Deuteronomy 23:2

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

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

Cross References

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.”

Isaiah 57:3

You people are unfaithful! You go to fortune-tellers, and you worship idols. Now pay close attention!

Leviticus 21:20

if he is a hunchback or a dwarf, if an eye or his skin is diseased, or if his testicles have been damaged.

Zechariah 9:6

A mob of half-breeds will settle in Ashdod, and the Lord himself will rob Philistia of pride.

John 8:41

But you are doing exactly what your father does.” “Don't accuse us of having someone else as our father!” they said. “We just have one father, and he is God.”

Deuteronomy 23:1

If a man's private parts have been crushed or cut off, he cannot fully belong to the LORD's people.

Deuteronomy 23:3

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

Hebrews 12:8

God corrects all his children, and if he doesn't correct you, then you don't really belong to him.