231 " No one who is emasculated e or has his male organ cut off shall enter the assembly of the Lord . 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 . 3 " No Ammonite or Moabite shall enter the assembly of the Lord ; none of their descendants, even to the tenth generation , shall ever enter the assembly of the Lord ,
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Deuteronomy 23:1-3
Commentary on Deuteronomy 23:1-8
(Read Deuteronomy 23:1-8)
We ought to value the privileges of God's people, both for ourselves and for our children, above all other advantages. No personal blemishes, no crimes of our forefathers, no difference of nation, shuts us out under the Christian dispensation. But an unsound heart will deprive us of blessings; and a bad example, or an unsuitable marriage, may shut our children from them.