Deuteronomy 23:3
An Ammonite or Moabite shall not enter into the congregation of the Lord; even to their tenth generation shall they not enter into the congregation of the Lord for ever:
Context
This verse from Deuteronomy Chapter 23 connects to 9 cross-references. Those excluded from the assembly of the Lord include eunuchs, those of illegitimate birth, Ammonites, Moabites, and Edomites under certain generational conditions. Hygiene laws for the military camp emphasize ritual cleanliness before God's presence in the camp. Prohibitions cover harboring …
Other Translations
An Ammonite or a Moabite shall not enter into the assembly of Jehovah; even to the tenth generation shall none belonging to them enter into the assembly of Jehovah for ever:
`An Ammonite and a Moabite doth not enter into the assembly of Jehovah; even a tenth generation of them doth not enter into the assembly of Jehovah--to the age;
No Ammonite or Moabite or any of their people to the tenth generation may come into the meeting of the Lord's people:
Cross References
And the kinsman said, I cannot redeem it for myself, lest I mar mine own inheritance: redeem thou my right …
Moreover Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of Mahlon, have I purchased to be my wife, to raise up the name …
And Obed begat Jesse, and Jesse begat David.
Now Tobiah the Ammonite was by him, and he said, Even that which they build, if a fox go up, …
But it came to pass, that when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and the Arabians, and the Ammonites, and the Ashdodites, heard …
On that day they read in the book of Moses in the audience of the people; and therein was found …
Because they met not the children of Israel with bread and with water, but hired Balaam against them, that he …
In those days also saw I Jews that had married wives of Ashdod, of Ammon, and of Moab:
Neither let the son of the stranger, that hath joined himself to the Lord, speak, saying, The Lord hath utterly …