Nehemiah 13:2
This was because they had not come to the people of Israel with bread and with water, but they had hired Balaam to curse Israel. However, our God turned the curse into a blessing.
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3As soon as they heard the law, they separated out from Israel every foreign person.
Cross References
Numbers 22:3Moab was very afraid of the people because they were many, and Moab was in terror of the people of Israel.
Numbers 23:8How can I curse those whom God has not cursed? 2 How can I oppose those whom Yahweh does not oppose? 1
Numbers 24:5How beautiful are your tents, Jacob, 2 the place where you live, Israel! 1
Deuteronomy 23:5But Yahweh your God would not listen to Balaam; instead, Yahweh your God turned the curse into a blessing for you, because Yahweh your God loved you.
Psalms 109:28Though they curse me, please bless me; 1 when they attack, may they be put to shame, 1 but may your servant rejoice. 1
Matthew 25:40Then the King will answer and say to them, 'Truly I say to you, what you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did it 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 →