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A person of illegitimate birth[a] may not enter the assembly of the Lord; to the tenth generation no one related to him may do so.[b]

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  1. Deuteronomy 23:2 tn Or “a person born of an illegitimate marriage.”
  2. Deuteronomy 23:2 tn Heb “enter the assembly of the Lord.” The phrase “do so” has been used in the translation for stylistic reasons to avoid redundancy.

No one born of a forbidden marriage[a] nor any of their descendants may enter the assembly of the Lord, not even in the tenth generation.

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  1. Deuteronomy 23:2 Or one of illegitimate birth