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Deuteronomy 23:1-6

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Exclusion From the Assembly 1In Hebrew texts 23:1-25 is numbered 23:2-26. No one who has been emasculated by crushing or cutting may enter the assembly of the LORD .

2No one born of a forbidden marriage Or one of illegitimate birth nor any of their descendants may enter the assembly of the LORD, not even in the tenth generation. 3No Ammonite or Moabite or any of their descendants may enter the assembly of the LORD, not even in the tenth generation. 4For they did not come to meet you with bread and water on your way when you came out of Egypt, and they hired Balaam son of Beor from Pethor in Aram Naharaim That is, Northwest Mesopotamia to pronounce a curse on you. 5However, the LORD your God would not listen to Balaam but turned the curse into a blessing for you, because the LORD your God loves you.

6Do not seek a treaty of friendship with them as long as you live.