1 If a man's private parts have been crushed or cut off, he cannot fully belong to the Lord's people.
2 No one born outside a legal marriage, or any of their descendants for ten generations, can fully belong to the Lord's people.
3 No Ammonites or Moabites, or any of their descendants for ten generations, can become part of Israel, the Lord's people.
4 This is because when you came out of Egypt, they refused to provide you with food and water. And besides, they hired Balaam to put a curse on you.
5 But the Lord your God loves you, so he refused to listen to Balaam and turned Balaam's curse into a blessing.