Ki Seitzei 23:03 · unit 4

TT #320 · Parashas Ki Seitzei · Fourth Aliyah · Passuk 23:03

The Complete Passuk

לֹֽא־יָבֹ֧א עַמּוֹנִ֛י וּמוֹאָבִ֖י בִּקְהַ֣ל יְהֹוָ֑ה גַּ֚ם דּ֣וֹר עֲשִׂירִ֔י לֹא־יָבֹ֥א לָהֶ֛ם בִּקְהַ֥ל יְהֹוָ֖ה עַד־עוֹלָֽם׃

An Ammonite or a Moabite shall not enter the assembly of the Lord; even the tenth generation shall not enter the assembly of the Lord for them, forever.

Chabad.org — 23:03

Source Citation

Torah Temimah points to Sifrei / Yevamot 76b.

Sefaria

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
עַל דְּבַר אֲשֶׁר לֹא קִדְּמוּ אֶתְכֶם בַּלֶּחֶם וּבַמַּיִם – טַעַם הַפְּסוּל.

English: “Because they did not meet you with bread and with water” — the reason for the disqualification.

On the daf / in context: The Torah itself supplies the historical reason for the permanent bar.

Type of Learning

Explicit rationale from the following verses.

What Is Learned

The exclusion is grounded in their failure to offer bread and water (and in the hiring of Balaam).