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Deuteronomy 23:2
Deuteronomy 23:2 is verse 2 of Deuteronomy chapter 23, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
No one of illegitimate birth may enter the assembly of the LORD, nor may any of his descendants, even to the tenth generation.
King James Version
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.
World English Bible
A person born of a forbidden union shall not enter into Yahweh’s assembly; even to the tenth generation shall no one of his enter into Yahweh’s assembly.
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Deuteronomy 23:1–4 · Berean Standard Bible
1 No man with crushed or severed genitals may enter the assembly of the LORD.
2 No one of illegitimate birth may enter the assembly of the LORD, nor may any of his descendants, even to the tenth generation.
3 No Ammonite or Moabite or any of their descendants may enter the assembly of the LORD, even to the tenth generation.
4 For they did not meet you with food and water on your way out of Egypt, and they hired Balaam son of Beor from Pethor in Aram-naharaim to curse you.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Isaiah 57:3“But come here, you sons of a sorceress, you offspring of adulterers and prostitutes!
Zechariah 9:6A mixed race will occupy Ashdod, and I will cut off the pride of the Philistines.
John 8:41You are doing the works of your father.” “We are not illegitimate children,” they declared. “Our only Father is God Himself.”
Hebrews 12:8If you do not experience discipline like everyone else, then you are illegitimate children and not true sons.