Deuteronomy 23:2

New Living Translation

“If a person is illegitimate by birth, neither he nor his descendants for ten generations may be admitted to the assembly of the Lord.

Cross References

Isaiah 56:3

“Don’t let foreigners who commit themselves to the Lord say, ‘The Lord will never let me be part of his people.’ And don’t let the eunuchs say, ‘I’m a dried-up tree with no children and no future.’

Isaiah 57:3

“But you—come here, you witches’ children, you offspring of adulterers and prostitutes!

Leviticus 21:20

or is hunchbacked or dwarfed, or has a defective eye, or skin sores or scabs, or damaged testicles.

Zechariah 9:6

Foreigners will occupy the city of Ashdod. I will destroy the pride of the Philistines.

John 8:41

No, you are imitating your real father.” They replied, “We aren’t illegitimate children! God himself is our true Father.”

Deuteronomy 23:1

“If a man’s testicles are crushed or his penis is cut off, he may not be admitted to the assembly of the Lord.

Deuteronomy 23:3

“No Ammonite or Moabite or any of their descendants for ten generations may be admitted to the assembly of the Lord.

Hebrews 12:8

If God doesn’t discipline you as he does all of his children, it means that you are illegitimate and are not really his children at all.