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NASB | Deuteronomy 23:2 "No one of illegitimate birth shall enter the assembly of the LORD; none of his descendants, even to the tenth generation, shall enter the assembly of the LORD. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Deuteronomy 23:2 "A person of illegitimate birth shall not enter the assembly of the LORD; none of his descendants, even to the tenth generation. |
Subject: What is the "Congregation of the Lord/" |
Bible Note: Searcher, Ruth would have been the 12th generation per Matthew 1:17. However, if it precluded the taking of wives, then we wouldn't find the reaction we see in Nehemiah 13:1 so much later. (As simply a matter of observation, note that the "ten generation" phrase is not included in that passage. It might, therefore, be considered some kind of idiom. In Him, Doc |