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 . 2 "If a person is illegitimate by birth, neither he nor his descendants for ten generations may be admitted to the assembly of the Lord . 3 "No Ammonite or Moabite or any of their descendants for ten generations may be admitted to 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.