Deuteronomy 23:2-4
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
Membership in the Assembly. 2 [a]No one whose testicles have been crushed or whose penis has been cut off may come into the assembly of the Lord.(A) 3 No one born of an illicit union may come into the assembly of the Lord, nor any descendant of such even to the tenth generation may come into the assembly of the Lord.(B) 4 (C)No Ammonite or Moabite may ever come into the assembly of the Lord, nor may any of their descendants even to the tenth generation come into the assembly of the Lord,
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- 23:2 Exclusion of an emasculated male may have had to do with association of emasculation with the practices of other peoples, or it may have been rejection of someone with a significant blemish who was thus not suitable for participation in the sacral assembly.
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