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Deuteronomy 23:1

No man with crushed or severed genitals may enter the assembly of the LORD.

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ASV

He that is wounded in the stones, or hath his privy member cut off, shall not enter into the assembly of Jehovah.

KJV

He that is wounded in the stones, or hath his privy member cut off, shall not enter into the congregation of the Lord.

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Original language & word study

8 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
לֹֽא־lo'-notH3808 →
יָבֹ֧אya.Vo'he will goH935 →
פְצֽוּעַ־fe.tzu.a'-[one who] is wounded ofH6481 →
דַּכָּ֛אda.Ka'crushingH1795 →
וּכְר֥וּתu.khe.Rutand [one who] is cut off ofH3772 →
שָׁפְכָ֖הsha.fe.KhahpenisH8212 →
בִּקְהַ֥לbik.Halin [the] assembly ofH6951 →
יְהוָֽה׃ סYah.wehYahwehH3068 →

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Galatians 3:28There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.Leviticus 21:20or who is a hunchback or dwarf, or who has an eye defect, a festering rash, scabs, or a crushed testicle.Isaiah 56:3–4Let no foreigner who has joined himself to the LORD say, “The LORD will utterly exclude me from His people.” And let the eunuch not say, “I am but a dry tree.”Deuteronomy 23:2–3No one of illegitimate birth may enter the assembly of the LORD, nor may any of his descendants, even to the tenth generation.Nehemiah 13:1–3At that time the Book of Moses was read aloud in the hearing of the people, and in it they found the passage stating that no Ammonite or Moabite should ever enter the assembly of God,Leviticus 21:17–21“Say to Aaron, ‘For the generations to come, none of your descendants who has a physical defect may approach to offer the food of his God.Lamentations 1:10The adversary has seized all her treasures. For she has seen the nations enter her sanctuary—those You had forbidden to enter Your assembly.Leviticus 22:22–24You are not to present to the LORD any animal that is blind, injured, or maimed, or anything with a running sore, a festering rash, or a scab; you must not put any of these on the altar as an offering made by fire to the LORD.Deuteronomy 23:8The third generation of children born to them may enter the assembly of the LORD.Leviticus 22:24You are not to present to the LORD an animal whose testicles are bruised, crushed, torn, or cut; you are not to sacrifice them in your land.

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Moses Comes Down from Mount Sinai — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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