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Does Deuteronomy 23:3-4 mean these people can never enter the temple or must count 10 generations forward before they can enter the temple. The scripture is a bit ambiguous.

לֹא־יָבֹ֥א מַמְזֵ֖ר בִּקְהַ֣ל יְהוָ֑ה גַּ֚ם דּ֣וֹר עֲשִׂירִ֔י לֹא־יָ֥בֹא ל֖וֹ בִּקְהַ֥ל יְהוָֽה׃

No one misbegotten shall be admitted into the congregation of the LORD; none of his descendants, even in the tenth generation, shall be admitted into the congregation of the LORD.

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

No Ammonite or Moabite shall be admitted into the congregation of the LORD; none of their descendants, even in the tenth generation, shall ever be admitted into the congregation of the LORD

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These people (i.e., a child born from adultery, an Amonite or a Moavite) may not marry a Jewish woman of unflawed lineage, forever.

A child born from adultery (a mamzer) remains a Jew and can marry women of similarly flawed lineage (i.e., a mamzeret).

Source: the Steinsaltz Humash

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    And converts from other nations can marry either these people or Jews of unflawed lineage.
    – Heshy
    Aug 25, 2019 at 12:40

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