Some people that are not Jews will join themselves to the Lord. Those people should not say, “The Lord will not accept me with his people.” A eunuch {\cf2\super [433]} should not say, “I am a dry piece of wood—\{I can’t make any children\}.”
Deuteronomy 23:2 - Easy To Read Version If a man’s parents were not legally married, then that man may not join with the men of Israel to worship the Lord. And none of his descendants [142] to the tenth generation—may join in that group! 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. |
Some people that are not Jews will join themselves to the Lord. Those people should not say, “The Lord will not accept me with his people.” A eunuch {\cf2\super [433]} should not say, “I am a dry piece of wood—\{I can’t make any children\}.”
“Come here you children of witches.\par Your father is guilty of sexual sins,\par and your mother sells her body for sex.\par Come here!\par
men with bent backs, men who are dwarfs, [382] men who are cross-eyed, men with rashes or a bad skin diseases, men with crushed testicles.
The people in Ashdod will not even know who their real fathers are. I will completely destroy the proud Philistine people.
“A man with crushed testicles or part of his sex organs cut off may not join with the men of Israel to worship the Lord.
“An Ammonite or Moabite may not join with the men of Israel to worship the Lord. And none of their descendants [143] —to the tenth generation—may join in that group.
Every child must be punished. So, if you are never punished, then you are not true children and don’t really belong to God.