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Deuteronomy 23

Deut. 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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Lev. 21:17‑21• 17Speak to Aaron, saying, Whoever of thy seed throughout their generations that hath a defect, he shall not approach to present the bread of his God.
 18For whatever man hath a defect, he shall not approach: a blind man, or a lame, or he that hath a flat nose, or one limb longer than the other;
 19or a man that is broken-footed, or broken-handed;
 20or humpbacked, or a dwarf, or that hath a spot in his eye, or is scurvy or scabbed, or hath his testicles broken.
 21No man of the seed of Aaron the priest that hath defect shall come near to present Jehovah's fire-offerings: he hath a defect; he shall not come near to present the bread of his God. (Lev. 21:17‑21)
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Lev. 22:22‑24• 22Blind or broken or maimed or ulcerous or scurvy or scabbed, ye shall not offer these to Jehovah; and a fire offering shall ye not make of these on the altar to Jehovah.
 23A bullock and a sheep that hath any limb superfluous or lacking that mayest thou offer as a voluntary offering; but as a vow it shall not be accepted.
 24That which is bruised or crushed or broken or cut shall ye not present to Jehovah; neither in your land shall ye do (so). (Lev. 22:22‑24)

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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.
Lev. 21:17‑21• 17Speak to Aaron, saying, Whoever of thy seed throughout their generations that hath a defect, he shall not approach to present the bread of his God.
 18For whatever man hath a defect, he shall not approach: a blind man, or a lame, or he that hath a flat nose, or one limb longer than the other;
 19or a man that is broken-footed, or broken-handed;
 20or humpbacked, or a dwarf, or that hath a spot in his eye, or is scurvy or scabbed, or hath his testicles broken.
 21No man of the seed of Aaron the priest that hath defect shall come near to present Jehovah's fire-offerings: he hath a defect; he shall not come near to present the bread of his God. (Lev. 21:17‑21)
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Lev. 22:22‑24• 22Blind or broken or maimed or ulcerous or scurvy or scabbed, ye shall not offer these to Jehovah; and a fire offering shall ye not make of these on the altar to Jehovah.
 23A bullock and a sheep that hath any limb superfluous or lacking that mayest thou offer as a voluntary offering; but as a vow it shall not be accepted.
 24That which is bruised or crushed or broken or cut shall ye not present to Jehovah; neither in your land shall ye do (so). (Lev. 22:22‑24)
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Gal. 3:28• 28There is no Jew nor Greek, there is no bondservant nor freeman, there is no male and female; for all ye are one in Christ Jesus. (Gal. 3:28)
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.
Deut. 23:2‑3,8• 2{i}A bastard shall not come into the congregation of Jehovah; even his tenth generation shall not come into the congregation of Jehovah.{/i}
 3An Ammonite or Moabite shall not enter into the congregation of Jehovah; even to their tenth generation shall they not enter into the congregation of Jehovah forever;
 8{i}Children that are born to them shall come into the congregation of Jehovah in the third generation.{/i} (Deut. 23:2‑3,8)
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Neh. 13:1‑3• 1On that day they read in the book of Moses in the audience of the people; and therein was found written that the Ammonite and the Moabite should not come into the congregation of God forever;
 2because they met not the children of Israel with bread and with water, {i}and had hired Balaam against them, to curse them; but our God turned the curse into blessing{/i}.
 3{i}And{/i} it came to pass, when they had heard the law, that they separated from Israel all the mixed multitude. (Neh. 13:1‑3)
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Isa. 56:3‑4• 3Neither let the son of the stranger that hath joined himself to Jehovah speak, saying Jehovah hath entirely separated me from his people; nor let the eunuch say, Behold, I [am] a dry tree.
 4For thus saith Jehovah, Unto the eunuchs that keep my Sabbaths, and choose [the things] that please me, and hold fast by my covenant, (Isa. 56:3‑4)
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Lam. 1:10• 10The adversary hath spread out his hand upon all her pleasant things:{HR}For she hath seen that the heathen entered into her sanctuary,{HR}Whom thou didst command that they should not enter into thy congregation. (Lam. 1:10)
• 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.

W. Kelly 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.

WK Verse Note

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(Note: Words in italics have been inserted from the J. N. Darby translation where the W. Kelly translation doesn’t exist.)