Deu 23:3-4 | Clarke | e4.org | Verse 3. An Ammonite or Moabite ] These nations were subjected for their impiety and wickedness, (see ,) to peculiar disgrace, and on this account were not permitted to hold any office among the Israelites. But this did not disqualify them from being proselytes : Ruth, who was a Moabitess, was married to Boaz, and she became one of the progenitors of our Lord. Even to their tenth generation ] That is, for ever , as the next clause explains; see .

‏ Deuteronomy 23:3-4

Verse 3. An Ammonite or Moabite] These nations were subjected for their impiety and wickedness, (see De 23:4, 5,) to peculiar disgrace, and on this account were not permitted to hold any office among the Israelites. But this did not disqualify them from being proselytes: Ruth, who was a Moabitess, was married to Boaz, and she became one of the progenitors of our Lord.

Even to their tenth generation] That is, for ever, as the next clause explains; see Ne 13:1.