The children that are begotten of them shall enter into the congregation of the LORD in their third generation.
Parallel translations
- WEB The children of the third generation who are born to them may enter into Yahweh’s assembly.
- BSB The third generation of children born to them may enter the assembly of the LORD.
- ESV Children born to them in the third generation may enter the assembly of the LORD.
- NKJV The children of the third generation born to them may enter the assembly of the Lord.
- NASB The sons of the third generation who are born to them may enter the assembly of the Lord.
- NLT The third generation of Edomites and Egyptians may enter the assembly of the Lord.
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Quick answer
The third generation of Edomites and Egyptians may enter the LORD's assembly. The path to full inclusion was open to these peoples.
Overview
Unlike the harsher exclusion of Ammon and Moab, the descendants of Edomites and Egyptians could be incorporated into the covenant community within a few generations. This gracious provision shows that God's people were not closed off forever to outsiders. It anticipates the gospel age, in which all nations are invited to enter God's people through faith in Christ (Eph 2:11-13).
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 4
- Exod 20:5–6Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me;
- Deut 23:1–3He that is wounded in the stones, or hath his privy member cut off, shall not enter into the congregation of the LORD.
- Eph 2:12–13That at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world:
- Rom 3:29–30Is he the God of the Jews only? is he not also of the Gentiles? Yes, of the Gentiles also:
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