Deuteronomy 23:3

Good News Translation

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

Cross References

Nehemiah 13:23

At that time I also discovered that many of the Jewish men had married women from Ashdod, Ammon, and Moab.

Nehemiah 4:3

Tobiah was standing there beside him, and he added, “What kind of wall could they ever build? Even a fox could knock it down!”

Nehemiah 4:7

Sanballat, Tobiah, and the people of Arabia, Ammon, and Ashdod heard that we were making progress in rebuilding the wall of Jerusalem and that the gaps in the wall were being closed, and they became very angry.

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.

Jeremiah 49:1

This is what the Lord said about Ammon: “Where are the men of Israel? Is there no one to defend their land? Why have they let the people who worship Molech take the territory of the tribe of Gad and settle there?

Lamentations 1:10

The enemies robbed her of all her treasures. She saw them enter the Temple itself, Where the Lord had forbidden Gentiles to go.

Matthew 5:43

“You have heard that it was said, ‘Love your friends, hate your enemies.’

Deuteronomy 23:2

“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.

Ruth 4:6

The man answered, “In that case I will give up my right to buy the field, because it would mean that my own children would not inherit it. You buy it; I would rather not.”