Lexham English Bible

Deuteronomy 23:1-8 Lexham English Bible (LEB)

1. “No man with crushed testicles or whose male organ is cut off may come into the assembly of Yahweh.

2. An illegitimate child may not come into the assembly of Yahweh; even to the tenth generation none of his descendants may come into the assembly of Yahweh.

3. An Ammonite or a Moabite may not come into the assembly of Yahweh; even to the tenth generation none of his descendants may come into the assembly of Yahweh forever,

4. because they did not come to meet you with food and with water when you came out of Egypt, and also because they hired Balaam, son of Beor, from Pethor, in Aram Naharaim to act against you to curse you.

5. But Yahweh your God was not willing to listen to Balaam, and Yahweh your God turned the curse into a blessing for you, because Yahweh your God loved you.

6. You shall not promote their welfare or their prosperity all your days forever.

7. “You shall not abhor an Edomite, because he is your brother; you shall not abhor an Egyptian because you were an alien in his land.

8. The children that are born to them in the third generation may come representing them in the assembly of Yahweh.