Deuteronomy 23:1

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Purity in Public Worship A man with crushed or severed genitals may not enter the assembly of the LORD.

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  • Lev 21:17-21 : 17 “Tell Aaron,‘No man from your descendants throughout their generations who has a physical flaw is to approach to present the food of his God. 18 Certainly no man who has a physical flaw is to approach: a blind man, or one who is lame, or one with a slit nose, or a limb too long, 19 or a man who has had a broken leg or arm, 20 or a hunchback, or a dwarf, or one with a spot in his eye, or a festering eruption, or a feverish rash, or a crushed testicle. 21 No man from the descendants of Aaron the priest who has a physical flaw may step forward to present the LORD’s gifts; he has a physical flaw, so he must not step forward to present the food of his God.
  • Lev 22:22-24 : 22 “‘You must not present to the LORD something blind, or with a broken bone, or mutilated, or with a running sore, or with a festering eruption, or with a feverish rash. You must not give any of these as a gift on the altar to the LORD. 23 As for an ox or a sheep with a limb too long or stunted, you may present it as a freewill offering, but it will not be acceptable for a votive offering. 24 You must not present to the LORD something with testicles that are bruised, crushed, torn, or cut off; you must not do this in your land.
  • Deut 23:2-3 : 2 A person of illegitimate birth may not enter the assembly of the LORD; to the tenth generation no one related to him may do so. 3 An Ammonite or Moabite may not enter the assembly of the LORD; to the tenth generation none of their descendants shall ever do so,
  • Deut 23:8 : 8 Children of the third generation born to them may enter the assembly of the LORD.
  • Neh 13:1-3 : 1 Further Reforms by Nehemiah On that day the book of Moses was read aloud in the hearing of the people. They found written in it that no Ammonite or Moabite may ever enter the assembly of God, 2 for they had not met the Israelites with food and water, but instead had hired Balaam to curse them.(Our God, however, turned the curse into blessing.) 3 When they heard the law, they removed from Israel all who were of mixed ancestry.
  • Isa 56:3-4 : 3 No foreigner who becomes a follower of the LORD should say,‘The LORD will certainly exclude me from his people.’ The eunuch should not say,‘Look, I am like a dried-up tree.’” 4 For this is what the LORD says:“For the eunuchs who observe my Sabbaths and choose what pleases me and are faithful to my covenant,
  • Lam 1:10 : 10 י(Yod) An enemy grabbed all her valuables. Indeed she watched in horror as Gentiles invaded her holy temple– those whom you had commanded:“They must not enter your assembly place.”
  • Gal 3:28 : 28 There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female– for all of you are one in Christ Jesus.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Deut 23:2-3
    2 verses
    80%

    2A person of illegitimate birth may not enter the assembly of the LORD; to the tenth generation no one related to him may do so.

    3An Ammonite or Moabite may not enter the assembly of the LORD; to the tenth generation none of their descendants shall ever do so,

  • Lev 21:15-21
    7 verses
    76%

    15He must not profane his children among his people, for I am the LORD who sanctifies him.’”

    16Rules for the Priesthood The LORD spoke to Moses:

    17“Tell Aaron,‘No man from your descendants throughout their generations who has a physical flaw is to approach to present the food of his God.

    18Certainly no man who has a physical flaw is to approach: a blind man, or one who is lame, or one with a slit nose, or a limb too long,

    19or a man who has had a broken leg or arm,

    20or a hunchback, or a dwarf, or one with a spot in his eye, or a festering eruption, or a feverish rash, or a crushed testicle.

    21No man from the descendants of Aaron the priest who has a physical flaw may step forward to present the LORD’s gifts; he has a physical flaw, so he must not step forward to present the food of his God.

  • Ezek 44:9
    74%

    9This is what the Sovereign LORD says: No foreigner, who is uncircumcised in heart and flesh among all the foreigners who are among the people of Israel, will enter into my sanctuary.

  • Gen 17:14
    73%

    14Any uncircumcised male who has not been circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin will be cut off from his people– he has failed to carry out my requirement.”

  • Lev 17:9
    72%

    9but does not bring it to the entrance of the Meeting Tent to offer it to the LORD– that person will be cut off from his people.

  • Lev 18:29
    72%

    29For if anyone does any of these abominations, the persons who do them will be cut off from the midst of their people.

  • Lev 22:22
    71%

    22“‘You must not present to the LORD something blind, or with a broken bone, or mutilated, or with a running sore, or with a festering eruption, or with a feverish rash. You must not give any of these as a gift on the altar to the LORD.

  • Lev 22:24
    70%

    24You must not present to the LORD something with testicles that are bruised, crushed, torn, or cut off; you must not do this in your land.

  • Lev 21:23
    70%

    23but he must not go near the special curtain or step forward to the altar because he has a physical flaw. Thus he must not profane my holy places, for I am the LORD who sanctifies them.’”

  • Lev 15:16
    70%

    16“‘When a man has a seminal emission, he must bathe his whole body in water and be unclean until evening,

  • Lev 21:5
    70%

    5Priests must not have a bald spot shaved on their head, they must not shave the corner of their beard, and they must not cut slashes in their body.

  • Lev 17:4
    70%

    4but has not brought it to the entrance of the Meeting Tent to present it as an offering to the LORD before the tabernacle of the LORD. He has shed blood, so that man will be cut off from the midst of his people.

  • Lev 22:3-4
    2 verses
    70%

    3Say to them,‘Throughout your generations, if any man from all your descendants approaches the holy offerings which the Israelites consecrate to the LORD while he is impure, that person must be cut off from before me. I am the LORD.

    4No man from the descendants of Aaron who is diseased or has a discharge may eat the holy offerings until he becomes clean. The one who touches anything made unclean by contact with a dead person, or a man who has a seminal emission,

  • Num 19:20
    70%

    20But the man who is unclean and does not purify himself, that person must be cut off from among the community, because he has polluted the sanctuary of the LORD; the water of purification was not sprinkled on him, so he is unclean.

  • Num 15:30-31
    2 verses
    69%

    30Deliberate Sin“‘But the person who acts defiantly, whether native-born or a resident foreigner, insults the LORD. That person must be cut off from among his people.

    31Because he has despised the LORD’s message and has broken his commandment, that person must be completely cut off. His iniquity will be on him.’”

  • Lev 20:18
    69%

    18If a man goes to bed with a menstruating woman and uncovers her nakedness, he has laid bare her fountain of blood and she has exposed the fountain of her blood, so both of them must be cut off from the midst of their people.

  • Deut 23:17
    69%

    17Purity in Cultic Personnel There must never be a sacred prostitute among the young women of Israel nor a sacred male prostitute among the young men of Israel.

  • Lev 18:19
    69%

    19“‘You must not approach a woman in her menstrual impurity to have sexual relations with her.

  • Lev 19:27-28
    2 verses
    69%

    27You must not round off the corners of the hair on your head or ruin the corners of your beard.

    28You must not slash your body for a dead person or incise a tattoo on yourself. I am the LORD.

  • Isa 56:3
    68%

    3No foreigner who becomes a follower of the LORD should say,‘The LORD will certainly exclude me from his people.’ The eunuch should not say,‘Look, I am like a dried-up tree.’”

  • Mic 2:5
    68%

    5Therefore no one will assign you land in the LORD’s community.

  • Matt 18:8
    68%

    8If your hand or your foot causes you to sin, 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%

    21You must not give any of your children as an offering to Molech, so that you do not profane the name of your God. I am the LORD!

    22You must not have sexual relations with a male as one has sexual relations with a woman; it is a detestable act.

  • Lev 23:29
    68%

    29Indeed, any person who does not behave with humility on this particular day will be cut off from his people.

  • Mal 2:12
    68%

    12May the LORD cut off from the community of Jacob every last person who does this, as well as the person who presents improper offerings to the LORD of Heaven’s Armies!

  • Lev 15:3
    68%

    3Now this is his uncleanness in regard to his discharge– whether his body secretes his discharge or blocks his discharge, he is unclean. All the days that his body has a discharge or his body blocks his discharge, this is his uncleanness.

  • Lev 15:32
    68%

    32This is the law for the one with a discharge: for the one who has a seminal emission and becomes unclean by it,

  • Deut 23:10
    68%

    10If there is someone among you who is impure because of some nocturnal emission, he must leave the camp; he may not reenter it immediately.

  • Lev 18:24
    68%

    24Warning against the Abominations of the Nations“‘Do not defile yourselves with any of these things, for the nations which I am about to drive out before you have been defiled with all these things.

  • Deut 15:21
    67%

    21If they have any kind of blemish– lameness, blindness, or anything else– you may not offer them as a sacrifice to the LORD your God.

  • Deut 14:1
    67%

    1The Holy and the Profane You are children of the LORD your God. Do not cut yourselves or shave your forehead bald for the sake of the dead.

  • Ezek 44:7
    67%

    7When you bring foreigners, those uncircumcised in heart and in flesh, into my sanctuary, you desecrate it– even my house– when you offer my food, the fat and the blood. You have broken my covenant by all your abominable practices.

  • Deut 28:35
    67%

    35The LORD will afflict you in your knees and on your legs with painful, incurable boils– from the soles of your feet to the top of your head.

  • Matt 5:30
    67%

    30If your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away! It is better to lose one of your members than to have your whole body go into hell.

  • Lev 22:20
    67%

    20You must not present anything that has a flaw, because it will not be acceptable for your benefit.

  • Lev 7:21
    67%

    21When a person touches anything unclean(whether human uncleanness, or an unclean animal, or an unclean detestable creature) and eats some of the meat of the peace offering sacrifice which belongs to the LORD, that person will be cut off from his people.’”

  • Lev 18:6
    67%

    6Laws of Sexual Relations“‘No man is to approach any close relative to have sexual relations with her. I am the LORD.

  • Lev 18:27
    67%

    27for the people who were in the land before you have done all these abominations, and the land has become unclean.

  • Deut 17:1
    67%

    1You must not sacrifice to him a bull or sheep that has a blemish or any other defect, because that is considered offensive to the LORD your God.