Deuteronomy 23:3 (WEB)
An Ammonite or a Moabite shall not enter into the LORD’s assembly; even to the tenth generation shall no one belonging to them enter into the LORD’s assembly forever,
Fathers and councils · 5
Jerome
“Still his error was a grave one, for it made him the father of Moab and Ammon, Israel’s enemies, of whom it is said: “Even to the fourteenth generation they shall not enter into the congregation of the Lord forever.”” — editor's note: Deut. xxiii. 3: Jerome substitutes “fourteenth” for “tenth.”
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Gregory of Nazianzus
“Moabites and Ammonites, who were not permitted even to enter the Church of the Lord, frequent our most holy rites.” — editor's note: Deut. xxiii. 3.
Read the whole comment“Moreover, the Moabites and Ammonites must not even be allowed to enter into the Church of God, I mean those sophistical, mischievous arguments which enquire curiously into the generation and inexpressible procession of God, and…” — editor's note: Deut. xxiii. 3.
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Tertullian
“…and the Moabites into the church, because, when His people came from Egypt, they fraudulently withheld provisions from them with inhumanity and inhospitality, it will be manifest that the prohibition of intercourse descended to Christ from Him.” — editor's note: Deut. xxiii. 3.
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Catena Aurea on Luke
- Theophylact of OhridCatena Aurea on Luke
“The Law indeed did not take in all the Moabites, and the Ammonites shall not enter into the Church of God; (Deut. 23:3.) but now in every nation he that feareth the Lord is accepted by Him, who is willing to believe and to become part of the Church.” — the author cites it
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Cross-references · 10
Parallel passages
Deuteronomy 23:3 and 2 Chronicles 7:2 share the same wording (9 words).
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Cited together in Theophylact of Ohrid on Luke 10:29–37 (8) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Theophylact of Ohrid on Luke 10:29–37 (8) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Theophylact of Ohrid on Luke 10:29–37 (8) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Theophylact of Ohrid on Luke 10:29–37 (8) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Theophylact of Ohrid on Luke 10:29–37 (8) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Theophylact of Ohrid on Luke 10:29–37 (8) (Catena Aurea).