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What Does the Bible Say About Bastard Children?

Here are 6 Bible verses about bastard children, ordered by how relevant readers found them, with the King James Version and the modern Berean Standard Bible side by side.

  1. #1Deuteronomy 23:2

    A bastard shall not enter into the congregation of the Lord; even to his tenth generation shall he not enter into the congregation of the Lord.

    BSBNo one of illegitimate birth may enter the assembly of the LORD, nor may any of his descendants, even to the tenth generation.

  2. #2Hebrews 12:8

    But if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons.

    BSBIf you do not experience discipline like everyone else, then you are illegitimate children and not true sons.

  3. #3Revelation 1:1

    The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:

    BSBThis is the revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave Him to show His servants what must soon come to pass. He made it known by sending His angel to His servant John,

  4. #4Zechariah 9:6

    And a bastard shall dwell in Ashdod, and I will cut off the pride of the Philistines.

    BSBA mixed race will occupy Ashdod, and I will cut off the pride of the Philistines.

  5. #5Judges 11:1

    Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty man of valour, and he was the son of an harlot: and Gilead begat Jephthah.

    BSBNow Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty man of valor; he was the son of a prostitute, and Gilead was his father.

  6. #6John 3:16-17

    For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.

    BSBFor God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that everyone who believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through Him.

Verse rankings: OpenBible.info Topical Bible (CC BY). Scripture: KJV & BSB (public domain).

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