Deu 23:1 | NET2full | STEP | A man with crushed or severed genitals may not enter the assembly of the Lord .

Deuteronomy 23:1

Purity in Public Worship

1 A man with crushed ^{▼▼tn Heb “bruised by crushing,” which many English versions take to refer to crushed testicles (NAB, NRSV, NLT); TEV “who has been castrated.”} or severed genitals ^{▼▼tn Heb “cut off with respect to the penis”; KJV, ASV “hath his privy member cut off”; English versions vary in their degree of euphemism here; cf. NAB, NRSV, TEV, NLT “penis”; NASB “male organ”; NCV “sex organ”; CEV “private parts”; NIV “emasculated by crushing or cutting.”} may not enter the assembly of the Lord. ^{▼▼sn The Hebrew term translated “assembly” (קָהָל, qahal) does not refer here to the nation as such but to the formal services of the tabernacle or temple.}