Isaiah 56:1 → Deuteronomy 23:1

Deuteronomy 23:1 excludes eunuchs from "the assembly of the LORD" (קְהַל יְהוָה, qehal YHWH) — "No man with crushed or severed genitals may enter the assembly of the LORD." Isaiah 56:3-5 explicitly reverses this exclusion: "let the eunuch not say, 'I am but a dry tree,'" for God promises eunuchs "a memorial and a name better than that of sons and daughters" (שֵׁם, shem, "name"). Isaiah envisions an eschatological expansion of the covenant community that deliberately overturns the Deuteronomic restrictions, extending God's house to include those whom the law excluded. The contrast is theologically intentional — Isaiah 56 presents the coming age as one where the boundaries of God's people expand beyond the limitations of the Mosaic assembly laws.