申命记 23:3

Chinese NCV (Simplified)

亞捫人或摩押人不可進耶和華的會；他們的後代直到第十代，也永遠不可進耶和華的會。

Parallel Translations

Chinese Union (Simplified)
亚 扪 人 或 是 摩 押 人 不 可 入 耶 和 华 的 会 ； 他 们 的 子 孙 ， 虽 过 十 代 ， 也 永 不 可 入 耶 和 华 的 会 。

Contextual Overview

¹ No man who has had part of his sex organ cut off may come into the meeting to worship the Lord . ² No one born to parents who were forbidden by law to marry may come into the meeting to worship the Lord . The descendants for ten generations may not come in either. ³ No Ammonite or Moabite may come into the meeting to worship the Lord , and none of their descendants for ten generations may come in. ⁴ This is because the Ammonites and Moabites did not give you bread and water when you came out of Egypt. And they hired Balaam son of Beor, from Pethor in Northwest Mesopotamia, to put a curse on you. ⁵ But the Lord your God would not listen to Balaam. He turned the curse into a blessing for you, because the Lord your God loves you. ⁶ Don't wish for their peace or success as long as you live. ⁷ Don't hate Edomites; they are your close relatives. Don't hate Egyptians, because you were foreigners in their country. ⁸ The great-grandchildren of these two peoples may come into the meeting to worship the Lord .

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Ammonite: These nations were subjected for their impiety, wickedness, and enmity to Israel - Deuteronomy 23:4, and Deuteronomy 23:5, 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, Ruth 4:10-22, Nehemiah 4:3, Nehemiah 4:7, Nehemiah 13:1, Nehemiah 13:2, Nehemiah 13:23, Isaiah 56:3

Reciprocal: Genesis 19:37 - Moabites Genesis 19:38 - children Deuteronomy 2:29 - As the children Deuteronomy 23:1 - shall not enter Deuteronomy 23:8 - third generation Judges 11:25 - Balak Ruth 1:4 - wives 1 Samuel 11:1 - Make 2 Samuel 10:2 - show kindness 1 Kings 14:21 - Naamah 1 Chronicles 19:2 - the children 2 Chronicles 12:13 - an Ammonitess Ezra 9:1 - Ammonites Jeremiah 49:1 - Ammonites Lamentations 1:10 - whom Amos 1:13 - and for

Cross-References

Genesis 10:15
Canaan was the father of Sidon, his first son, and of Heth.

Genesis 23:5
The Hittites answered Abraham,

Genesis 23:7
Abraham rose and bowed to the people of the land, the Hittites.

Genesis 25:10
So Abraham was buried with his wife Sarah in the same field that he had bought from the Hittites.

Genesis 27:46
Then Rebekah said to Isaac, "I am tired of Hittite women. If Jacob marries one of these Hittite women here in this land, I want to die."

Genesis 49:30
That cave is in the field of Machpelah east of Mamre in the land of Canaan. Abraham bought the field and cave from Ephron the Hittite for a burying place.

1 Samuel 26:6
David asked Ahimelech the Hittite and Abishai son of Zeruiah, Joab's brother, "Who will go down into Saul's camp with me?" Abishai answered, "I'll go with you."

2 Samuel 23:39
and Uriah the Hittite. There were thirty-seven in all.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

An Ammonite or Moabite shall not enter into the congregation of the Lord,.... Or marry an Israelitish woman, as Jarchi, and so the Targum of Jonathan,

"the male Ammonites and Moabites are not fit to take a wife of the congregation of the Lord;''

for the Jews restrain this to men, because it is, as Aben Ezra observes, an Ammonite, not an Ammonitess, a Moabite, not a Moabitess; they allow that females of those nations might be married to Israelites, that is, provided they were proselytesses, as Ruth was m:

even to their tenth generation, shall they not enter into the congregation of the Lord for ever; that is, not only to the tenth generation, but for ever; and this law was understood as in force in Nehemiah's time, which was more than ten generations from the making of it; though now, as these nations are no more a distinct people, they suppose it is no longer binding n.

m Misn. Yebamot, c. 8. sect. 3. n Misn. Yadaim, c. 4. sect. 4.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

This law forbids only the naturalization of those against whom it is directed. It does not forbid their dwelling in the land; and seems to refer rather to the nations than to individuals. It was not understood at any rate to interdict marriage with a Moabitess; compare Ruth 1:4; Ruth 4:13. Ruth however, and her sister were doubtless proselytes.

Deuteronomy 23:4

Compare the marginal reference. The Moabites and the Ammonites are to be regarded as clans of the same stock rather than as two independent nations, and as acting together. Compare 2 Chronicles 20:1.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Deuteronomy 23:3. An Ammonite or Moabite — These nations were subjected for their impiety and wickedness, (see Deuteronomy 23:4; Deuteronomy 23:5), to peculiar disgrace, and on this account were not permitted to hold any office among the Israelites. But this did not disqualify them from being proselytes: Ruth, who was a Moabitess, was married to Boaz, and she became one of the progenitors of our Lord.

Even to their tenth generation — That is, for ever, as the next clause explains; see Nehemiah 13:1.