A person born of a forbidden union shall not enter into Yahweh’s assembly; even to the tenth generation shall no one of his enter into Yahweh’s assembly.
Parallel translations
- KJV 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.
- BSB No one of illegitimate birth may enter the assembly of the LORD, nor may any of his descendants, even to the tenth generation.
- ESV “No one born of a forbidden union may enter the assembly of the LORD. Even to the tenth generation, none of his descendants may enter the assembly of the LORD.
- NKJV “One of illegitimate birth shall not enter the assembly of the Lord; even to the tenth generation none of his descendants shall enter the assembly of the Lord.
- NASB No one of illegitimate birth may enter the assembly of the Lord; none of his descendants, even to the tenth generation, may enter the assembly of the Lord.
- NLT “If a person is illegitimate by birth, neither he nor his descendants for ten generations may be admitted to the assembly of the Lord.
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Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 4
- Zech 9:6Foreigners will dwell in Ashdod, and I will cut off the pride of the Philistines.
- Isa 57:3“But draw near here, you sons of a sorceress, you offspring of adulterers and prostitutes.
- Heb 12:8But if you are without discipline, of which all have been made partakers, then are you illegitimate, and not children.
- John 8:41You do the works of your father.” They said to him, “We were not born of sexual immorality. We have one Father, God.”
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