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Deuteronomy 23:7 KJV
Deuteronomy · chapter 23 · verse 7
Thou shalt not abhor an Edomite; for he is thy brother: thou shalt not abhor an Egyptian; because thou wast a stranger in his land.Deuteronomy 23:7 · King James Version
Deuteronomy 23:7 in context
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.
8The children that are begotten of them shall enter into the congregation of the LORD in their third generation.
9When the host goeth forth against thine enemies, then keep thee from every wicked thing.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- EgyptianMitsrîya Mitsrite, or inhabitant of MitsrajimH4713 →
- strangergêrproperly, a guestH1616 →
- EdomiteʼĔdômîyan Edomite, or descendants from EdomH130 →
- brotherʼâcha brother )H251 →
- abhortaʻâbto loatheH8581 →
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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