An Ammonite or Moabite shall not enter into the congregation of the LORD; even to their tenth generation shall they not enter into the congregation of the LORD for ever:
But it came to pass, that when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and the Arabians, and the Ammonites, and the Ashdodites, heard that the walls of Jerusalem were built up, and that the broken places began to be filled in, then they were very angry,
Neither let the son of the foreigner that has joined himself to the LORD, speak, saying, The LORD has completely separated me from his people: neither let the eunuch say, Behold, I am a dry tree.
Concerning the Ammonites, thus says the LORD; Has Israel no sons? has he no heir? why then does their king inherit Gad, and his people dwell in his cities?
The adversary has spread out his hand upon all her pleasant things: for she has seen that the heathen entered into her sanctuary, whom you commanded that they should not enter into your congregation.
An illegitimate child shall not enter into the congregation of the LORD; even to his tenth generation shall he not enter into the congregation of the LORD.
And the kinsman said, I cannot redeem it for myself, so that I do not spoil my own inheritance: you redeem my right for yourself; for I cannot redeem it.