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Deuteronomy 23:2
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Deuteronomy 23:2
2A bastard shall not enter into the congregation of the Lord; even to his tenth generation shall he not enter into the congregation of the Lord.
2A bastard shall not enter into the Congregation of the LORD: euen to his tenth generation shall he not enter into the Congregation of the LORD.
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DEFINED WORDS
Deuteronomy 23:2
A child born outside marriage; illegitimate.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
To go or come in; to penetrate; to become an ingredient or constituent part; to enter the mind.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
MEANING IN THIS VERSE
congregation
An assembled body or community of people, especially the gathered people of Israel or worshippers before God.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
LORD: The name of God the Father in English, from the Hebrew Tetragrammaton YHWH, also rendered GOD and JEHOVAH. Lord: A title applied to God and Christ as ruler and master, the one to whom worship and obedience are due. lord: A male master, owner, ruler, or superior addressed or described as one having authority.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (alignment witness) · Webster 1828
As far as, up to, or extending to the stated limit.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
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generation
Offspring, a family line, people of one age, or the period of a lifetime.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
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Open the full verse study6And a bastard shall dwell in Ashdod, and I will cut off the pride of the Philistines.
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Open the full verse study3¶ But draw near hither, ye sons of the sorceress, the seed of the adulterer and the whore.
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Open the full verse study8But if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons.
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Open the full verse study41Ye do the deeds of your father. Then said they to him, We be not born of fornication; we have one Father, even God.
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