KJV King James Version
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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Deuteronomy 23:3
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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BSB Berean Standard Bible
No Ammonite or Moabite or any of their descendants may enter the assembly of the LORD, even to the tenth generation.
WEB World English Bible
An Ammonite or a Moabite shall not enter into the assembly of Yahweh; even to the tenth generation shall none belonging to them enter into the assembly of Yahweh forever:
ASV American Standard Version
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:
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
‘An Ammonite and a Moabite doth not enter into the assembly of Jehovah; even a tenth generation of them doth not enter into the assembly of Jehovah—to the age;
Surrounding context — 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.
2 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.
3 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:
4 Because they met you not with bread and with water in the way, when ye came forth out of Egypt; and because they hired against thee Balaam the son of Beor of Pethor of Mesopotamia, to curse thee.
5 Nevertheless the LORD thy God would not hearken unto Balaam; but the LORD thy God turned the curse into a blessing unto thee, because the LORD thy God loved thee.
6 Thou shalt not seek their peace nor their prosperity all thy days for ever.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
לֹֽא־H3808 · lonotיָבֹ֧אH935 · boto come (in): comeעַמּוֹנִ֛יH5984 · am.mo.niMeuniteוּמוֹאָבִ֖יH4125 · mo.a.viMoabiteבִּקְהַ֣לH6951 · qa.halassemblyיְהוָ֑הH3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDגַּ֚םH1571 · gamalsoדּ֣וֹרH1755 · dorgenerationעֲשִׂירִ֔יH6224 · a.si.ritenthלֹא־H3808 · lonotיָבֹ֥אH935 · boto come (in): comeלָהֶ֛םH9038 · hemthemבִּקְהַ֥לH6951 · qa.halassemblyיְהוָ֖הH3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDעַד־H5704 · adtillעוֹלָֽם׃H5769 · o.lamforever: enduring
Cross-references
Nehemiah 13:1-2On that day they read in the book of Moses in the audience of the people; and therein was found written, that the Ammonite and the Moabite should not come into the congregation of God for ever;Nehemiah 13:23In those days also saw I Jews [that] had married wives of Ashdod, of Ammon, [and] of Moab:Ruth 4:6And the kinsman said, I cannot redeem [it] for myself, lest I mar mine own inheritance: redeem thou my right to thyself; for I cannot redeem [it].Isaiah 56:3Neither let the son of the stranger, that hath joined himself to the LORD, speak, saying, The LORD hath utterly separated me from his people: neither let the eunuch say, Behold, I [am] a dry tree.Ruth 4:10-22Moreover Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of Mahlon, have I purchased to be my wife, to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance, that the name of the dead be not cut off from among his brethren, and from the gate of his place: ye [are] witnesses this day.Nehemiah 4:7But it came to pass, [that] when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and the Arabians, and the Ammonites, and the Ashdodites, heard that the walls of Jerusalem were made up, [and] that the breaches began to be stopped, then they were very wroth,Nehemiah 4:3Now Tobiah the Ammonite [was] by him, and he said, Even that which they build, if a fox go up, he shall even break down their stone wall.
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