1 No man who has had part of his sex organ cut off may come into the worship meeting of the Lord’s people.
2 No one born to parents who were forbidden by law to marry may come into the meeting to worship the Lord. His descendants for ten generations may not come in either.
3 No Ammonite or Moabite may come into the meeting to worship the Lord. And none of their descendants for ten generations may come in.
4 This is because the Ammonites and Moabites did not give you bread and water when you came out of Egypt. And they hired Balaam to put a curse on you. He was the son of Beor from Pethor in Northwest Mesopotamia.
5 But the Lord your God would not listen to Balaam. He turned the curse into a blessing for you. The Lord your God loves you.
6 Don’t wish for their peace or success as long as you live.