Deuteronomy 23

More laws again today, focusing on purity in various aspects of Israelite life. The thing most interesting to me here was the laws concerning heritage: you couldn't partake in services at the tabernacle if you were within ten generations of someone born out of wedlock, or three generations of an Egyptian or Edomite. It seems odd to my modern sensibility to be punished for something done by ones ancestors, and in particular for the nationality of those people - but the only restriction for them seems to be this religious service; it isn't a just cause for discrimination in other areas of life.