Bullinger Companion Bible Notes - Deuteronomy 23:8 - 23:8

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Bullinger Companion Bible Notes - Deuteronomy 23:8 - 23:8


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shall enter into the congregation, &c. The Massorah (App-30) quotes the Babylonian Codex, which reads "shall enter unto you in the assembly of Jehovah", by reading lakem, "unto you" instead of the second lakem which the Revised Version ignores, and the Authorized Version paraphrases. The present Hebrew text reads "shall enter unto them", which can only mean unto the Edomite and Egyptian, which is incongruous. The reading of the Babylonian Codex makes all clear