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.
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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771
Gill's Exposition
He that is wounded in the stones,.... In any of them, not accidentally, but purposely; which are crushed and bruised by the hands of men, with a design to make him unfit for generation, or to make an…
Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
Barnes' Notes
Compare Lev 21:17-24. Such persons, exhibiting a mutilation of that human nature which was made in God’s image, were rejected from the covenant entirely. However, they could be proselytes (compare Act…
Interpreters are not agreed what is here meant by entering into the congregation of the Lord, which is here forbidden to eunuchs and to bastards, Ammonites and Moabites, for ever, but to Edomites and…
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