Numbers 18:4

4They shall join you and keep guard over the tent of meeting for all the service of the tent, aand no outsider shall come near you.

Numbers 18:7

7And byou and your sons with you shall guard your priesthood for all that concerns the altar and cthat is within the veil; and you shall serve. I give your priesthood as a gift,
Hebrew service of gift
and eany outsider who comes near shall be put to death.”

Deuteronomy 23:1-3

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 f“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 gNo 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,

Zechariah 8:20-23

20Thus says the Lord of hosts: Peoples shall yet come, even the inhabitants of many cities. 21The inhabitants of one city shall go to another, saying, h‘Let us go at once ito entreat the favor of the Lord and to seek the Lord of hosts; I myself am going.’ 22 jMany peoples and strong nations shall come to seek the Lord of hosts in Jerusalem and kto entreat the favor of the Lord. 23Thus says the Lord of hosts: In those days lten men mfrom the nations of every tongue shall take hold of the robe of a Jew, saying, ‘Let us go with you, for nwe have heard that God is with you.’”

Matthew 8:10-11

10When Jesus heard this, ohe marveled and said to those who followed him, Truly, I tell you, with pno one in Israel
Some manuscripts not even in Israel
have I found such faith.
11I tell you, rmany will come from east and west and recline at table with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven,

Acts 8:27

27And he rose and went. And there was an sEthiopian, a teunuch, a court official of Candace, queen of the Ethiopians, uwho was in charge of all her treasure. vHe had come to Jerusalem to worship

Acts 10:1-2

Peter and Cornelius

1At Caesarea there was a man named Cornelius, a centurion of wwhat was known as the Italian Cohort, 2a devout man xwho feared God with all his household, gave alms generously to the people, and prayed continually to God.

Acts 10:34

Gentiles Hear the Good News

34So Peter opened his mouth and said: “Truly I understand that yGod zshows no partiality,
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