Deuteronomy 23:1
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Those Excluded from the Assembly
23 “No one whose testicles are crushed or whose male organ is cut off shall enter the assembly of the Lord.
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Galatians 3:28
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28 (A)There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave[a] nor free, (B)there is no male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
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- Galatians 3:28 For the contextual rendering of the Greek word doulos, see Preface
Isaiah 56:3-4
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3 Let not (A)the foreigner who has joined himself to the Lord say,
“The Lord will surely separate me from his people”;
and let not the eunuch say,
“Behold, I am (B)a dry tree.”
4 For thus says the Lord:
“To the eunuchs (C)who keep my Sabbaths,
who choose the things that please me
and hold fast my covenant,
Nehemiah 13:1-3
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Nehemiah's Final Reforms
13 On that day (A)they read from the Book of Moses in the hearing of the people. And in it was found written (B)that no Ammonite or Moabite should ever enter the assembly of God, 2 for they did not meet the people of Israel with bread and water, but hired Balaam against them to curse them—yet our God turned the curse into a blessing. 3 As soon as the people heard the law, (C)they separated from Israel all (D)those of foreign descent.
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Deuteronomy 23:2-3
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2 (A)“No one born of a forbidden union may enter the assembly of the Lord. Even to the tenth generation, none of his descendants may enter the assembly of the Lord.
3 (B)“No Ammonite or Moabite may enter the assembly of the Lord. Even to the tenth generation, none of them may enter the assembly of the Lord forever,
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Leviticus 21:17-21
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17 “Speak to Aaron, saying, None of your offspring throughout their generations who has a blemish may (A)approach to offer the bread of his God. 18 For no one who has a blemish shall draw near, a man (B)blind or lame, or one who has a mutilated face (C)or a limb too long, 19 or a man who has an injured foot or an injured hand, 20 or a hunchback or a dwarf or a man with a (D)defect in his sight or an itching disease or scabs or (E)crushed testicles. 21 No man of the offspring of Aaron the priest who has a blemish shall come near to (F)offer the Lord's food offerings; since he has a blemish, he shall not come near to offer the bread of his God.
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Lamentations 1:10
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10 The enemy has stretched out his hands
over all her (A)precious things;
for she has seen (B)the nations
enter her sanctuary,
those whom you (C)forbade
to enter your congregation.
Deuteronomy 23:8
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8 Children born to them in the third generation may enter the assembly of the Lord.
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Leviticus 22:22-24
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22 Animals (A)blind or disabled or mutilated or having a discharge or (B)an itch or scabs you shall not offer to the Lord or give them to the Lord as a food (C)offering on the altar. 23 You may present a bull or a lamb that has a part (D)too long or too short for a freewill offering, but for a vow offering it cannot be accepted. 24 Any animal that has its testicles bruised or crushed or torn or cut you shall not offer to the Lord; you shall not do it within your land,
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