Deuteronomy 23:6

You shall not make peace with them, nor shall you seek their prosperity, throughout all the days of your life forever.

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In The King James Version

Thou shalt not seek their peace nor their prosperity all thy days for ever.

In Context

5But the Lord your God was not willing to listen to Balaam, and he turned his cursing into your blessing, because he loves you.

7You shall not abhor anyone from Idumea, for he is your brother, nor the Egyptian, for you were a new arrival in his land.

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Cross References

Numbers 24:10And Balak, being angry against Balaam, clapped his hands together and said: “I called you to curse my enemies, and, to the contrary, you have blessed them three times.

2 Samuel 8:2And he struck Moab, and he measured them with a line, leveling them to the ground. Now he measured with two lines, one to kill, and one to keep alive. And Moab was made to serve David under tribute.

2 Samuel 16:12Perhaps the Lord may look with favor upon my affliction, and the Lord may repay me good, in place of the cursing of this day.”

Nehemiah 13:23But also in those days, I saw some Jews taking wives from the Ashdodites, and the Ammonites, and the Moabites.

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 23:2-9

Laws of Separation. ( b. c. 1451.) 1 He that is wounded in the stones, or hath his privy member cut off, shall not enter into the congregation of the Lord . 2 A 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 . 3 An 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: 4 Because they met you not with bread and… Read the whole commentary →

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