Old TestamentDeuteronomyExclusion from the Congregation · 23:1–823:1 He that is wounded in the stones, or hath his privy member cut off, shall not enter into the congregation of the LORD.23:2 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.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:23:4 Because they met you not with bread and with water in the way, when ye came forth out of Egypt; and because they hired against thee Balaam the son of Beor of Pethor of Mesopotamia, to curse thee.23:5 Nevertheless the LORD thy God would not hearken unto Balaam; but the LORD thy God turned the curse into a blessing unto thee, because the LORD thy God loved thee.23:6 Thou shalt not seek their peace nor their prosperity all thy days for ever.23:7 Thou shalt not abhor an Edomite; for he is thy brother: thou shalt not abhor an Egyptian; because thou wast a stranger in his land.23:8 The children that are begotten of them shall enter into the congregation of the LORD in their third generation.
