Deuteronomy 23:2

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

לֹֽא־יָבֹ֧א פְצֽוּעַ־דַּכָּ֛א וּכְר֥וּת שָׁפְכָ֖ה בִּקְהַ֥ל יְהוָֽה׃ ס

Transliteration

Not yābōʾ pəṣûaʿ-dakkāʾ and-kərût šāpkâ in-qəhal YHWH

Grammar Details

*yābōʾ*: qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - shall enter/come
*pəṣûaʿ*: qal passive participle, masculine singular - wounded/injured
*dakkāʾ*: masculine singular noun in construct - crushed/bruised testicles
*û*: conjunction - and
*kərût*: qal passive participle, masculine singular - cut off
*šāpkâ*: masculine singular noun - male organ
*bi*: preposition - in/into
*qəhal*: masculine singular construct - assembly/congregation of
*YHWH*: divine name - Yahweh/the LORD

Word Meanings

*pəṣûaʿ*-*dakkāʾ*: one with crushed testicles
*kərût* *šāpkâ*: one with cut off penis/male organ/member
*qəhal*: assembly/congregation/community

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Zech 9:6 : 6 And a bastard shall dwell in Ashdod, and I will cut off the pride of the Philistines.
John 8:41 : 41 Ye do the deeds of your father. Then said they to him, We be not born of fornication; we have one Father, even God.
Heb 12:8 : 8 But if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons.
Isa 57:3 : 3 But draw near hither, ye sons of the sorceress, the seed of the adulterer and the whore.

Similar Verses (AI)

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Deut 23:3
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3An Ammonite or Moabite shall not enter into the congregation of the LORD; even to their tenth generation shall they not enter into the congregation of the LORD for ever:
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1He that is wounded in the stones, or hath his privy member cut off, shall not enter into the congregation of the LORD.
Deut 23:8-9
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8The children that are begotten of them shall enter into the congregation of the LORD in their third generation.
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1On that day they read in the book of Moses in the audience of the people; and therein was found written, that the Ammonite and the Moabite should not come into the congregation of God for ever;
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3But draw near hither, ye sons of the sorceress, the seed of the adulterer and the whore.
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