Deuteronomy 23:1

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A man shall not marry his father’s wife or dishonor his father’s bed.

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  • Lev 21:17-21 : 17 Speak to Aaron and say: None of your descendants through their generations who has a defect may come near to offer the food of his God. 18 For no man who has a defect may approach: no man who is blind, lame, disfigured, or deformed. 19 No man with a broken foot or a broken hand, 20 or who is hunchbacked, a dwarf, has an eye defect, severe skin diseases, or damaged testicles. 21 No man of the offspring of Aaron the priest who has a defect may approach to bring the offerings made by fire to the LORD. He has a defect; he must not approach to offer the food of his God.
  • Lev 22:22-24 : 22 You must not offer to the LORD anything that is blind, broken, injured, or with warts, scabs, or skin disease; you must not bring them as a fire offering on the altar to the LORD. 23 You may offer a bull or lamb that has an overgrown or stunted limb as a freewill offering, but it will not be accepted as a vow offering. 24 You must not offer to the LORD any animals that are bruised, crushed, torn, or cut, nor are you to do this in your land.
  • Deut 23:2-3 : 2 No man who has been wounded in his private parts or whose reproductive organs have been severed may enter the assembly of the LORD. 3 No one born of an illegitimate union may enter the assembly of the LORD, even to the tenth generation, none of his descendants may enter the assembly of the LORD.
  • Deut 23:8 : 8 Do not despise an Edomite, for he is your brother. Do not despise an Egyptian, because you were a foreigner in his land.
  • Neh 13:1-3 : 1 On that day, the Book of Moses was read aloud in the hearing of the people, and it was found written in it that no Ammonite or Moabite should ever enter the assembly of God. 2 This was because they had not met the Israelites with bread and water but had hired Balaam to curse them—yet our God turned the curse into a blessing. 3 When they heard the Law, they separated all those of foreign descent from Israel.
  • Isa 56:3-4 : 3 Let no foreigner who has joined himself to the LORD say, 'The LORD will surely exclude me from His people.' And let no eunuch say, 'I am a dry tree.' 4 For this is what the LORD says: 'To the eunuchs who keep my Sabbaths, who choose the things that please me and hold tightly to my covenant,
  • Lam 1:10 : 10 The enemy has laid hands on all her treasures; she saw nations enter her sanctuary—those you had forbidden to enter your assembly.
  • Gal 3:28 : 28 There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Deut 23:2-3
    2 verses
    80%

    2No man who has been wounded in his private parts or whose reproductive organs have been severed may enter the assembly of the LORD.

    3No one born of an illegitimate union may enter the assembly of the LORD, even to the tenth generation, none of his descendants may enter the assembly of the LORD.

  • Lev 21:15-21
    7 verses
    76%

    15He must not defile his descendants among his people, because I am the LORD who sanctifies him.

    16The LORD spoke to Moses, saying:

    17Speak to Aaron and say: None of your descendants through their generations who has a defect may come near to offer the food of his God.

    18For no man who has a defect may approach: no man who is blind, lame, disfigured, or deformed.

    19No man with a broken foot or a broken hand,

    20or who is hunchbacked, a dwarf, has an eye defect, severe skin diseases, or damaged testicles.

    21No man of the offspring of Aaron the priest who has a defect may approach to bring the offerings made by fire to the LORD. He has a defect; he must not approach to offer the food of his God.

  • Ezek 44:9
    74%

    9Thus says the Lord GOD: No foreigner, uncircumcised in heart and flesh, shall enter My sanctuary—not even any foreigner among the people of Israel.

  • Gen 17:14
    73%

    14But any uncircumcised male who has not been circumcised in the flesh will be cut off from his people; he has broken My covenant.

  • Lev 17:9
    72%

    9and does not bring it to the entrance of the tent of meeting to offer it to the Lord must be cut off from their people.

  • Lev 18:29
    72%

    29For anyone who commits any of these detestable practices will be cut off from among their people.

  • Lev 22:22
    71%

    22You must not offer to the LORD anything that is blind, broken, injured, or with warts, scabs, or skin disease; you must not bring them as a fire offering on the altar to the LORD.

  • Lev 22:24
    70%

    24You must not offer to the LORD any animals that are bruised, crushed, torn, or cut, nor are you to do this in your land.

  • Lev 21:23
    70%

    23but he must not enter behind the curtain or come near the altar because he has a defect. He must not profane My sanctuary, for I am the LORD who makes them holy.

  • Lev 15:16
    70%

    16If a man has an emission of semen, he must bathe his entire body with water, and he will remain unclean until evening.

  • Lev 21:5
    70%

    5They must not shave bald spots on their heads, trim the edges of their beards, or make cuts on their bodies.

  • Lev 17:4
    70%

    4and does not bring it to the entrance of the tent of meeting to present it as an offering to the Lord before the sanctuary of the Lord shall be considered guilty of bloodshed; they have shed blood and must be cut off from their people.

  • Lev 22:3-4
    2 verses
    70%

    3Say to them: 'If any of your descendants in future generations approaches the holy things that the people of Israel dedicate to the LORD while he is ceremonially unclean, that person will be cut off from My presence. I am the LORD.'

    4If any man from Aaron's descendants has a skin disease or a discharge, he must not eat from the holy things until he is clean. Whoever touches anything made unclean by a corpse, or a man who has had an emission of semen,

  • Num 19:20
    70%

    20But if someone is unclean and does not purify himself, that person shall be cut off from the assembly because he has defiled the sanctuary of the LORD. The water of purification has not been sprinkled on him; he is unclean.

  • Num 15:30-31
    2 verses
    69%

    30But anyone who sins defiantly, whether native-born or a foreigner, is blaspheming the Lord and must be cut off from their people.

    31Because they have despised the word of the Lord and broken His commandment, they must be cut off completely. Their guilt remains on them.

  • Lev 20:18
    69%

    18If a man lies with a woman during her menstrual impurity and uncovers her nakedness, he has exposed her source of blood, and she has uncovered the source of her blood. Both of them shall be cut off from among their people.

  • Deut 23:17
    69%

    17Let him live among you wherever he chooses, in whichever town he prefers. Do not oppress him.

  • Lev 18:19
    69%

    19Do not approach a woman to have sexual relations with her during the uncleanness of her monthly period.

  • Lev 19:27-28
    2 verses
    69%

    27Do not cut the hair at the sides of your head or clip off the edges of your beard.

    28Do not make cuts on your body for the dead or put tattoo marks on yourselves. I am the LORD.

  • Isa 56:3
    68%

    3Let no foreigner who has joined himself to the LORD say, 'The LORD will surely exclude me from His people.' And let no eunuch say, 'I am a dry tree.'

  • Mic 2:5
    68%

    5Therefore, you will have no one in the assembly of the LORD to divide the land by lot.

  • Matt 18:8
    68%

    8If your hand or your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life crippled or lame than to have two hands or two feet and be thrown into eternal fire.

  • Lev 18:21-22
    2 verses
    68%

    21Do not give any of your children to be sacrificed to Molech, for you must not profane the name of your God. I am the LORD.

    22Do not have sexual relations with a man as one does with a woman; that is detestable.

  • Lev 23:29
    68%

    29Anyone who does not humble themselves on this very day will be cut off from their people.

  • Mal 2:12
    68%

    12The Lord will cut off from the tents of Jacob anyone who does this—any one who is alert and responsive—but still presents an offering to the Lord of Hosts.

  • Lev 15:3
    68%

    3This is how his uncleanness will be identified in regard to his discharge: whether his body allows his discharge to flow or whether it blocks it, it is uncleanness.

  • Lev 15:32
    68%

    32This is the law concerning the man with a discharge and anyone who has an emission of semen that makes him unclean.

  • Deut 23:10
    68%

    10When you go out as a camp against your enemies, be careful to avoid anything evil.

  • Lev 18:24
    68%

    24Do not defile yourselves by any of these practices, for the nations I am driving out before you have defiled themselves by all these things.

  • Deut 15:21
    67%

    21But if there is a defect in it, such as being lame or blind, or having any serious flaw, you must not sacrifice it to the Lord your God.

  • Deut 14:1
    67%

    1You are children of the LORD your God. Do not cut yourselves or shave a bald spot on your foreheads for the dead.

  • Ezek 44:7
    67%

    7When you brought in foreigners, uncircumcised in heart and flesh, to be in My sanctuary and profane it—My house—by offering My food, the fat, and the blood, you broke My covenant with all your abominations.

  • Deut 28:35
    67%

    35The LORD will strike you with painful and incurable boils on your knees and legs, and from the sole of your foot to the top of your head.

  • Matt 5:30
    67%

    30And if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to go into hell.

  • Lev 22:20
    67%

    20Do not offer anything with a defect, because it will not be accepted on your behalf.

  • Lev 7:21
    67%

    21If anyone touches something unclean, whether it is human uncleanness, an unclean animal, or any detestable thing, and then eats any of the meat from the peace offering that belongs to the Lord, they must be cut off from their people.

  • Lev 18:6
    67%

    6No one is to approach any close relative to have sexual relations. I am the LORD.

  • Lev 18:27
    67%

    27For all these abominations were committed by the people who lived in the land before you, and the land was defiled.

  • Deut 17:1
    67%

    1Do not sacrifice to the LORD your God a bull or sheep with a defect or any flaw, for that would be detestable to the LORD your God.