He that is wounded in the stones, or hath his privy member cut off, shall not enter into the congregation of the LORD. Shall not enter into the congregation, etc. - If by entering the congregation be meant the bearing a civil office among the people, such as magistrate, judge, etc., then the reason of the law is very plain; no man with any such personal defect as might render him contemptible in the sight of others should bear rule among the people, lest the contempt felt for his personal defects might be transferred to his important office, and thus his authority be disregarded. The general meaning of these words is, simply, that the persons here designated should not be so incorporated with the Jews as to partake of their civil privileges.
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Deuteronomy 23:1
1 He that is wounded in the stones, or hath his privy member cut off, shall not enter into the congregation of the LORD.