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.

LXX2012 (US English)

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 your habitations, Jacob, and your tents, Israel!

Deuteronomy 23:5But 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.

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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