John Gill's Bible Commentary Ver. 8. The children that are begotten of them , Of such as became proselytes: shall enter into the congregation of the Lord in their third generation ; not in the third generation from the time that this law was made, but from the time that any of them should embrace the true religion; their sons were the second generation, and their grandchildren the third; and such might be admitted into the congregation, and be reckoned as of them, both in their civil and church state, and be capable of serving even offices among them, and of marriage with them, as the Targum of Jonathan; which some of the Jews interpret of males only, for females, according to them, might be married immediately as soon as made proselytes, in which way they account for the lawfulness of Solomon’s marriage of Pharaoh’s daughter f390 .
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 1-8 - We ought to value the privileges of God's people, both for ourselve and for our children, above all other advantages. No persona blemishes, no crimes of our forefathers, no difference of nation, shut us out under the Christian dispensation. But an unsound heart wil deprive us of blessings; and a bad example, or an unsuitable marriage may shut our children from them.
Original Hebrew בנים1121 אשׁר834 יולדו3205 להם דור1755 שׁלישׁי7992 יבא935 להם בקהל6951 יהוה׃3068
