3No Ammonite or Moabite or any of his descendants may enter the assembly of the Lord , even down to the tenth generation.


In Context

1 No one who has been emasculated by crushing or cutting may enter the assembly of the Lord .

2 No one born of a forbidden marriage nor any of his descendants may enter the assembly of the Lord , even down to the tenth generation.

3 No Ammonite or Moabite or any of his descendants may enter the assembly of the Lord , even down to the tenth generation.

4 For 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 to pronounce a curse on you.

5 However, 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.

Deuteronomy 23:3 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

23:3An 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:

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

23:3The Ammonite and the Moabite, even after the tenth generation shall not enter into the church of the Lord for ever:

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

23:3An Ammonite or a Moabite shall not enter into the assembly of Jehovah; even to the tenth generation shall none belonging to them enter into the assembly of Jehovah for ever:

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:3An Ammonite or Moabite shall not come into the congregation of Jehovah; even their tenth generation shall not come into the congregation of Jehovah for ever;

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

23:3An Ammonite or a Moabite shall not enter into the assembly of the LORD; even to the tenth generation shall none belonging to them enter into the assembly of the LORD for ever:

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:3An 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:

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:3An Ammonite or a Moabite shall not enter into the assembly of Yahweh; even to the tenth generation shall none belonging to them enter into the assembly of Yahweh forever:

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

23:3An Ammonite and a Moabite doth not enter into the assembly of Jehovah; even a tenth generation of them doth not enter into the assembly of Jehovah — to the age;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

23:3An 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: