“No ‘Amoni or Mo’avi may enter the assembly of Adonai, nor may any of his descendants down to the tenth generation ever enter the assembly of Adonai, because they did not supply you with food and water when you were on the road after leaving Egypt, and because they hired Bil‘am the son of B‘or […]

“No ‘Ammonite or Moabite may enter the assembly of Adonai, nor may any of his descendants down to the tenth generation ever enter the assembly of Adonai, because they did not supply you with food and water when you were on the road after leaving Egypt, and because they hired Bil‘am the son of B‘or […]

“A mamzer may not enter the assembly of Adonai, nor may his descendants down to the tenth generation enter the assembly of Adonai.”-Deuteronomy 23:3 Today, I want to go into depth about the real meaning of the word MAMZER or ממזר. As I mentioned yesterday, it is incorrect to just willy-nilly say the word means […]

“A mamzer may not enter the assembly of Adonai, nor may his descendants down to the tenth generation enter the assembly of Adonai.”-Deuteronomy 23:3 When it comes to Deuteronomy 23 which deals with the thorny topic of who can and cannot join Israel, scholars have a real problem. What problem am I talking about? I’m […]

Before we continue on with our discussion concerning who should be excluded from the KAHAL or the “assembly” of Israel, there’s some important historical background you should know concerning immigration into Israel as it existed in ancient times. First, recall in an earlier post I mentioned we should NOT interpret KAHAL to mean every element […]