Thou shalt: 2 Samuel 8:2, 2 Samuel 12:31; Ezra 9:12; Nehemiah 13:23-25
prosperity: Heb. good
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Deuteronomy 23:6
Deuteronomy 23:6
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disgrace to them, ver. 1-8. II. For the preserving of the purity and…Deuteronomy 23 — OverviewDeuteronomy 23 · Treasury of Scripture KnowledgeDeuteronomy 23:1, Who may or may not enter into the congregation; Deuteronomy 23:9, Uncleanness is to be avoided in the host; Deuteronomy 23:15, Of the fugitive servant; Deuteronomy 23:17, Of filthiness; Deuteronomy…Deuteronomy 23 — OverviewDeuteronomy 23 · John Gill's Exposition of the Entire BibleOrders are here given to restrain certain persons from entering into the congregation of the Lord, De 23:1, and to take care that there be no unclean person in the camp, or any indecent thing done in it, De 23:9, to…Deuteronomy 23:1-8Deuteronomy 23:1-8 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleInterpreters are not agreed what is here meant by entering into the
congregation of the Lord, which is here forbidden to eunuchs and to
bastards, Ammonites and Moabites, for ever, but to Edomites and
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