Deuteronomy 23:5
But the Lord your God would not listen to Balaam; and the Lord your God changed the curses into blessings, because the Lord your God loved you.
LXX2012 (US English)
In The King James Version
In Context
6You shall not speak peaceably or profitably to them all your days for ever.
Cross References
Numbers 22:5And he sent ambassadors to Balaam the son of Beor, to Phathura, which is on a river of the land of the sons of his people, to call him, saying, Behold, a people is come out of Egypt, and behold it has covered the face of the earth, and it has encamped close to me.
Numbers 23:5And God put a word into the mouth of Balaam, and said, you shall return to Balac, and thus shall you speak.
Numbers 24:9He lay down, he rested as a lion, and as a young lion; who shall stir him up? they that bless you are blessed, and they that curse you are cursed.
Deuteronomy 7:7It was not because you⌃ are more numerous than all other nations that the Lord preferred you, and the Lord made choice of you: for you⌃ are fewer in number than all other nations.
Joshua 24:10But the Lord your God would not destroy you; and he greatly blessed us, and rescued us out of their hands, and delivered them to us.
Proverbs 26:2As birds and sparrows fly, so a curse shall not come upon any one without a cause.
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 →