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Deuteronomy 23:2-4
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Deuteronomy 23:2-4
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2 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]
3 No Ammonite or Moabite[c] may enter the assembly of the Lord; to the tenth generation none of their descendants shall ever[d] do so,[e] 4 for they did not meet you with food and water on the way as you came from Egypt, and furthermore, they hired[f] Balaam son of Beor of Pethor in Aram Naharaim to curse you.
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- Deuteronomy 23:2 tn Or “a person born of an illegitimate marriage.”
- 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.
- Deuteronomy 23:3 sn An Ammonite or Moabite. These descendants of Lot by his two daughters (cf. Gen 19:30-38) were thereby the products of incest and therefore excluded from the worshiping community. However, these two nations also failed to show proper hospitality to Israel on their way to Canaan (v. 4).
- Deuteronomy 23:3 tn The Hebrew term translated “ever” (עַד־עוֹלָם, ʿad ʿolam) suggests that “tenth generation” (vv. 2, 3) also means “forever.” However, in the OT sense “forever” means not “for eternity” but for an indeterminate future time. See A. Tomasino, NIDOTTE 3:346.
- Deuteronomy 23:3 tn Heb “enter the assembly of the Lord.” The phrase “do so” has been used in the translation for stylistic reasons to avoid redundancy.
- Deuteronomy 23:4 tn Heb “hired against you.”
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