Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary
Deuteronomy 23:2
A bastard - Probably, a child born of incest or adultery.
Even to his tenth generation - i. e. (see the next verse and Nehemiah 13:1), forever. Ten is the number of perfection and completeness.
A bastard - Probably, a child born of incest or adultery.
Even to his tenth generation - i. e. (see the next verse and Nehemiah 13:1), forever. Ten is the number of perfection and completeness.
Verse Deuteronomy 23:2. _A BASTARD SHALL NOT ENTER_] ממזר _mamzer_, which is here rendered _bastard_, should be understood as implying the _offspring_ of an illegitimate or _incestuous_ mixture....
19. THE CONGREGATION OF JEHOVAH AND ITS CONSTITUTION AND HOLINESS CHAPTER 23 _ 1. The constitution of the congregation of Jehovah (Deuteronomy 23:1)_ 2. The cleanness of the camp in time of war (De...
Classes to be refused admission into the religious community. Deuteronomy 23:1. Here two, but in Leviticus 22:24 two additional methods of making eunuchs are mentioned. Such mutilations were required...
_VER._ 2. _A BASTARD SHALL NOT ENTER,_ &C.— Some render these words, _a foreigner_ or _an alien._ See Spenc. p. 105. But Mr. Locke observes, upon the original word ממזר _mamzer,_ that it is his opinio...
1. EXCLUSION FROM THE CONGREGATION (Deuteronomy 23:1-14) (1) PERMANENT EXCLUSION FOR THE SEXUALLY MUTILATED, CHILDREN BORN OF ILLEGITIMATE UNION AND CERTAIN ENEMY PEOPLE (Deuteronomy 23:1-6) He that...
_A BASTARD SHALL NOT ENTER INTO THE CONGREGATION OF THE LORD; EVEN TO HIS TENTH GENERATION SHALL HE NOT ENTER INTO THE CONGREGATION OF THE LORD._ Even to his tenth generation х_ DOWR_ (H1755) _ `ªSIY...
LAWS REGARDING ADMITTANCE TO THE CONGREGATION, CLEANLINESS IN THE CAMP, UNCHASTITY, USURY, AND VOWS 1. Shall not enter into the congregation of the Lord] i.e. not merely as priests (see Leviticus 21:1...
A BASTARD is understood by the Jewish commentators to mean here, not one born out of wedlock (Jephthah was such, Judges 11:1), but the child of adultery or incest. EVEN TO HIS TENTH GENERATION] i.e. n...
DEUTERONOMY: GOD’S LAW OF LOVE LOVE AND OBEY THE *LORD YOUR GOD DEUTERONOMY _PHILIP SMITH_ CHAPTER 23 V1 ‘A person may squeeze hard or cut off the sex parts of a man. The man with the physical da...
A BASTARD SHALL NOT ENTER. — Such a person would not, even now, be circumcised by the Jews, or permitted to marry an Israelitish woman, or be buried with his people; therefore he was excluded from the...
_[Deuteronomy 23:3]_ לֹא ־יָבֹ֥א מַמְזֵ֖ר בִּ קְהַ֣ל...
LAWS OF KINDNESS WITH the commands we now have to consider, we leave altogether the region of strict law, and enter entirely upon that of aspiration and of feeling. Kindness, by its very nature, elude...
Under the Mosaic law certain persons were excluded from worship and others from the camp. Any who in any way violated the requirements of personal perfection in physical matters were not to be allowed...
(b) A bastard shall not enter into the congregation of the LORD; even to his tenth generation shall he not enter into the congregation of the LORD. (b) This was to cause them to live chastely, that t...
Mamzer, &c. The author of the Vulgate adds the explication of mamzer, which only occurs again, Zacharias ix. 6. It may in both places denote a stranger, or one of a different religion from the Jews, a...
The disqualification to the privileges of GOD'S people, is expressed by these marks, which imply defect. Who shall say, except the great searcher of hearts, what are the causes of prevention, to unite...
2._A bastard shall not enter_. All agree that by the word ממזר, _mamzer_, a bastard is signified, who is born of an uncertain father; but they take it in different ways, For some extend it to all bast...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 22, 23, 24, AND 25. Chapter 22 appears to contain ordinances to guard the people from want of benevolence and mercy, and of that which would offend the sensib...
A BASTARD SHALL NOT ENTER INTO THE CONGREGATION OF THE LORD,.... That is born of whoredom, as the Targum of Jonathan; and for the sake of avoiding whoredom and deterring from it was this law made, acc...
_A bastard shall not enter into the congregation of the LORD; even to his tenth generation shall he not enter into the congregation of the LORD._ Ver. 2. _A bastard shall not enter._] Lest the reproa...
_He that is wounded_ It is generally agreed that Moses is here speaking of eunuchs. _Shall not enter into the congregation of the Lord_ The meaning is, not that they should be debarred from the public...
1 Who may or may not enter into the Congregation. 9 Vncleannesse to bee auoided in the hoste. 15 Of the fugitiue seruant. 17 Of filthinesse. 18 Of abominable sacrifices. 19 Of vsury. 21 Of vowes...
SOME RULES CONCERNING MEMBERSHIP...
A bastard, one born as the result of adultery or incest, one upon whom rests this evil stain of his conception and birth, SHALL NOT ENTER INTO THE CONGREGATION OF THE LORD; EVEN TO HIS TENTH GENERATIO...
NECESSARY EXCLUSIONS (vs.1-8) A man who was emasculated in any way could not be recognized as one of Israel's congregation (v.1). Such mutilation deprives one of his proper masculinity. The Lord make...
1-8 We ought to value the privileges of God's people, both for ourselves and for our children, above all other advantages. No personal blemishes, no crimes of our forefathers, no difference of nation,...
A BASTARD; so the word is commonly rendered, and so it notes a person base-born, or born in fornication or adultery, or by incestuous or any prohibited mixtures of man and woman. OBJECT. 1. This law...
The portion of our book on which we now enter, though not calling for elaborate exposition, yet teaches us two very important practical lessons In the first place, many of the institutions and ordinan...
Deuteronomy 23:2 birth H4464 enter H935 (H8799) assembly H6951 LORD H3068 tenth H6224 generation H1755 enter H935
CHAPTER 23 REGULATION CONCERNING THOSE WHOM YAHWEH MAKES WELCOME AND UNWELCOME (1-18): REGULATIONS CONCERNING HONEST DEALINGS (19-25). Moses now came to the question as to whom in the future were to...
CONTENTS: Divers regulations. CHARACTERS: God, Moses. CONCLUSION: We must take care to keep the camp of the saints pure from moral, ceremonial and natural pollution. KEY WORD: Holy, Deuteronomy 23:...
Deuteronomy 23:1. _Shall not enter the congregation._ Eunuchs might worship there, as appears from the viiith of Acts; but they could not hold any office. In regard to devotion, God has promised the p...
DEUTERONOMY—NOTE ON DEUTERONOMY 23:2 TENTH GENERATION may mean forever (see v. Deuteronomy 23:6). no Ammonite or Moabite
CRITICAL NOTES.—From the sanctification of domestic relations, to which laws of marriage and chastity in the previous chapter pointed, Moses now proceeds to legislate for the purity of the congregatio...
EXPOSITION CIVIL RIGHTS. WHO MAY AND WHO MAY NOT ENTER INTO THE CONGREGATION. UNCLEANNESS IN THE CAMP TO BE AVOIDED. RECEPTION...
In chapter twenty-three, we find those that were restricted from coming into the temple. Eunuchs were forbidden in the temple. An Ammonite or Moabite was forbidden unto the tenth generation, for their...
Hebrews 12:8; Isaiah 57:3; John 8:41; Zechariah 9:6...
The congregation — Taking the word as in the former verse....