Negative Commandment #166 of 613

Do not let a child born due to an illegal relationship marry into the Covenant people

Commandment #166a prohibition from Deuteronomy 23:3, classified under Marriage and Family in the 613 commandments of the Torah.

Scripture

"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,

Deuteronomy 23:3

Hebrew

ד לֹא-יָבֹא עַמּוֹנִי וּמוֹאָבִי, בִּקְהַל יְהוָה: גַּם דּוֹר עֲשִׂירִי, לֹא-יָבֹא לָהֶם בִּקְהַל יְהוָה עַד-עוֹלָם.

Greek (Septuagint)

(23:4) οὐκ εἰσελεύσεται Αμμανίτης καὶ Μωαβίτης εἰς ἐκκλησίαν κυρίου· καὶ ἕως δεκάτης γενεᾶς οὐκ εἰσελεύσεται εἰς ἐκκλησίαν κυρίου καὶ ἕως εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα

Classification

Type
Negative (Thou Shalt Not)
Book
deuteronomy
Chapter
23

Scholarly References

Parashah
Ki Tetze
Sefer HaChinuch
#560
Mishneh Torah
HolinessForbidden Sexual Relations

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