Nehemiah 13:2
because they hadn't brought food and water when they met the Israelites, but instead they had hired Balaam to put a curse on them—though our God turned that curse into a blessing!
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Numbers 22:3The Moabites were terrified of the Israelites because there were so many of them. The Moabites dreaded the arrival of the Israelites
Numbers 23:8But how can I curse what God has not cursed? How can I condemn what the Lord has not condemned?
Numbers 24:5How well set out your tents are, Jacob; the places where you live, Israel!
Deuteronomy 23:5But the Lord your God refused to listen to Balaam. The Lord your God turned what was meant to be a curse into a blessing for you because the Lord your God loves you.
Psalms 109:28When they curse me, you will bless me. When they attack me, you will defeat them. And I, your servant, will be happy.
Matthew 25:40The king will tell them, ‘I tell you the truth: whatever you did for one of these least important brothers of mine you did for 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 →