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Deuteronomy 23

Dt. 23:1 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Heb that is wounded in the stones
dakkah (Hebrew #1795)
mutilated
KJV usage: + wounded.
Pronounce: dak-kaw'
Origin: from 1794 like 1793
patsa` (Hebrew #6481)
to split, i.e. wound
KJV usage: wound.
Pronounce: paw-tsah'
Origin: a primitive root
, or hath his privy member
shophkah (Hebrew #8212)
a pipe (for pouring forth, e.g. wine), i.e. the penis
KJV usage: privy member.
Pronounce: shof-kaw'
Origin: feminine of a derivative from 8210
cut off
karath (Hebrew #3772)
to cut (off, down or asunder); by implication, to destroy or consume; specifically, to covenant (i.e. make an alliance or bargain, originally by cutting flesh and passing between the pieces)
KJV usage: be chewed, be con-(feder-)ate, covenant, cut (down, off), destroy, fail, feller, be freed, hew (down), make a league ((covenant)), X lose, perish, X utterly, X want.
Pronounce: kaw-rath'
Origin: a primitive root
, shall not enter
bow' (Hebrew #935)
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
KJV usage: abide, apply, attain, X be, befall, + besiege, bring (forth, in, into, to pass), call, carry, X certainly, (cause, let, thing for) to come (against, in, out, upon, to pass), depart, X doubtless again, + eat, + employ, (cause to) enter (in, into, -tering, -trance, -try), be fallen, fetch, + follow, get, give, go (down, in, to war), grant, + have, X indeed, (in-)vade, lead, lift (up), mention, pull in, put, resort, run (down), send, set, X (well) stricken (in age), X surely, take (in), way.
Pronounce: bo
Origin: a primitive root
into the congregation
qahal (Hebrew #6951)
assemblage (usually concretely)
KJV usage: assembly, company, congregation, multitude.
Pronounce: kaw-hawl'
Origin: from 6950
of the Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
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Ministry on This Verse

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1-8:  Who may or may not enter into the congregation.
9-14:  Uncleanness is to be avoided in the host.
15-16:  Of the fugitive servant.
17:  Of filthiness.
18:  Of abominable sacrifices.
19-20:  Of usury.
21-23:  Of vows.
24-25:  Of trespasses.
wounded.
shall not enter.It is evident that his law was not meant to exclude such Israelites either from the common benefits of civil society, or any essential religious advantages; but merely to lay them under a disgraceful distinction.
This would tend to discourage parents from thus treating their children; a practice which was exceedingly common in those ages and countries.
To this they were induced by the custom which prevailed, of employing such in the houses of the great and the courts of princes; so that they often rose to the highest posts of honour and authority.
Some expositors therefore consider the phrase, "shall not enter into the congregation of the Lord," as meaning, that they should be incapable of bearing any office in that government which was placed over the people of God, who must thus enter a protest against this custom, and deliver selfish parents from this temptation.
 In Deuteronomy 23 He would teach us differences in our judgments and thoughts of others, and consequently in our conduct towards them. There are few things that men so much dislike in general as to be taunted with partiality – specially those who may have a sense of righteousness according to God. Yet we must distinguish (though without partiality, which is always wrong). (Deuteronomy 23 by W. Kelly)

J. N. Darby Translation

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He that is a eunuch, whether he have been crushed or cut, shall not come into the congregation of Jehovah.