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 , 4 because e e they did not meet you with food and water on the way when you came out of Egypt , and because they hired against you Balaam the son of Beor from Pethor of Mesopotamia , to curse you 5 "Nevertheless, the Lord your God was not willing to listen to Balaam , but the Lord your God turned the curse into a blessing for you because the Lord your God loves you. 6 " You shall never e seek their peace or their prosperity all your days . 7 "You shall not detest an Edomite , for he is your brother ; you shall not detest an Egyptian , because you were an alien in his land . 8 "The sons of the third generation who are born to them may enter the assembly of the Lord .
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Deuteronomy 23:3-8
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.