Deuteronomy 18:9

Provision for Prophetism

18:9 When you enter the land the Lord your God is giving you, you must not learn the abhorrent practices of those nations.

Deuteronomy 23:2-3

23:2 A person of illegitimate birth ¹  may not enter the assembly of the Lord; to the tenth generation no one related to him may do so. ² 

23:3 An Ammonite or Moabite ³  may not enter the assembly of the Lord; to the tenth generation none of their descendants shall ever ⁴  do so, ⁵ 

Deuteronomy 23:24

23:24 When you enter the vineyard of your neighbor you may eat as many grapes as you please, ⁶  but you must not take away any in a container. ⁷ 

Deuteronomy 26:1

Presentation of the First Fruits

26:1 When ⁸  you enter the land that the Lord your God is giving you as an inheritance, and you occupy it and live in it,

Deuteronomy 32:52

32:52 You will see the land before you, but you will not enter the land that I am giving to the Israelites.”

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¹ tn Or “a person born of an illegitimate marriage.”

² tn Heb “enter the assembly of the Lord.” The phrase “do so” has been used in the translation for stylistic reasons to avoid redundancy.

³ sn An Ammonite or Moabite. These descendants of Lot by his two daughters (cf. Gen 19:30-38) were thereby the products of incest and therefore excluded from the worshiping community. However, these two nations also failed to show proper hospitality to Israel on their way to Canaan (v. 4).

⁴ tn The Hebrew term translated “ever” (עַד־עוֹלָם, ’ad-’olam) suggests that “tenth generation” (vv. 2, 3) also means “forever.” However, in the OT sense “forever” means not “for eternity” but for an indeterminate future time. See A. Tomasino, NIDOTTE 3:346.

⁵ tn Heb “enter the assembly of the Lord.” The phrase “do so” has been used in the translation for stylistic reasons to avoid redundancy.

⁶ tn Heb “grapes according to your appetite, your fullness.”

⁷ tn Heb “in your container”; NAB, NIV “your basket.”

⁸ tn Heb “and it will come to pass that.”