Deu 23:1-6 | ESV | STEP | No one whose testicles are crushed or whose male organ is cut off shall enter the assembly of the Lord .

Deuteronomy 23:1-6

Those Excluded from the Assembly

1 “No one whose testicles are crushed or whose male organ is cut off shall enter the assembly of the Lord.

2 ^a“No one born of a forbidden union may enter the assembly of the Lord. Even to the tenth generation, none of his descendants may enter the assembly of the Lord.

3 ^b“No Ammonite or Moabite may enter the assembly of the Lord. Even to the tenth generation, none of them may enter the assembly of the Lord forever, 4 ^cbecause they did not meet you with bread and with water on the way, when you came out of Egypt, and because they ^dhired against you Balaam the son of Beor from Pethor of ^eMesopotamia, to curse you. 5 But the Lord your God would not listen to Balaam; instead the Lord your God turned ^fthe curse into a blessing for you, because the Lord your God loved you. 6 You ^gshall not seek their peace or their prosperity all your days forever.