Neither let the foreigner, who has joined himself to the LORD, speak, saying, the LORD will surely separate me from his people; neither let the eunuch say, Behold, I am a dry tree.
Deuteronomy 23:2 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) A bastard shall not enter into the assembly of the LORD; even to the tenth generation shall none of his enter into the assembly of the LORD. 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. |
Neither let the foreigner, who has joined himself to the LORD, speak, saying, the LORD will surely separate me from his people; neither let the eunuch say, Behold, I am a dry tree.
But draw near here, you sons of the sorceress, the seed of the adulterer and the prostitute.
or hunchbacked, or a dwarf, or one who has a defect in his eye, or an itching disease, or scabs, or who has damaged testicles;
Foreigners will dwell in Ashdod, and I will cut off the pride of the Pelishtim.
You do the works of your father.* They said to him, *We were not born of sexual immorality. We have one Father, God.*
He who is wounded in the stones, or has his privy member cut off, shall not enter into the assembly of the LORD.
An `Ammonite or a Mo'avite shall not enter into the assembly of the LORD; even to the tenth generation shall none belonging to them enter into the assembly of the LORD forever:
But if you are without discipline, of which all have been made partakers, then are you illegitimate, and not children.