Deuteronomy 23:6

you do not seek their peace and their good all your days—for all time.

Literal Standard Version

In The King James Version

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

In Context

5and your God YHWH has not been willing to listen to Balaam, and your God YHWH turns the reviling to a blessing for you, because your God YHWH has loved you;

7You do not detest an Edomite, for he [is] your brother; you do not detest an Egyptian, for you have been a sojourner in his land;

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Cross References

Numbers 24:10And the anger of Balak burns against Balaam, and he strikes his hands; and Balak says to Balaam, “I called you to pierce my enemies, and behold, you have certainly blessed these three times;

2 Samuel 8:2And he strikes Moab, and measures them with a line, causing them to lie down on the earth, and he measures two lines to put to death, and the fullness of the line to keep alive, and the Moabites are for servants to David, bearers of a present.

2 Samuel 16:12it may be YHWH looks on my affliction, and YHWH has turned back good to me for his reviling this day.”

Nehemiah 13:23Also, in those days, I have seen the Jews [who] have settled women of Ashdod, of Ammon, 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 →

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