Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version No one who has been emasculated by crushing or cutting may enter the assembly of the LORD. New Living Translation “If a man’s testicles are crushed or his penis is cut off, he may not be admitted to the assembly of the LORD. English Standard Version “No one whose testicles are crushed or whose male organ is cut off shall enter the assembly of the LORD. Berean Standard Bible No man with crushed or severed genitals may enter the assembly of the LORD. King James Bible He that is wounded in the stones, or hath his privy member cut off, shall not enter into the congregation of the LORD. New King James Version “He who is emasculated by crushing or mutilation shall not enter the assembly of the LORD. New American Standard Bible “No one who is emasculated or has his male organ cut off may enter the assembly of the LORD. NASB 1995 “No one who is emasculated or has his male organ cut off shall enter the assembly of the LORD. NASB 1977 “No one who is emasculated, or has his male organ cut off, shall enter the assembly of the LORD. Legacy Standard Bible “No one who is emasculated or has his male organ cut off shall enter the assembly of Yahweh. Amplified Bible “He who has been castrated by having his testicles crushed or his male organ cut off shall not enter the congregation of the LORD. Christian Standard Bible “No man whose testicles have been crushed or whose penis has been cut off may enter the LORD’s assembly. Holman Christian Standard Bible No man whose testicles have been crushed or whose penis has been cut off may enter the LORD’s assembly. American Standard Version He that is wounded in the stones, or hath his privy member cut off, shall not enter into the assembly of Jehovah. Aramaic Bible in Plain English "An adulterer shall not enter the assembly of LORD JEHOVAH. Brenton Septuagint Translation He that is fractured or mutilated in his private parts shall not enter into the assembly of the Lord. Contemporary English Version If a man's private parts have been crushed or cut off, he cannot fully belong to the LORD's people. Douay-Rheims Bible An eunuch, whose testicles are broken or cut away, or yard cut off, shall not enter into the church of the Lord. English Revised Version He that is wounded in the stones, or hath his privy member cut off, shall not enter into the assembly of the LORD. GOD'S WORD® Translation A man whose testicles are crushed or whose penis is cut off may never join the assembly of the LORD. Good News Translation "No man who has been castrated or whose penis has been cut off may be included among the LORD's people. International Standard Version "No man whose testicles have been crushed or whose penis has been cut off may participate in the assembly of the LORD. JPS Tanakh 1917 He that is crushed or maimed in his privy parts shall not enter into the assembly of the LORD. Literal Standard Version “No one wounded, bruised, or cut in the genitals enters into the assembly of YHWH; Majority Standard Bible No man with crushed or severed genitals may enter the assembly of the LORD. New American Bible No one whose testicles have been crushed or whose penis has been cut off may come into the assembly of the LORD. NET Bible A man with crushed or severed genitals may not enter the assembly of the LORD. New Revised Standard Version No one whose testicles are crushed or whose penis is cut off shall be admitted to the assembly of the LORD. New Heart English Bible No one whose testicles are crushed or whose male organ is cut off may enter the assembly of the LORD. Webster's Bible Translation He that is wounded or mutilated in his secrets, shall not enter into the congregation of the LORD. World English Bible He who is emasculated by crushing or cutting shall not enter into Yahweh’s assembly. Young's Literal Translation 'One wounded, bruised, or cut in the member doth not enter into the assembly of Jehovah; Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Exclusion from the Congregation1No man with crushed or severed genitals may enter the assembly of the LORD. 2No one of illegitimate birth may enter the assembly of the LORD, nor may any of his descendants, even to the tenth generation.… Cross References Galatians 5:12 As for those who are agitating you, I wish they would proceed to emasculate themselves! Leviticus 21:20 or who is a hunchback or dwarf, or who has an eye defect, a festering rash, scabs, or a crushed testicle. Leviticus 22:24 You are not to present to the LORD an animal whose testicles are bruised, crushed, torn, or cut; you are not to sacrifice them in your land. Deuteronomy 23:2 No one of illegitimate birth may enter the assembly of the LORD, nor may any of his descendants, even to the tenth generation. Isaiah 56:3 Let no foreigner who has joined himself to the LORD say, "The LORD will utterly exclude me from His people." And let the eunuch not say, "I am but a dry tree." Treasury of Scripture He that is wounded in the stones, or has his privy member cut off, shall not enter into the congregation of the LORD. wounded Leviticus 21:17-21 Speak unto Aaron, saying, Whosoever he be of thy seed in their generations that hath any blemish, let him not approach to offer the bread of his God… Leviticus 22:22-24 Blind, or broken, or maimed, or having a wen, or scurvy, or scabbed, ye shall not offer these unto the LORD, nor make an offering by fire of them upon the altar unto the LORD… Galatians 3:28 There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus. Deuteronomy 23:2,3,8 A 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… Nehemiah 13:1-3 On that day they read in the book of Moses in the audience of the people; and therein was found written, that the Ammonite and the Moabite should not come into the congregation of God for ever; … Isaiah 56:3,4 Neither let the son of the stranger, that hath joined himself to the LORD, speak, saying, The LORD hath utterly separated me from his people: neither let the eunuch say, Behold, I am a dry tree… Jump to Previous Assembly Bruised Congregation Crushed Crushing Cut Enter Eunuch Lord's Maimed Male Meeting Member Mutilated Organ Parts Private Privy Secrets Stones Testicles Whether WoundedJump to Next Assembly Bruised Congregation Crushed Crushing Cut Enter Eunuch Lord's Maimed Male Meeting Member Mutilated Organ Parts Private Privy Secrets Stones Testicles Whether WoundedDeuteronomy 23 1. Who may or may not enter into the congregation9. Uncleanness is to be avoided in the host 15. Of the fugitive servant 17. Of filthiness 18. Of abominable sacrifices 19. Of usury 20. Of vows 24. Of trespass (1) The rule that a eunuch should not enter into the congregation was doubtless intended to prevent the Israelitish rulers from making eunuchs of their brethren the children of Israel. As a set off to this apparent harshness towards the man who had been thus treated, we must read Isaiah 56:3-4, in which a special promise is given to the eunuchs that keep God's Sabbaths and take hold of His covenant. God will give to them within His house and within His walls "a place and a name better than of sons and of daughters--an everlasting name that shall not be cut off." As a special calamity it was foretold to Hezekiah that some of his descendants should be eunuchs in the palace of the King of Babylon. But Daniel, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, in whom this prophecy was fulfilled, have ennobled the "children that are of their sort" for evermore. We have no means of knowing whether the eunuchs that were in the service of the kings of Israel or Judah (1Samuel 8:15; 1Kings 22:9; 2Kings 8:6; 2Kings 9:32, &c.) were Israelites by birth or not. Ebedmelech, the Ethiopian, who received a special blessing from Jeremiah (Jeremiah 39:15-18), was a foreigner, and so very possibly were most, if not all, of his kind in Israel. . . . Verse 1. - Mutilation was performed by the two methods here specified - crushing and excision. The exclusion of persons who had suffered this from the congregation, i.e. from the covenant fellowship of Israel, the πολιτεία τοῦ Ισραὴλ (Ephesians 2:12), was due to the priestly character of the nation. Israel was a kingdom of priests (Exodus 19:6), and the admission into it of one in whom the nature of man, as made by God, had been degraded and marred, would have been unfitting; just as all bodily blemish unfitted a man for being a priest, though otherwise qualified (Leviticus 21:16-24). This law, however, was one of the ordinances intended for the period of nonage; it had reference to the outward typical aspect of the Israelitish constitution; and it ceased to have any significance when the spiritual kingdom of God came to be established. Even under the theocracy, eunuchs were not excluded from religious privileges; they could keep God's Sabbaths, and take hold of his covenant, and choose the things pleasing to him, and so be part of the spiritual Israel, though shut out from the fellowship of that which was outward and national (cf. Isaiah 56:4).Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew No manלֹֽא־ (lō-) Adverb - Negative particle Strong's 3808: Not, no with crushed פְצֽוּעַ־ (p̄ə·ṣū·a‘-) Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine singular construct Strong's 6481: To bruise, wound by bruising or severed וּכְר֥וּת (ū·ḵə·rūṯ) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine singular construct Strong's 3772: To cut, to destroy, consume, to covenant genitals שָׁפְכָ֖ה (šā·p̄ə·ḵāh) Noun - feminine singular Strong's 8212: A pipe, the penis may enter יָבֹ֧א (yā·ḇō) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 935: To come in, come, go in, go the assembly בִּקְהַ֥ל (biq·hal) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 6951: Assembly, convocation, congregation of the LORD. יְהוָֽה׃ (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel Links Deuteronomy 23:1 NIVDeuteronomy 23:1 NLT Deuteronomy 23:1 ESV Deuteronomy 23:1 NASB Deuteronomy 23:1 KJV Deuteronomy 23:1 BibleApps.com Deuteronomy 23:1 Biblia Paralela Deuteronomy 23:1 Chinese Bible Deuteronomy 23:1 French Bible Deuteronomy 23:1 Catholic Bible OT Law: Deuteronomy 23:1 He who is wounded in the stones (Deut. 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