No foreigner who has joined himself to the Lord should say, ‘The Lord will exclude me from his people,’ and the eunuch should not say, ‘Look, I am a dried-up tree.’
Deuteronomy 23:2 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised No one of illegitimate birth may enter the Lord’s assembly; none of his descendants, even to the tenth generation, may enter the Lord’s assembly. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 A bastard shall not enter into the congregation of the LORD; even to his tenth generation shall he not enter into the congregation of the LORD. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition A person begotten out of wedlock shall not enter into the assembly of the Lord; even to his tenth generation shall his descendants not enter into the congregation of the Lord. American Standard Version (1901) A bastard shall not enter into the assembly of Jehovah; even to the tenth generation shall none of his enter into the assembly of Jehovah. Common English Bible No one born of an illegitimate marriage can belong to the LORD’s assembly either. Not even the tenth generation of such children can belong to the LORD’s assembly. Catholic Public Domain Version The offspring of a harlot, that is, one born of a prostitute, shall not enter into the church of the Lord, until the tenth generation. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version A mamzer, that is to say, one born of a prostitute, shall not enter into the church of the Lord, until the tenth generation. |
No foreigner who has joined himself to the Lord should say, ‘The Lord will exclude me from his people,’ and the eunuch should not say, ‘Look, I am a dried-up tree.’
But come here, you witch’s sons, offspring of an adulterer and a prostitute!
or who is a hunchback or a dwarf, , or who has an eye defect, a festering rash, scabs, or a crushed testicle.
A mongrel people will live in Ashdod, and I will destroy the pride of the Philistines.
You’re doing what your father does.’ ‘We weren’t born of sexual immorality,’ they said. ‘We have one Father #– #God.’
‘No man whose testicles have been crushed or whose penis has been cut off may enter the Lord’s assembly.
No Ammonite or Moabite may enter the Lord’s assembly; none of their descendants, even to the tenth generation, may ever enter the Lord’s assembly.
But if you are without discipline #– #which all receive #– #then you are illegitimate children and not sons.