Deuteronomy 23:5
because 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.
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Numbers 22:5And he sent ambassadors to Balaam the son of Beor, to Pethor, 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, Thou shalt return to Balak, and thus shalt thou speak.
Numbers 24:9He lay down, he rested as a lion, and as a young lion; 1 Who shall stir him up? 1 They that bless thee are blessed, 1 And they that curse thee are cursed.
Deuteronomy 7:7It was not because ye are more numerous than all other nations that the Lord preferred you, and the Lord made choice of you: for ye are fewer in number than all other nations.
Joshua 24:10But the Lord thy God would not destroy thee; and he greatly blessed us, and rescued us out of their hands, and delivered them to us.
Proverbs 26:2As birds and sparrows fly, 1 So a curse shall not come upon anyone without a cause. 1
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 →