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Don’t seek a peace treaty with them as long as you live. Don’t detest Edomites, since they are related to you. Don’t detest Egyptians, either, because you were strangers in their land. Their grandchildren[a] may participate in the assembly of the Lord.”

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  1. Deuteronomy 23:8 Lit. Children born in the third generation

Do not seek a treaty(A) of friendship with them as long as you live.(B)

Do not despise an Edomite,(C) for the Edomites are related to you.(D) Do not despise an Egyptian, because you resided as foreigners in their country.(E) The third generation of children born to them may enter the assembly of the Lord.

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