Bible verse
The third generation of children born to them may enter the assembly of the LORD.
Deuteronomy 23:8 · BSB
The verses around it, from Deuteronomy 23.
4 For they did not meet you with food and water on your way out of Egypt, and they hired Balaam son of Beor from Pethor in Aram-naharaim to curse you.
5 Yet the LORD your God would not listen to Balaam, and the LORD your God turned the curse into a blessing for you, because the LORD your God loves you.
6 You are not to seek peace or prosperity from them as long as you live.
7 Do not despise an Edomite, for he is your brother. Do not despise an Egyptian, because you lived as a foreigner in his land.
8 The third generation of children born to them may enter the assembly of the LORD.
9 When you are encamped against your enemies, then you shall keep yourself from every wicked thing.
10 If any man among you becomes unclean because of a nocturnal emission, he must leave the camp and stay outside.
11 When evening approaches, he must wash with water, and when the sun sets he may return to the camp.
12 You must have a place outside the camp to go and relieve yourself.
KJV
The children that are begotten of them shall enter into the congregation of the LORD in their third generation.
ASV
The children of the third generation that are born unto them shall enter into the assembly of Jehovah.
ERV
The children of the third generation that are born unto them shall enter into the assembly of the LORD.
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