Deuteronomy 23:1 “No man with crushed or severed genitals may enter the assembly of the…”

Deuteronomy 23:1

No man with crushed or severed genitals may enter the assembly of the LORD.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

He that is wounded in the stones, or hath his privy member cut off, shall not enter into the congregation of the LORD.

World English Bible

He who is emasculated by crushing or cutting shall not enter into the LORD’s assembly.

American Standard Version

He that is wounded in the stones, or hath his privy member cut off, shall not enter into the assembly of Jehovah.

Geneva Bible 1599

None that is hurt by bursting, or that hath his priuie member cut off, shall enter into the Congregation of the Lord.

Darby Translation

He that is a eunuch, whether he have been crushed or cut, shall not come into the congregation of Jehovah.

Young's Literal Translation

'One wounded, bruised, or cut in the member doth not enter into the assembly of Jehovah;

Bible in Basic English

No man whose private parts have been wounded or cut off may come into the meeting of the Lord's people.

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Cross references

“wounded”

Galatians 3:28 Leviticus 21:17–21 Leviticus 22:22–24

Galatians 3:28 · BSB

There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.

Leviticus 21:17–21 · BSB

“Say to Aaron, ‘For the generations to come, none of your descendants who has a physical defect may approach to offer the food of his God.

Leviticus 22:22–24 · BSB

You are not to present to the LORD any animal that is blind, injured, or maimed, or anything with a running sore, a festering rash, or a scab; you must not put any of these on the altar as a food offering to the LORD.

“shall not enter”

Nehemiah 13:1–3 Deuteronomy 23:8 Lamentations 1:10 Deuteronomy 23:2 Deuteronomy 23:3 Isaiah 56:3

Nehemiah 13:1–3 · BSB

At 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,

Deuteronomy 23:8 · BSB

The third generation of children born to them may enter the assembly of the LORD.

Lamentations 1:10 · BSB

The adversary has seized all her treasures. For she has seen the nations enter her sanctuary— those You had forbidden to enter Your assembly.

Deuteronomy 23:2 · BSB

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

Deuteronomy 23:3 · BSB

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

Isaiah 56:3 · BSB

Let 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.”

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

2No one of illegitimate birth may enter the assembly of the LORD, nor may any of his descendants, even to the tenth generation.

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