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Negative commandment 54 of 365

Not to exclude a descendant of Esau from the community of Israel for three generations

Maimonides

Not to exclude a descendant of Esau from the community of Israel for three generations, as it is said, “Thou shalt not abhor an Edomite …. (the children that are begotten of them shall enter into the congregation of the Lord in their third generation)” (Deut. 23:8-9).

Deuteronomy 23:8–9

KJV
The children that are begotten of them shall enter into the congregation of the LORD in their third generation. When the host goeth forth against thine enemies, then keep thee from every wicked thing.
ASV
The children of the third generation that are born unto them shall enter into the assembly of Jehovah. When thou goest forth in camp against thine enemies, then thou shalt keep thee from every evil thing.
WEB
The children of the third generation who are born to them may enter into the LORD’s assembly. When you go out and camp against your enemies, then you shall keep yourselves from every evil thing.
JPS
Thou shalt not abhor an Edomite, for he is thy brother; thou shalt not abhor an Egyptian, because thou wast a stranger in his land. The children of the third generation that are born unto them may enter into the assembly of the LORD.