Deuteronomy 23:3

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

An 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:

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

לֹא־יָבֹ֥א מַמְזֵ֖ר בִּקְהַ֣ל יְהוָ֑ה גַּ֚ם דּ֣וֹר עֲשִׂירִ֔י לֹא־יָ֥בֹא ל֖וֹ בִּקְהַ֥ל יְהוָֽה׃ ס

Transliteration

Not yābōʾ mamzēr in-qəhal YHWH gam dôr ʿăśîrî not-yābōʾ to-him in-qəhal YHWH

Grammar Details

• *yābōʾ*: qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - shall enter/come
• *mamzēr*: masculine singular noun - illegitimate child/person of mixed ancestry
• *bi*: preposition - in/into
• *qəhal*: masculine singular construct - assembly/congregation of
• *YHWH*: divine name - Yahweh/the LORD
• *gam*: adverb - also/even
• *dôr*: masculine singular noun - generation
• *ʿăśîrî*: ordinal number, masculine singular - tenth
• *lô*: preposition with 3rd masculine singular suffix - to him

Word Meanings

• *mamzēr*: illegitimate child/bastard/person of mixed ancestry/offspring of prohibited union
• *dôr*: generation/period/dwelling/circle
• *ʿăśîrî*: tenth (generation)

Referenced Verses

• Neh 13:1-2 : 1 On 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; 2 Because they met not the children of Israel with bread and with water, but hired Balaam against them, that he should curse them: howbeit our God turned the curse into a blessing.
• Neh 13:23 : 23 In those days also saw I Jews that had married wives of Ashdod, of Ammon, and of Moab:
• Isa 56:3 : 3 Neither let the son of the stranger, that hath joined himself to the LORD, speak, saying, The LORD hath utterly separated me from his people: neither let the eunuch say, Behold, I am a dry tree.
• Ruth 4:6 : 6 And the kinsman said, I cannot redeem it for myself, lest I mar mine own inheritance: redeem thou my right to thyself; for I cannot redeem it.
• Ruth 4:10-22 : 10 Moreover Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of Mahlon, have I purchased to be my wife, to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance, that the name of the dead be not cut off from among his brethren, and from the gate of his place: ye are witnesses this day. 11 And all the people that were in the gate, and the elders, said, We are witnesses. The LORD make the woman that is come into thine house like Rachel and like Leah, which two did build the house of Israel: and do thou worthily in Ephratah, and be famous in Bethlehem: 12 And let thy house be like the house of Pharez, whom Tamar bare unto Judah, of the seed which the LORD shall give thee of this young woman. 13 So Boaz took Ruth, and she was his wife: and when he went in unto her, the LORD gave her conception, and she bare a son. 14 And the women said unto Naomi, Blessed be the LORD, which hath not left thee this day without a kinsman, that his name may be famous in Israel. 15 And he shall be unto thee a restorer of thy life, and a nourisher of thine old age: for thy daughter in law, which loveth thee, which is better to thee than seven sons, hath born him. 16 And Naomi took the child, and laid it in her bosom, and became nurse unto it. 17 And the women her neighbours gave it a name, saying, There is a son born to Naomi; and they called his name Obed: he is the father of Jesse, the father of David. 18 Now these are the generations of Pharez: Pharez begat Hezron, 19 And Hezron begat Ram, and Ram begat Amminadab, 20 And Amminadab begat Nahshon, and Nahshon begat Salmon, 21 And Salmon begat Boaz, and Boaz begat Obed, 22 And Obed begat Jesse, and Jesse begat David.
• Neh 4:3 : 3 Now Tobiah the Ammonite was by him, and he said, Even that which they build, if a fox go up, he shall even break down their stone wall.
• Neh 4:7 : 7 But it came to pass, that when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and the Arabians, and the Ammonites, and the Ashdodites, heard that the walls of Jerusalem were made up, and that the breaches began to be stopped, then they were very wroth,