Deuteronomy 23:8

8 The third generation of children born to them may enter the assembly of the LORD.

Deuteronomy 23:8 in Other Translations

King James Version (KJV)
8 The children that are begotten of them shall enter into the congregation of the LORD in their third generation.
English Standard Version (ESV)
8 Children born to them in the third generation may enter the assembly of the LORD.
New Living Translation (NLT)
8 The third generation of Edomites and Egyptians may enter the assembly of the LORD .
The Message Bible (MSG)
8 Children born to Edomites and Egyptians may enter the congregation of God in the third generation.
American Standard Version (ASV)
8 The children of the third generation that are born unto them shall enter into the assembly of Jehovah.
GOD'S WORD Translation (GW)
8 Their grandchildren may join the assembly of the LORD.
Holman Christian Standard Bible (CSB)
8 The children born to them in the third generation may enter the Lord's assembly.
New International Reader's Version (NIRV)
8 The great-grandchildren of the Edomites and Egyptians can join in worship with the LORD's people.

Deuteronomy 23:8 Meaning and Commentary

Deuteronomy 23:8

The children that are begotten of them,
Of such as became proselytes:

shall enter into the congregation of the Lord in their third
generation;
not in the third generation from the time that this law was made, but from the time that any of them should embrace the true religion; their sons were the second generation, and their grandchildren the third; and such might be admitted into the congregation, and be reckoned as of them, both in their civil and church state, and be capable of serving even offices among them, and of marriage with them, as the Targum of Jonathan; which some of the Jews interpret of males only, for females, according to them, might be married immediately as soon as made proselytes, in which way they account for the lawfulness of Solomon's marriage of Pharaoh's daughter {p}.


FOOTNOTES:

F16 Vid. Kimchi in 1 Reg. 3. 1. or 1 Ki. 3. 1. & Misn. Yebamot, c. 8. sect. 3.

Deuteronomy 23:8 In-Context

6 Do not seek a treaty of friendship with them as long as you live.
7 Do not despise an Edomite, for the Edomites are related to you. Do not despise an Egyptian, because you resided as foreigners in their country.
8 The third generation of children born to them may enter the assembly of the LORD.
9 When you are encamped against your enemies, keep away from everything impure.
10 If one of your men is unclean because of a nocturnal emission, he is to go outside the camp and stay there.
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