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Deuteronomy 23:2

aA 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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Deuteronomy 23:2 — The New International Version (NIV)

No one born of a forbidden marriage nor any of their descendants may enter the assembly of the Lord, not even in the tenth generation.

Deuteronomy 23:2 — English Standard Version (ESV)

“No one born of a forbidden union may enter the assembly of the Lord. Even to the tenth generation, none of his descendants may enter the assembly of the Lord.

Deuteronomy 23:2 — New Living Translation (NLT)

“If a person is illegitimate by birth, neither he nor his descendants for ten generations may be admitted to the assembly of the Lord.

Deuteronomy 23:2 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

“One of illegitimate birth shall not enter the assembly of the Lord; even to the tenth generation none of his descendants shall enter the assembly of the Lord.

Deuteronomy 23:2 — New Century Version (NCV)

No one born to parents who were forbidden by law to marry may come into the meeting to worship the Lord. The descendants for ten generations may not come in either.

Deuteronomy 23:2 — American Standard Version (ASV)

A bastard shall not enter into the assembly of Jehovah; even to the tenth generation shall none of his enter into the assembly of Jehovah.

Deuteronomy 23:2 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

A bastard shall not come into the congregation of Jehovah; even his tenth generation shall not come into the congregation of Jehovah.

Deuteronomy 23:2 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

A man born from an illicit union may not join the assembly of the Lord. No descendant of his may join the assembly of the Lord for ten generations. 

Deuteronomy 23:2 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

No one of illegitimate birth may enter the Lord’s assembly; none of his descendants, even to the tenth generation, may enter the Lord’s assembly.

Deuteronomy 23:2 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

Those born of an illicit union shall not be admitted to the assembly of the Lord. Even to the tenth generation, none of their descendants shall be admitted to the assembly of the Lord.

Deuteronomy 23:2 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

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.

Deuteronomy 23:2 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

No one who was born to a woman who wasn’t married can join in worship with the Lord’s people. That also applies to the person’s children for all time to come.

Deuteronomy 23:2 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

No one of illegitimate birth shall enter the assembly of the Lord; none of his descendants, even to the tenth generation, shall enter the assembly of the Lord.


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