Deuteronomy 23:2

Good News Translation

“No one born out of wedlock or any descendant of such a person, even in the tenth generation, may be included among the Lord's people.

Cross References

Isaiah 56:3

A foreigner who has joined the Lord's people should not say, “The Lord will not let me worship with his people.” A man who has been castrated should never think that because he cannot have children, he can never be part of God's people.

Isaiah 57:3

Come here to be judged, you sinners! You are no better than sorcerers, adulterers, and prostitutes.

Leviticus 21:20

no one who is a hunchback or a dwarf; no one with any eye or skin disease; and no eunuch.

Zechariah 9:6

People of mixed race will live in Ashdod. The Lord says, “I will humble all these proud Philistines.

John 8:41

You are doing what your father did.” “God himself is the only Father we have,” they answered, “and we are his true children.”

Deuteronomy 23:1

“No man who has been castrated or whose penis has been cut off may be included among the Lord's people.

Deuteronomy 23:3

“No Ammonite or Moabite—or any of their descendants, even in the tenth generation—may be included among the Lord's people.

Hebrews 12:8

If you are not punished, as all his children are, it means you are not real children, but bastards.