Deuteronomy 23:2 BSB

Deuteronomy 23:2

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

BSB

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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.

KJV

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.

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Commentary

2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

A bastard shall not enter - ממזר mamzer, which is here rendered bastard, should be understood as implying the offspring of an illegitimate or incestuous mixture.

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

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.

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Original language & word study

13 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
לֹא־	lo'-	not	H3808 →
יָבֹ֥א	ya.Vo'	he will go	H935 →
מַמְזֵ֖ר	mam.Zer	a bastard	H4464 →
בִּקְהַ֣ל	bik.Hal	in [the] assembly of	H6951 →
יְהוָ֑ה	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
גַּ֚ם	gam	also	H1571 →
דּ֣וֹר	Dor	a generation	H1755 →
עֲשִׂירִ֔י	'a.si.Ri	tenth	H6224 →
לֹא־	lo'-	not	H3808 →
יָ֥בֹא	Ya.vo'	it will go	H935 →
ל֖וֹ	lo	of <the> him
בִּקְהַ֥ל	bik.Hal	in [the] assembly of	H6951 →
יְהוָֽה׃ ס	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Hebrews 12:8
If you do not experience discipline like everyone else, then you are illegitimate children and not true sons.
leads to
- Hebrews 12:6
  For the Lord disciplines the one He loves, and He chastises every son He receives.”
- 1 Peter 5:9–10
  Resist him, standing firm in your faith and in the knowledge that your brothers throughout the world are undergoing the same kinds of suffering.
- Psalms 73:1
  Surely God is good to Israel, to those who are pure in heart.
- Psalms 73:14–15
  For I am afflicted all day long and punished every morning.
Through
John 8:41
You are doing the works of your father.” “We are not illegitimate children,” they declared. “Our only Father is God Himself.”
leads to
- Isaiah 64:8
  But now, O LORD, You are our Father; we are the clay, and You are the potter; we are all the work of Your hand.
- John 8:38
  I speak of what I have seen in the presence of the Father, and you do what you have heard from your father.”
- Isaiah 63:16
  Yet You are our Father, though Abraham does not know us and Israel does not acknowledge us. You, O LORD, are our Father; our Redeemer from Everlasting is Your name.
Through
Isaiah 57:3
“But come here, you sons of a sorceress, you offspring of adulterers and prostitutes!
leads to
- Matthew 16:4
  A wicked and adulterous generation demands a sign, but none will be given it except the sign of Jonah.” Then He left them and went away.

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Where the connections lead

Commentary

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The walk

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About Deuteronomy