Deuteronomy 23:6
Thou shalt not make peace with them, neither shalt thou seek their prosperity all the days of thy life for ever.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
Thou shalt not seek their peace nor their prosperity all thy days for ever.
In Context
Cross References
Numbers 24:10And Balac being angry against Balaam, clapped his hands together and said: I called thee to curse my enemies, and thou on the contrary hast blessed them three times.
2 Samuel 8:2And he defeated Moab, and measured them with a line, casting them down to the earth: and he measured with two lines, one to put to death, and one to save alive: and Moab was made to serve David under tribute.
2 Samuel 16:12Perhaps the Lord may look upon my affliction, and the Lord may render me good for the cursing of this day.
Nehemiah 13:23In those days also I saw Jews that married wives, women of Azotus, and of Ammon, and of Moab.
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 →