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Deuteronomy 23

Deut. 23:3 KJV (With Strong’s)

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An Ammonite
`Ammowniy (Hebrew #5984)
an Ammonite or (the adjective) Ammonitish
KJV usage: Ammonite(-s).
Pronounce: am-mo-nee'
Origin: patronymically from 5983
e or Moabite
Mow'abiy (Hebrew #4125)
or Mowabiyth {mo-aw-beeth'}; patronymical from 4124; a Moabite or Moabitess, i.e. a descendant from Moab
KJV usage: (woman) of Moab, Moabite(-ish, -ss).
Pronounce: mo-aw-bee'
Origin: feminine Mownabiyah {mo-aw-bee-yaw'}
f 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
; even to their tenth
`asiyriy (Hebrew #6224)
tenth; by abbreviation, tenth month or (feminine) part
KJV usage: tenth (part).
Pronounce: as-ee-ree'
Origin: from 6235
generation
dowr (Hebrew #1755)
from 1752; properly, a revolution of time, i.e. an age or generation; also a dwelling
KJV usage: age, X evermore, generation, (n-)ever, posterity.
Pronounce: dore
Origin: or (shortened) dor {dore}
shall they 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
for
`ad (Hebrew #5704)
as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)
KJV usage: against, and, as, at, before, by (that), even (to), for(-asmuch as), (hither-)to, + how long, into, as long (much) as, (so) that, till, toward, until, when, while, (+ as) yet.
Pronounce: ad
Origin: properly, the same as 5703 (used as a preposition, adverb or conjunction; especially with a preposition)
ever
`owlam (Hebrew #5769)
from 5956; properly, concealed, i.e. the vanishing point; generally, time out of mind (past or future), i.e. (practically) eternity; frequentatively, adverbial (especially with prepositional prefix) always
KJV usage: alway(-s), ancient (time), any more, continuance, eternal, (for, (n-))ever(-lasting, -more, of old), lasting, long (time), (of) old (time), perpetual, at any time, (beginning of the) world (+ without end). Compare 5331, 5703.
Pronounce: o-lawm'
Origin: or lolam {o-lawm'}
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Neh. 13:1‑2• 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}. (Neh. 13:1‑2)
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Isa. 56:3• 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. (Isa. 56:3)
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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)
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Ruth 4:10• 10Moreover Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of Mahlon, have I purchased to be my wife, to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance, {i}that the name of the dead be not cut off from among his brethren and from the gate of his place: ye are witnesses this day{/i}. (Ruth 4:10)
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Ministry on This Verse

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Ammonite.These nations were subjected for their impiety, wickedness, and enmity to Israel, (ver. 4, 5,) to peculiar disgrace; and on this account were not permitted to hold any office among the Israelites.
This did not, however, disqualify them from becoming proselytes; for Ruth, who was a Moabitess, was married to Boaz, and became one of the progenitors of our Lord.
Ruth 4:6,10‑22• 6{i}And he that had the right of redemption said{/i}, I cannot redeem it for myself, lest I mar my own inheritance: redeem thou my right to thyself; for I cannot redeem it.
 10Moreover Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of Mahlon, have I purchased to be my wife, to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance, {i}that the name of the dead be not cut off from among his brethren and from the gate of his place: ye are witnesses this day{/i}.
 11And all the people that were in the gate, and the elders, said, We are witnesses. Jehovah make the woman that is come into thine house like Rachel and like Leah, which two did build the house of Israel; {i}and acquire power in Ephratah, and make thyself a name in Bethlehem;{/i}
 12{i}and let thy house become like the house of Pherez, whom Tamar bore to Judah, of the seed which Jehovah shall give thee of this young woman{/i}.
 13{i}And{/i} Boaz took Ruth, and she was his wife. {i}and he went in unto her, and Jehovah gave her conception, and she bore a son.{/i}
 14And the women said unto Naomi, Blessed be Jehovah, which hath not left thee this day without a kinsman, that his name may be famous in Israel.
 15He shall be a restorer of thy life, and a nourisher of thine old age: for thy daughter-in-law, which loveth thee, which is better to thee than seven sons, hath born him.
 16And Naomi took the child, and laid it in her bosom, and became nurse unto it.
 17And the women her neighbours gave it a name, saying, There is a son born to Naomi; and they called his name Obed; he is the father of Jesse, the father of David.
 18{i}Now these are the generations of Pherez. Pherez begot Hezron,{/i}
 19{i}and Hezron begot Ram, and Ram begot Amminadab,{/i}
 20{i}and Amminadab begot Nahshon, and Nahshon begot Salmon,{/i}
 21{i}and Salmon begot Boaz, and Boaz begot Obed,{/i}
 22{i}and Obed begot Jesse, and Jesse begot David.{/i} (Ruth 4:6,10‑22)
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Neh. 4:3,7• 3{i}And Tobijah the Ammonite was by him, and he said,{/i} Even that which they build, if a fox go up, he shall even break down their stone wall.
 7{i}And it came to pass, when Sanballat, and Tobijah, and the Arabians, and the Ammonites, and the Ashdodites heard that the walls of Jerusalem were being repaired, that the breaches began to be stopped, then they were very wroth,{/i} (Neh. 4:3,7)
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Neh. 13:1‑2,23• 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}.
 23In those days also saw I Jews that had married wives of Ashdod, of Ammon, and of Moab. (Neh. 13:1‑2,23)
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Isa. 56:3• 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. (Isa. 56:3)
• Jehovah does not forget where it is a matter of government. He does forget (and it is precisely what He does) when it is a question of grace. (“Deuteronomy 23” by W. Kelly)

J. N. Darby Translation

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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;

W. Kelly Translation

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An 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;