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Deuteronomy 23:1

WEB

1He who is emasculated by crushing or cutting shall not enter into the LORD’s assembly.

KJV

1He that is wounded in the stones, or hath his privy member cut off, shall not enter into the congregation of the LORD.

BSB

1[+] No man with crushed or severed genitals may enter the assembly of the LORD.

FBV

1No man whose genitals have been damaged or cut off is allowed to enter the Lord's sanctuary.

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Extra References

Galatians 3:28

28There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free man, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus.


Isaiah 56:3-4

3Let no foreigner who has joined himself to the LORD speak, saying, The LORD will surely separate me from his people.” Do not let the eunuch say, “Behold, I am a dry tree.” 4For the LORD says, “To the eunuchs who keep my Sabbaths, choose the things that please me, and hold fast to my covenant,


Leviticus 21:17-21

17Say to Aaron, ‘None of your offspring throughout their generations who has a defect may approach to offer the bread of his God. 18For whatever man he is that has a defect, he shall not draw near: a blind man, or a lame, or he who has a flat nose, or any deformity, 19or a man who has an injured foot, or an injured hand, 20or hunchbacked, or a dwarf, or one who has a defect in his eye, or an itching disease, or scabs, or who has damaged testicles. 21No man of the offspring of Aaron the priest who has a defect shall come near to offer the offerings of the LORD made by fire. Since he has a defect, he shall not come near to offer the bread of his God.


Nehemiah 13:1-3

1On that day they read in the book of Moses in the hearing of the people; and it was found written in it that an Ammonite and a Moabite should not enter into the assembly of God forever, 2because they didn’t meet the children of Israel with bread and with water, but hired Balaam against them to curse them; however, our God turned the curse into a blessing. 3It came to pass, when they had heard the law, that they separated all the mixed multitude from Israel.


Deuteronomy 23:2-3

2A person born of a forbidden union shall not enter into the LORD’s assembly; even to the tenth generation shall no one of his enter into the LORD’s assembly. 3An Ammonite or a Moabite shall not enter into the LORD’s assembly; even to the tenth generation shall no one belonging to them enter into the LORD’s assembly forever,


Deuteronomy 23:8

8The children of the third generation who are born to them may enter into the LORD’s assembly.


Leviticus 22:22-24

22You shall not offer what is blind, is injured, is maimed, has a wart, is festering, or has a running sore to the LORD, nor make an offering by fire of them on the altar to the LORD. 23Either a bull or a lamb that has any deformity or lacking in his parts, that you may offer for a free will offering; but for a vow it shall not be accepted. 24You must not offer to the LORD that which has its testicles bruised, crushed, broken, or cut. You must not do this in your land.


Lamentations 1:10

10The adversary has spread out his hand on all her pleasant things; for she has seen that the nations have entered into her sanctuary, concerning whom you commanded that they should not enter into your assembly.