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23 “If a man’s testicles are crushed or his penis cut off, he shall not enter the sanctuary. A bastard may not enter the sanctuary, nor any of his descendants for ten generations.

“No Ammonite or Moabite may ever enter the sanctuary, even after the tenth generation.

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Exclusion From the Assembly

23 [a]No one who has been emasculated(A) by crushing or cutting may enter the assembly of the Lord.

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

No Ammonite(B) or Moabite or any of their descendants may enter the assembly of the Lord, not even in the tenth generation.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 23:1 In Hebrew texts 23:1-25 is numbered 23:2-26.
  2. Deuteronomy 23:2 Or one of illegitimate birth