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CHAPTER XXIII
_Neither_ eunuchs, bastards, Ammonites, _nor_ Moabites, _shall be_
_incorporated with the genuine Israelites_, 1-3.
_The reason why the_ Ammonites _and_ Moabites _were excluded_, 4-6....
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Compare Leviticus 21:17. Such persons, exhibiting a mutilation of that
human nature which was made in God’s image, were rejected from the
covenant entirely. However, they could be proselytes (compare...
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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...
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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...
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CONGREGATION. assembly....
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_VER._ 1. _SHALL NOT ENTER INTO THE CONGREGATION_— This law is
directed against the infamous practice of making eunuchs: such persons
were not to be deemed Israelites, nor have their names entered in...
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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...
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_HE THAT IS WOUNDED IN THE STONES, OR HATH HIS PRIVY MEMBER CUT OFF,
SHALL NOT ENTER INTO THE CONGREGATION OF_ _ THE LORD._
He that is wounded ... shall not enter into the congregation of the
Lord. T...
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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...
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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...
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The rule that a eunuch should not enter into the congregation was
doubtless intended to prevent the Israelitish rulers from making
eunuchs of their brethren the children of Israel. As a set off to thi...
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_[Deuteronomy 23:2]_ לֹֽא ־יָבֹ֧א פְצֽוּעַ
־דַּכָּ֛א וּ...
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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...
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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...
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He that is wounded in the stones, or hath his privy member cut off,
(a) shall not enter into the congregation of the LORD.
(a) Either to bear office, or to marry a wife....
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Eunuch. By these are meant, in the spiritual sense, such as are barren
in good works. (Challoner) (Theodoret, q. 25.) (Worthington) --- The
Hebrew also specifies three sorts of eunuchs, though the Sep...
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CONTENTS
This chapter is but a continuation of the same subject as in the
former. Here are certain laws for the preservation of Israel, as an
holy people to the LORD, without blemish and without impe...
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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...
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1_He that is wounded. _What is here delivered respecting those who are
mutilated, and who are bastards, has a similar object; lest the Church
of God should be onctaminate by foul stains, and thus reli...
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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...
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HE THAT IS WOUNDED IN THE STONES,.... In any of them, not
accidentally, but purposely; which are crushed and bruised by the
hands of men, with a design to make him unfit for generation, or to
make an...
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He that is wounded in the stones, or hath his privy member cut off,
shall not enter into the congregation of the LORD.
Ver. 1. _Or hath his privy member cut off._] As it is a barbarous
custom at this...
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_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...
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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...
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He that is wounded in the stones, a man whose testicles are crushed,
OR HATH HIS PRIVY MEMBER CUT OFF, the urethra severed, thus being
castrated, SHALL NOT ENTER INTO THE CONGREGATION OF THE LORD. Bec...
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SOME RULES CONCERNING MEMBERSHIP...
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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...
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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,...
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DEUTERONOMY CHAPTER 23 Who are to be excluded from the congregation,
DEUTERONOMY 23:1. An Edomite and Egyptian not to be abhorred, and why,
DEUTERONOMY 23:7,8. No uncleanness to be in the camp,...
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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...
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Deuteronomy 23:1 emasculated H6481 (H8803) crushing H1795 mutilation
H8212 H3772 (H8803) enter H935 ...
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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...
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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...
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DEUTERONOMY—NOTE ON DEUTERONOMY 23:1 In Deuteronomy 1:1, ASSEMBLY
usually refers to Israel gathered at Horeb/Sinai. In this chapter, it
looks forward to Israel gat
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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...
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EXPOSITION
CIVIL RIGHTS. WHO MAY AND WHO MAY NOT ENTER INTO THE CONGREGATION.
UNCLEANNESS IN THE CAMP TO BE AVOIDED. RECEPTION...
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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...
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Deuteronomy 23:2; Deuteronomy 23:3; Deuteronomy 23:8; Galatians 3:28;...
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He that is wounded — A phrase denoting an eunuch. Shall not enter
into the congregation of the Lord — Shall not be admitted to honours
and offices either in the church or commonwealth of Israel; and s...