuteronomy 23:1

“No one wounded, crushed or whose member is cut off does enter the assembly of יהוה.

Deuteronomy 23:3

“An Ammonite or Mo’aḇ

Hebrews 12:8

But if you are without discipline, of which all have become sharers, then you are illegitimate and not sons.