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Deuteronomy 23:2

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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.

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  1. 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. 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:

  3. Deuteronomy 23:4

    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.

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