Deuteronomy 23:8

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

The children of the third generation that are born unto them shall enter into the assembly of Jehovah.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

לֹֽא־תְתַעֵ֣ב אֲדֹמִ֔י כִּ֥י אָחִ֖יךָ ה֑וּא ס לֹא־תְתַעֵ֣ב מִצְרִ֔י כִּי־גֵ֖ר הָיִ֥יתָ בְאַרְצֽוֹ׃

Transliteration

Not tətaʿēb ʾădōmî because ʾāḥîkā hûʾ not tətaʿēb miṣrî because-gēr hāyîtā in-ʾarṣô

Grammar Details

*lōʾ*: negative particle - not
*tətaʿēb*: piel imperfect, 2nd masculine singular - you shall abhor/regard as abomination
*ʾădōmî*: gentilic adjective, masculine singular - Edomite
*kî*: conjunction - because/for
*ʾāḥîkā*: masculine singular noun with 2nd masculine singular suffix - your brother
*hûʾ*: 3rd masculine singular independent pronoun - he
*miṣrî*: gentilic adjective, masculine singular - Egyptian
*gēr*: masculine singular noun - sojourner/resident alien
*hāyîtā*: qal perfect, 2nd masculine singular - you were
*bə*: preposition - in
*ʾarṣô*: feminine singular noun with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his land

Word Meanings

*tətaʿēb*: abhor/detest/regard as abomination
*ʾădōmî*: Edomite (person from Edom)
*ʾāḥîkā*: your brother/kinsman/relative
*miṣrî*: Egyptian (person from Egypt)
*gēr*: sojourner/resident alien/foreigner/stranger
*ʾarṣô*: his land/country/territory

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Exod 20:5-6 : 5 thou shalt not bow down thyself unto them, nor serve them; for I Jehovah thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, upon the third and upon the fourth generation of them that hate me, 6 and showing lovingkindness unto thousands of them that love me and keep my commandments.
Deut 23:1-3 : 1 He that is wounded in the stones, or hath his privy member cut off, shall not enter into the assembly of Jehovah. 2 A bastard shall not enter into the assembly of Jehovah; even to the tenth generation shall none of his enter into the assembly of Jehovah. 3 An Ammonite or a Moabite shall not enter into the assembly of Jehovah; even to the tenth generation shall none belonging to them enter into the assembly of Jehovah for ever:
Rom 3:29-30 : 29 Or is God [the God] of Jews only? is he not [the] [God] of Gentiles also? Yea, of Gentiles also: 30 if so be that God is one, and he shall justify the circumcision by faith, and the uncircumcision through faith.
Eph 2:12-13 : 12 that ye were at that time separate from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of the promise, having no hope and without God in the world. 13 But now in Christ Jesus ye that once were far off are made nigh in the blood of Christ.

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1He that is wounded in the stones, or hath his privy member cut off, shall not enter into the assembly of Jehovah.
2A bastard shall not enter into the assembly of Jehovah; even to the tenth generation shall none of his enter into the assembly of Jehovah.
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