Nehemiah 13:2

because they met not the children of Israel with bread and water, but hired Balaam against them to curse them: but our God turned the curse into a blessing.

Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

1In that day they read in the book of Moses in the ears of the people; and it was found written in it, that the Ammonites and Moabites should not enter into the congregation of God for ever;

3And it came to pass, when they heard the law, that they were separated, even every alien in Israel.

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Cross References

Numbers 22:3then Moab feared the people exceedingly because they were many; and Moab was grieved + 22:3 q. d. because of. Hebraism.before the face of the children of Israel.

Numbers 23:8How can I curse whom the Lord curses not? or how can I devote whom God devotes not?

Numbers 24:5How goodly are thy habitations, Jacob, and thy tents, Israel!

Deuteronomy 23:5because they met you not with bread and water by the way, when ye went out of Egypt; and because they hired against thee Balaam the son of Beor of Mesopotamia to curse thee.

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 →

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