“No One Born of a Forbidden Union May Enter the Assembly of the LORD”

Things Hard to be Understood | by Rob Thiele | Volume 26, Issue 1 | January – February 2020

The larger context This particular prohibition does not stand alone. It is one of a group of like prohibitions recorded in Deuteronomy 23, which, though unpleasant to contemplate, should be considered together. We will consider the exclusions noted in verses 1-8. These are: A man who, in...