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.
8 Children born to them in the third generation may enter the assembly of the Lord.
9 "When you are encamped against your enemies, then you shall keep yourself from every evil thing.
8 Children born to Edomites and Egyptians may enter the congregation of God in the third generation.
9 When you are camped out, at war with your enemies, be careful to keep yourself from anything ritually defiling.
8 The children of the third generation born to them may enter the assembly of the Lord.
9 "When the army goes out against your enemies, then keep yourself from every wicked thing.
8 The third generation of Edomites and Egyptians may enter the assembly of the Lord .
9 "When you go to war against your enemies, be sure to stay away from anything that is impure.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Deuteronomy 23:8-9
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.
Commentary on Deuteronomy 23:9-14
(Read Deuteronomy 23:9-14)
The camp of the Lord must have nothing offensive in it. If there must be this care taken to preserve the body clean, much more should we be careful to keep the mind pure.