申命記 23:1-4 JCB

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Deuteronomy 23:1

Moses proceeded in this chapter to give instructions regarding the purity and sanctification of the corporate Israel, their official "congregation," "giving directions for the exclusion of certain persons from it, and the reception of others into it (Deuteronomy 23:1-8), and for the purity of the camp in time of war (Deuteronomy 23:9-14), as to the reception of foreign slaves into the land, and the removal of licentious persons out of it (Deuteronomy 23:15-18), and as to certain duties of... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Deuteronomy 23:1

Ver. 1. Shall not enter into the congregation— This law is directed against the infamous practice of making eunuchs: such persons were not to be deemed Israelites, nor have their names entered in the public register, and consequently were not to be accounted members of the Jewish community. See Selden de Jure N. & G. lib. 5: cap. 14 and Nehemiah 13:1-3, compared with 23, 24, 25. Eunuchs were so much abhorred by some of the pagans, that Lucian, in Eunucho, tells us, they were not only... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Deuteronomy 23:2

Ver. 2. A bastard shall not enter, &c.— Some render these words, a foreigner or an alien. See Spenc. p. 105. But Mr. Locke observes, upon the original word ממזר mamzer, that it is his opinion, with Maimonides, that the mamzer here spoken of, is one who cometh of any of the nakedness, i.e. incestuous or unlawful intercourses, forbidden in Leviticus 18:0. See Zechariah 9:6. Houbigant is of the same opinion with Mr. Locke. "They who translate it, a stranger," says he, "when they add the... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Deuteronomy 23:4

Ver. 4. Because they met you not with bread and water— It was a piece of ancient hospitality, to give strangers in their travels refreshment of bread and water; that is, of meat and drink. The Israelites, therefore, might well expect this civility from the Ammonites and Moabites, not only as fellow-creatures, but as their kindred people; and further still, on account of the respect which they had shewed them. See chap. Deuteronomy 2:19. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Deuteronomy 23:1

1-3. He that is wounded . . ., shall not enter into the congregation of the Lord—"To enter into the congregation of the Lord" means either admission to public honors and offices in the Church and State of Israel, or, in the case of foreigners, incorporation with that nation by marriage. The rule was that strangers and foreigners, for fear of friendship or marriage connections with them leading the people into idolatry, were not admissible till their conversion to the Jewish faith. But this... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Deuteronomy 23:3

3. even to the their tenth generation shall they not enter—Many eminent writers think that this law of exclusion was applicable only to males; at all events that a definite is used for an indefinite number (Nehemiah 13:1; Ruth 4:10; 2 Kings 10:2). Many of the Israelites being established on the east side of Jordan in the immediate neighborhood of those people, God raised this partition wall between them to prevent the consequences of evil communications. More favor was to be shown to Edomites... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Deuteronomy 23:1-8

Public worship 23:1-8In the preceding chapter Moses explained the proper types of marital union. In this chapter he set forth the proper types of union of individuals with the covenant community.This section of verses (Deuteronomy 23:1-8) deals with people who were not born in Israel but wished to worship with full members of the nation."The ’assembly’ (qahal) refers here to the formal gathering of the Lord’s people as a community at festival occasions and other times of public worship and not... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 23:1-25

Laws regarding admittance to the Congregation, cleanliness in the Camp, Unchastity, Usury, and Vows1. Shall not enter into the congregation of the Lord] i.e. not merely as priests (see Leviticus 21:16-24) but as ordinary members of the nation of Israel, all of whom are ’holy unto the Lord.’ The reference in this v. is probably to the self-mutilation practised by the devotees of certain heathen gods, and alluded to by St. Paul in Galatians 5:12: cp. Deuteronomy 14:1. 2. A bastard is understood... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Deuteronomy 23:1

(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... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Deuteronomy 23:2

(2) A bastard shall not enter.—Such a person would not, even now, be circumcised by the Jews, or permitted to marry an Israelitish woman, or be buried with his people; therefore he was excluded from the covenant. It is manifest how efficacious would be the enforcement of this law also in preserving the purity of family life. read more

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Deuteronomy 23:1

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Deuteronomy 23:1

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Deuteronomy 23:2

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Deuteronomy 23:4

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Deuteronomy 23:1

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Deuteronomy 23:3

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Deuteronomy 23:1-8

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 23:1-25

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Deuteronomy 23:1

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Deuteronomy 23:2

Group of Brands