THEOSISDeuteronomy 23:1Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
An eunuch, whose testicles are broken or cut away, or yard cut off, shall not enter into the church of the Lord.
לֹא־יִקַּ֥ח אִ֖ישׁ אֶת־אֵ֣שֶׁת אָבִ֑יו וְלֹ֥א יְגַלֶּ֖ה כְּנַ֥ף אָבִֽיו׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Gal 3:28There is neither Jew nor Greek: there is neither bond nor free: there is neither male nor female. For you are all one in Christ Jesus.
- Isa 56:3And let not the son of the stranger, that adhereth to the Lord, speak, saying: The Lord will divide and separate me from his people. And let not the eunuch say: Behold I am a dry tree.
- Isa 56:4For thus saith the Lord to the eunuchs, They that shall keep my sabbaths, and shall choose the things that please me, and shall hold fast my covenant:
- Deut 23:2A mamzer, that is to say, one born of a prostitute, shall not enter into the church of the Lord, until the tenth generation.
- Deut 23:3The Ammonite and the Moabite, even after the tenth generation shall not enter into the church of the Lord for ever:
- Lev 21:17Say to Aaron: Whosoever of thy seed throughout their families, hath a blemish, he shall not offer bread to his God.
- Lev 21:21Whosoever of the seed of Aaron the priest hath a blemish: he shall not approach to offer sacrifices to the Lord, nor bread to his God.
- Neh 13:1And on that day they read in the book of Moses in the hearing of the people: and therein was found written, that the Ammonites and the Moabites should not come in to the church of God for ever: