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No one who is illegitimate[a] can enter the assembly of the Lord, nor can his descendants to the tenth generation enter the assembly of the Lord. No Ammonite or Moabite can enter the assembly of the Lord, even their descendants to the tenth generation cannot enter the assembly of the Lord for they did not greet you with bread and water as you were on your way when you came forth out of Egypt. They hired Balaam, the son of Beor who came from Pethor in Mesopotamia to curse you.

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  1. Deuteronomy 23:3 One who is illegitimate: a person who had a foreigner for one of his parents.

No Ammonite(A) or Moabite or any of their descendants may enter the assembly of the Lord, not even in the tenth generation.(B) For they did not come to meet you with bread and water(C) on your way when you came out of Egypt, and they hired Balaam(D) son of Beor from Pethor in Aram Naharaim[a](E) to pronounce a curse on you.(F) However, the Lord your God would not listen to Balaam but turned the curse(G) into a blessing for you, because the Lord your God loves(H) you.

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  1. Deuteronomy 23:4 That is, Northwest Mesopotamia