Deuteronomy 23:1 meaning and explanation
No man with crushed or severed genitals may enter the assembly of the LORD.
Deuteronomy 23:1, Berean Standard Bible
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Moses is speaking to Israel on the plains of Moab, setting out who may belong to the LORD's assembled people. The Hebrew word for assembly, qahal, likely means the gathered worshiping community rather than mere ethnic membership.
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