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Deuteronomy 23:3

No Ammonite or Moabite or any of their descendants may enter the assembly of the LORD, even to the tenth generation.

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ASV

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:

KJV

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:

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16 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
לֹֽא־lo'-notH3808 →
יָבֹ֧אya.Vo'he will goH935 →
עַמּוֹנִ֛יa.mo.Nian AmmoniteH5984 →
וּמוֹאָבִ֖יu.mo.'a.Viand a MoabiteH4125 →
בִּקְהַ֣לbik.Halin [the] assembly ofH6951 →
יְהוָ֑הYah.wehYahwehH3068 →
גַּ֚םgamalsoH1571 →
דּ֣וֹרDora generationH1755 →
עֲשִׂירִ֔י'a.si.RitenthH6224 →
לֹא־lo'-notH3808 →
יָבֹ֥אya.Vo'it will goH935 →
לָהֶ֛םla.Hemof <the> them
בִּקְהַ֥לbik.Halin [the] assembly ofH6951 →
יְהוָ֖הYah.wehYahwehH3068 →
עַד־'ad-untilH5704 →
עוֹלָֽם׃o.LamperpetuityH5769 →

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Nehemiah 13:1–2At 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,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.Jeremiah 49:1Concerning the Ammonites, this is what the LORD says: “Has Israel no sons? Is he without heir? Why then has Milcom taken possession of Gad? Why have his people settled in their cities?2 Chronicles 12:13Thus King Rehoboam established himself in Jerusalem. He was forty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city the LORD had chosen from all the tribes of Israel in which to put His Name. His mother’s name was Naamah the Ammonite.Ruth 4:6The kinsman-redeemer replied, “I cannot redeem it myself, or I would jeopardize my own inheritance. Take my right of redemption, because I cannot redeem it.”Nehemiah 13:23In those days I also saw Jews who had married women from Ashdod, Ammon, and Moab.Genesis 19:38The younger daughter also gave birth to a son, and she named him Ben-ammi. He is the father of the Ammonites of today.1 Kings 14:21Meanwhile, Rehoboam son of Solomon reigned in Judah. He was forty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city the LORD had chosen from all the tribes of Israel in which to put His Name. His mother’s name was Naamah the Ammonite.Ruth 1:4who took Moabite women as their wives, one named Orpah and the other named Ruth. And after they had lived in Moab about ten years,1 Samuel 11:1Soon Nahash the Ammonite came up and laid siege to Jabesh-gilead. All the men of Jabesh said to him, “Make a treaty with us, and we will serve you.”Genesis 19:37The older daughter gave birth to a son and named him Moab. He is the father of the Moabites of today.Isaiah 56:3Let 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.”Nehemiah 4:3Then Tobiah the Ammonite, who was beside him, said, “If even a fox were to climb up on what they are building, it would break down their wall of stones!”Nehemiah 4:7When Sanballat and Tobiah, together with the Arabs, Ammonites, and Ashdodites, heard that the repair to the walls of Jerusalem was progressing and that the gaps were being closed, they were furious,Ruth 4:10–22Moreover, I have acquired Ruth the Moabitess, Mahlon’s widow, as my wife, to raise up the name of the deceased through his inheritance, so that his name will not disappear from among his brothers or from the gate of his home. You are witnesses today.”

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