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Deuteronomy 23:2-4
Lexham English Bible

2 An illegitimate child may not come into the assembly of Yahweh; even to the tenth generation none of his descendants[a] may come into the assembly of Yahweh.

3 An Ammonite or a Moabite may not come into the assembly of Yahweh; even to the tenth generation none of his descendants[b] may come into the assembly of Yahweh forever,[c] 4 because[d] they did not come to meet you with food and with water when you came out of Egypt,[e] and also because[f] they[g] hired Balaam, son of Beor, from Pethor, in Aram Naharaim[h] to act against you to curse you.

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 23:2 Literally “to him”
  2. Deuteronomy 23:3 Literally “to him”
  3. Deuteronomy 23:3 Literally “until eternity”
  4. Deuteronomy 23:4 Literally “because of the event when”
  5. Deuteronomy 23:4 Literally “at your going out of Egypt”
  6. Deuteronomy 23:4 Literally “because of the event when”
  7. Deuteronomy 23:4 Hebrew “he,” but with plural meaning
  8. Deuteronomy 23:4 Or “Mesopotamia” = “between the rivers”
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