231 No one who has been emasculated by crushing or cutting may enter the assembly of the Lord.
231 He that is wounded in the stones, or hath his privy member cut off, shall not enter into the congregation of the Lord.
231 "No one whose testicles are crushed or whose male organ is cut off shall enter the assembly of the Lord.
231 No eunuch is to enter the congregation of God.
231 "He who is emasculated by crushing or mutilation shall not enter the assembly of the Lord.
231 "If a man's testicles are crushed or his penis is cut off, he may not be admitted to the assembly of the Lord .
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Deuteronomy 23:1
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.