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23:2 {b} A bastard shall not enter into the congregation of the LORD; even to his tenth generation shall he not enter into the congregation of the LORD.
(b) This was to cause them to live chastely, that their posterity might not be rejected.
23:2 The congregation - Taking the word as in the former verse .
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.
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Assembly Bastard Birth Born Congregation Descendants Enter Illegitimate Lord's Marriage Married Meeting Mother Tenth
