Deuteronomy 23:3

Translations

Modern

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

Traditional

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:

Literal

An Ammonite or Moabite shall not enter the assembly of YHWH; even to the tenth generation none shall enter the assembly of YHWH, even to the age,

Latin

Ammonites et Moabites etiam post decimam generationem non intrabunt ecclesiam Domini in æternum:

Original

Hebrew

English

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

Notes

Deuteronomy 23:3

No Ammonite or Moabite: The Ammonites and Moabites were descendants of Lot (see study notes on 2:9, 19). Their origin came from an unlawful family relationship.
Later, these nations refused to let Israel pass through their land during the wilderness journey (23:4).
The phrase even to the tenth generation does not mean only ten literal generations. It refers to a very long or indefinite period of time.

Theme notes and profiles

Lot Moab and Ammon Ancient Law Codes Ethnic Hatred Messages Against the Nations

Related verses

Nehemiah 13:1–2
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,
Ruth 4:6
The kinsman-redeemer replied, “I cannot redeem it myself, or I would jeopardize my own inheritance. Take my right of redemption, because I cannot redeem it.”
Isaiah 56:3
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.”
Ruth 4:10–22
Moreover, I have acquired Ruth the Moabitess, Mahlon’s widow, as my wife, to raise up the name of the deceased through his inheritance, so that his name will not disappear from among his brothers or from the gate of his home. You are witnesses today.”
Nehemiah 13:23
In those days I also saw Jews who had married women from Ashdod, Ammon, and Moab.
Nehemiah 4:7
When Sanballat and Tobiah, together with the Arabs, Ammonites, and Ashdodites, heard that the repair to the walls of Jerusalem was progressing and that the gaps were being closed, they were furious,
Nehemiah 4:3
Then Tobiah the Ammonite, who was beside him, said, “If even a fox were to climb up on what they are building, it would break down their wall of stones!”

Places

Ammon: An ancient nation and its capital city, enemies of Israel Moab: Ancient kingdom east of the Dead Sea in Jordan

Glossary

Ammon, Ammonites Archaeology and the Bible Biblical Concept of Law Covenant Deuteronomy, Book of Genealogy Moab, Moabites

Topics

Ammonites: Excluded from the Congregation of Israel Church of Israel: Persons Excluded From Congregation: Those Who Were Excluded From Inhospitableness: Ammonites and Moabites Malice: Ammonites Toward the Israelites Moabites: Excluded from the Congregation of Israel Forever Proselytes: from the Ammonites and Moabites Restricted for Ever From The Ammonites: Jewish Laws Respecting: Perpetual Exclusion from the Congregation

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