Nehemiah 13:2
Because they met not the children of Israel with bread and water: and they hired against them Balaam, to curse them, and our God turned the curse into blessing.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
3And it came to pass, when they had heard the law, that they separated every stranger from Israel.
Cross References
Numbers 22:3And that the Moabites were in great fear of him, and were not able to sustain his assault,
Numbers 23:8How shall I curse him, whom God hath not cursed? By what means should I detest him, whom the Lord detesteth not?
Numbers 24:5How beautiful are thy tabernacles, O Jacob, and thy tents, O Israel!
Deuteronomy 23:5And the Lord thy God would not hear Balaam, and he turned his cursing into thy blessing, because he loved thee.
Psalms 109:28They will curse and thou will bless: let them that rise up against me be confounded: but thy servant shall rejoice.
Matthew 25:40And the king answering, shall say to them: Amen I say to you, as long as you did it to one of these my least brethren, you did it to me.
Matthew Henry on Nehemiah 13:2-10
The People's Attention to Their Duty. ( b. c. 444.) 1 On that day they read in the book of Moses in the audience of the people; and therein was found written, that the Ammonite and the Moabite should not come into the congregation of God for ever; 2 Because they met not the children of Israel with bread and with water, but hired Balaam against them, that he should curse them: howbeit our God turned the curse into a blessing. 3 Now it came to pass, when they had heard the law, that they separated from Israel all… Read the whole commentary →