New Living Translation (NLT)
Deuteronomy 22
30 “A man must not marry his father’s former wife, for this would violate his father.
Deuteronomy 23
1 “If a man’s testicles are crushed or his penis is cut off, he may not be admitted to the assembly of the LORD.
2 “If a person is illegitimate by birth, neither he nor his descendants for ten generations may be admitted to the assembly of the LORD.
3 “No Ammonite or Moabite or any of their descendants for ten generations may be admitted to the assembly of the LORD.
4 These nations did not welcome you with food and water when you came out of Egypt. Instead, they hired Balaam son of Beor from Pethor in distant Aram-naharaim to curse you.
5 But the LORD your God refused to listen to Balaam. He turned the intended curse into a blessing because the LORD your God loves you.
6 As long as you live, you must never promote the welfare and prosperity of the Ammonites or Moabites.
7 “Do not detest the Edomites or the Egyptians, because the Edomites are your relatives and you lived as foreigners among the Egyptians.
8 The third generation of Edomites and Egyptians may enter the assembly of the LORD.
9 “When you go to war against your enemies, be sure to stay away from anything that is impure.
10 “Any man who becomes ceremonially defiled because of a nocturnal emission must leave the camp and stay away all day.
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