Mitzvah #166 Negative Prohibition (Mitzvah Lo Ta'asseh)
„Do not let a child born due to an illegal relationship marry into the Covenant people“
Scripture Reference: DEU 23:3 (Torah Portion (Parashah): Ki Tetze)
Scripture Texts
English Translation
"No Ammonite or Moabite shall enter the assembly of the LORD; none of their descendants, even to the tenth generation, shall ever enter the assembly of the LORD,
Hebrew Text (Torah)
ד לֹא-יָבֹא עַמּוֹנִי וּמוֹאָבִי, בִּקְהַל יְהוָה: גַּם דּוֹר עֲשִׂירִי, לֹא-יָבֹא לָהֶם בִּקְהַל יְהוָה עַד-עוֹלָם.
Greek Text (Septuagint)
(23:4) οὐκ εἰσελεύσεται Αμμανίτης καὶ Μωαβίτης εἰς ἐκκλησίαν κυρίου· καὶ ἕως δεκάτης γενεᾶς οὐκ εἰσελεύσεται εἰς ἐκκλησίαν κυρίου καὶ ἕως εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα
Theological Classification
Torah Portion (Parashah) Ki Tetze
Sefer HaChinuch Number #560
Mishneh Torah (Maimonides)
Holiness (Buch 5)
Section: Forbidden Sexual Relations
Systematic Category (P119f) Marriage and Family