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Deuteronomy 23:4-5 KJV
Deuteronomy · chapter 23 · verses 4–5
4Because they met you not with bread and with water in the way, when ye came forth out of Egypt; and because they hired against thee Balaam the son of Beor of Pethor of Mesopotamia, to curse thee. 5Nevertheless the LORD thy God would not hearken unto Balaam; but the LORD thy God turned the curse into a blessing unto thee, because the LORD thy God loved thee.Deuteronomy 23:4-5 · King James Version
Deuteronomy 23:4-5 in context
2A bastard shall not enter into the congregation of the LORD; even to his tenth generation shall he not enter into the congregation of the LORD.
3An Ammonite or Moabite shall not enter into the congregation of the LORD; even to their tenth generation shall they not enter into the congregation of the LORD for ever:
4Because they met you not with bread and with water in the way, when ye came forth out of Egypt; and because they hired against thee Balaam the son of Beor of Pethor of Mesopotamia, to curse thee.
5Nevertheless the LORD thy God would not hearken unto Balaam; but the LORD thy God turned the curse into a blessing unto thee, because the LORD thy God loved thee.
6Thou shalt not seek their peace nor their prosperity all thy days for ever.
7Thou shalt not abhor an Edomite; for he is thy brother: thou shalt not abhor an Egyptian; because thou wast a stranger in his land.
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Key words (Strong's)
- blessingBᵉrâkâhbenedictionH1293 →
- hearkenshâmaʻto hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etcH8085 →
- BalaamBilʻâmBilam, a Mesopotamian prophetH1109 →
- turnedhâphakto turn about or overH2015 →
- breadlechemfood , especially bread, or grainH3899 →
- watermayimwaterH4325 →
- forthyâtsâʼto go out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and…H3318 →
- EgyptMitsrayimMitsrajimH4714 →
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Interpreters are not agreed what is here meant by entering into the congregation of the Lord, which is here forbidden to eunuchs and to bastards, Ammonites and Moabites, for ever, but to Edomites and Egyptians only till the third generation. 1.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-8