Deuteronomy 23:3

Conservative English Version

No Ammonites or Moabites, or any of their descendants for ten generations, can become part of Israel, the LORD's people.

Cross References

Nehemiah 13:23

I discovered that some Jewish men had married women from Ashdod, Ammon, and Moab.

Nehemiah 4:3

Tobiah from Ammon was standing beside Sanballat and said, "Look at the wall they are building! Why, even a fox could knock over this pile of stones."

Nehemiah 4:7

But Sanballat, Tobiah, the Arabs, the Ammonites, and the people from the city of Ashdod saw the walls going up and the holes being repaired. So they became angry

Isaiah 56:3

Foreigners who worship me must not say, "The LORD won't let us be part of his people." Men who are unable to become fathers must no longer say, "We are dried-up trees."

Jeremiah 49:1

The LORD has this to say about the nation of Ammon: The people of Israel have plenty of children to inherit their lands. So why have you worshipers of the god Milcom taken over towns and land belonging to the Gad tribe?

Lamentations 1:10

Zion's treasures were stolen. Jerusalem saw foreigners enter her place of worship, though the LORD had forbidden them to belong to his people.

Matthew 5:43

You have heard people say, "Love your neighbors and hate your enemies."

Deuteronomy 23:2

No one born outside of a legal marriage, or any of their descendants for ten generations, can fully belong to the LORD's people.

Ruth 4:6

The man answered, "If that's the case, I don't want to buy it! That would make problems with the property I already own. You may buy it yourself, because I cannot."