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Deuteronomy 23:8

Deuteronomy 23:8
The children that are begotten of them shall enter into the congregation of the LORD in their third generation.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

The children that are begotten of them, Of such as became proselytes:

shall enter into the congregation of the Lord in their third generation; not in the third generation from the time that this law…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Deuteronomy 23:7-8

The Edomite, as descended from Esau the twin brother of Jacob (compare Deu 2:4), and the Egyptian, as of that nation which had for long shown hospitality to Joseph and his brethren, were not to be…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Deuteronomy 23:1-8

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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