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Membership in the Assembly. [a]No one whose testicles have been crushed or whose penis has been cut off may come into the assembly of the Lord.(A)

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  1. 23:2 Exclusion of an emasculated male may have had to do with association of emasculation with the practices of other peoples, or it may have been rejection of someone with a significant blemish who was thus not suitable for participation in the sacral assembly.