Chiasm
Deuteronomy 23:1–8
Deuteronomy 23:1–83 matched frames
Read down to the center, where the pattern turns; then rise back out through its mirror.
- A 1-2 Those with physical defects or illegitimate birth shall not enter into the congregation of the LORD through the tenth generation.
- B 3 An Ammonite or Moabite shall not enter into the congregation of the LORD; even to their tenth generation shall they not enter into the congregation of the LORD for ever.
- C 4 Because they met you not with bread and water in the way, when ye came forth out of Egypt; and because they hired against thee Balaam the son of Beor of Pethor of Mesopotamia, to curse thee.
- C' 5 Nevertheless the LORD thy God would not hearken unto Balaam; but the LORD thy God turned the curse into a blessing unto thee, because the LORD thy God loved thee.
- B' 6 Thou shalt not seek their peace nor their prosperity all thy days for ever.
- B 3 An Ammonite or Moabite shall not enter into the congregation of the LORD; even to their tenth generation shall they not enter into the congregation of the LORD for ever.
- A' 7-8 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 that are begotten of them shall enter into the congregation of the LORD in their third generation.