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Deuter­­onomy 23:1-10 Modern English Version (MEV)

1. No one who is emasculated or has his male organ cut off may enter the assembly of the Lord.

2. No one of illegitimate birth may enter the assembly of the Lord. Even to his tenth generation no one related to him may enter the assembly of the Lord.

3. No Ammonite or Moabite may enter the assembly of the Lord. Even to their tenth generation they may not enter the assembly of the Lord forever,

4. because they refused you bread and water on the way, when you came from out of Egypt and because they hired Balaam, the son of Beor of Pethor of Mesopotamia, against you to curse you.

5. Nevertheless, the Lord your God would not listen to Balaam. Instead the Lord your God turned the curse into a blessing on you because the Lord your God loves you.

6. You are not ever to seek their peace nor their prosperity all your days.

7. You are not to abhor an Edomite, for he is your brother. You shall not abhor an Egyptian, because you were a foreigner in his land.

8. The children who are born of them may enter the assembly of the Lord in their third generation.

9. When the army goes out against your enemies, then keep yourself from every wicked thing.

10. If there be among you any man who is not clean because of a nocturnal emission, then he must leave the camp. He may not re-enter the camp.

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