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

Ruth 4:6,10-22 He answered: I yield up my right of next akin: for I must not cut off the posterity of my own family. Do thou make use of my privilege, which I profess I do willingly forego. . . .

Nehemiah 4:3,7 Tobias also the Ammonite who was by him said: Let them build: if a fox go up, he will leap over their stone wall. . . .

Nehemiah 13:1,2,23 And on that day they read in the book of Moses in the hearing of the people: and therein was found written, that the Ammonites and the Moabites should not come in to the church of God for ever: . . .

Isaiah 56:3 And let not the son of the stranger, that adhereth to the Lord, speak, saying: The Lord will divide and separate me from his people. And let not the eunuch say: Behold I am a dry tree.

Context
Exclusion from the Congregation
2A mamzer, that is to say, one born of a prostitute, shall not enter into the church of the Lord, until the tenth generation. 3The Ammonite and the Moabite, even after the tenth generation shall not enter into the church of the Lord for ever:4Because they would not meet you with bread and water in the way, when you came out of Egypt: and because they hired against thee Balaam, the son of Beor, from Mesopotamia in Syria, to curse thee.…
Cross References
Matthew 5:43
You have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thy enemy.

Deuteronomy 23:2
A mamzer, that is to say, one born of a prostitute, shall not enter into the church of the Lord, until the tenth generation.

Nehemiah 13:1
And on that day they read in the book of Moses in the hearing of the people: and therein was found written, that the Ammonites and the Moabites should not come in to the church of God for ever:

Nehemiah 13:2
Because they met not the children of Israel with bread and water: and they hired against them Balaam, to curse them, and our God turned the curse into blessing.

Jeremiah 49:1
Against the children of Ammon. Thus saith the Lord: Hath Israel no sons? or hath he no heir? Why then hath Melchom inherited Gad: and his people dwelt in his cities?

Lamentations 1:10
Jod. The enemy hath put out his hand to all her desirable things: for she hath seen the Gentiles enter into her sanctuary, of whom thou gavest commandment that they should not enter into thy church.

Lexicon
No
לֹֽא־ (lō-)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no

Ammonite
עַמּוֹנִ֛י (‘am·mō·w·nî)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5984: Ammonite -- descendants of Ammon

or Moabite
וּמוֹאָבִ֖י (ū·mō·w·’ā·ḇî)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4125: Moabite -- descendant of Moab

or any of their descendants
לֹא־ (lō-)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no

may enter
יָבֹ֧א (yā·ḇō)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 935: To come in, come, go in, go

the assembly
בִּקְהַ֣ל (biq·hal)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 6951: Assembly, convocation, congregation

of the LORD,
יְהוָ֑ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

even
גַּ֚ם (gam)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 1571: Assemblage, also, even, yea, though, both, and

to the tenth
עֲשִׂירִ֔י (‘ă·śî·rî)
Number - ordinal masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6224: Tenth, tenth month, part

generation.
דּ֣וֹר (dō·wr)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1755: A revolution of time, an age, generation, a dwelling


Additional Translations
No Ammonite or Moabite or any of their descendants may enter the assembly of the LORD, even to the tenth generation.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:

An 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 Ammanite and Moabite shall not enter into the assembly of the Lord, even until the tenth generation he shall not enter into the assembly of the Lord, even for ever:

An 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;

An 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:

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:

An 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:

'An 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;
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