Deuteronomy 23:2 KJV — MannaFest

Deuteronomy 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.

KJV

Parallel translations

4 additional translations

▾

ASV

A bastard shall not enter into the assembly of Jehovah; even to the tenth generation shall none of his enter into the assembly of Jehovah.

WEB

No one of illegitimate birth may enter the assembly of the LORD, nor may any of his descendants, even to the tenth generation.

YLT

a bastard doth not enter into the assembly of Jehovah; even a tenth generation of him doth not enter into the assembly of Jehovah.

DBT

A bastard shall not come into the congregation of Jehovah; even his tenth generation shall not come into the congregation of Jehovah.

About this book

Old Testament

▾

Deuteronomy — Moses' farewell sermons on the plains of Moab. The covenant renewed for the generation about to cross — with the Shema at its heart and Moses' song on its lips.

Author: Moses — the sermons on the plains of Moab; ch. 34 (his death) traditionally attributed to Joshua
Date: The final weeks of Moses' life on the plains of Moab, c. 15th–13th century BC

Book overview →Read full book →Read chapter 23 →

⋯

Commentary voices

loading…

Featured studies

loading…

Cross-references

7 verses on the floor

Zechariah 9:6
And a bastard shall dwell in Ashdod, and I will cut off the pride of the Philistines.
Isaiah 57:3
But draw near hither, ye sons of the sorceress, the seed of the adulterer and the whore.
Judges 11:2
And Gilead’s wife bare him sons; and his wife’s sons grew up, and they thrust out Jephthah, and said unto him, Thou shalt not inherit in our father’s house; for thou art the son of a strange woman.
Deuteronomy 23:1
He that is wounded in the stones, or hath his privy member cut off, shall not enter into the congregation of the Lord.
Hebrews 12:8
But if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons.

Show all 7 cross-references ▾

Cross-references: OpenBible.info (CC-BY), based on the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

Cross-references

loading…

Voices2

On this verse

Draft selections — awaiting the founder’s edit.

He that is wounded . . ., shall not enter into the congregation of the Lord--"To enter into the congregation of the Lord" means either admission to public honors and offices in the Church and State of Israel, or, in the case of foreigners, incorporation with that nation by marriage.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

1, 2 ), yet was not a bastard in the sense of this law. And as for the eunuchs, though by this law they seemed to be cast out of the vineyard as dry trees, which they complain of ( Isa. lvi. 3 ), yet it is here promised (

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

On this verse

loading…

Original language

loading…

Words2

Word trails from this verse

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread — the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

H6951123× in canon H1755167× in canon

The quotation web

loading…

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Two steps out along the cross-reference floor, votes-ranked — destinations reached by more than one path rise (the text's own hubs). Every stop is a page.

The whole web at once: see the Arc.

Where the connections lead

loading…

Continue: Deuteronomy 23 →