Deuteronomy 23:8
Translations
King James Version (KJV)
The children that are begotten of them shall enter into the congregation of the LORD in their third generation.
American King James Version (AKJV)
The children that are begotten of them shall enter into the congregation of the LORD in their third generation.
American Standard Version (ASV)
The children of the third generation that are born unto them shall enter into the assembly of Jehovah.
Basic English Translation (BBE)
Their children in the third generation may come into the meeting of the Lord's people.
Webster's Revision
The children that are begotten by them shall enter into the congregation of the LORD in their third generation.
World English Bible
The children of the third generation who are born to them shall enter into the assembly of Yahweh.
English Revised Version (ERV)
The children of the third generation that are born unto them shall enter into the assembly of the LORD.
Definitions for Deuteronomy 23:8
Barnes's Deuteronomy 23:8 Bible Commentary
In their third generation - i. e. the great grandchildren of the Edomite or Egyptian alien: compare the similar phrase in Exodus 20:5.
Wesley's Deuteronomy 23:8 Bible Commentary
23:8 In their third generation - Supposing their grandfather, or great - grandfather turned proselyte, and the children continue in that faith received by such ancestors.
