Deuteronomy 23:8Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
They that are born of them, in the third generation shall enter into the church of the Lord.
לֹֽא־תְתַעֵ֣ב אֲדֹמִ֔י כִּ֥י אָחִ֖יךָ ה֑וּא לֹא־תְתַעֵ֣ב מִצְרִ֔י כִּי־גֵ֖ר הָיִ֥יתָ בְאַרְצֽוֹ׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Ex 20:5Thou shalt not adore them, nor serve them: I am the Lord thy God, mighty, jealous, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me:
- Ex 20:6And shewing mercy unto thousands to them that love me, and keep my commandments.
- Deut 23:1An eunuch, whose testicles are broken or cut away, or yard cut off, shall not enter into the church of the Lord.
- Deut 23:3The Ammonite and the Moabite, even after the tenth generation shall not enter into the church of the Lord for ever:
- Rom 3:29Is he the God of the Jews only? Is he not also of the Gentiles? yes, of the Gentiles also.
- Rom 3:30For it is one God that justifieth circumcision by faith and uncircumcision through faith.
- Eph 2:12That you were at that time without Christ, being aliens from the conversation of Israel and strangers to the testament, having no hope of the promise and without God in this world.
- Eph 2:13But now in Christ Jesus, you, who some time were afar off, are made nigh by the blood of Christ.