Deuteronomy 23:5
Nevertheless the LORD your God wouldn’t listen to Balaam, but the LORD your God turned the curse into a blessing to you, because the LORD your God loved you.
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In Context
6You shall not seek their peace nor their prosperity all your days forever.
Cross References
Numbers 22:5He sent messengers to Balaam the son of Beor, to Pethor, which is by the River, to the land of the children of his people, to call him, saying, “Behold, there is a people who came out of Egypt. Behold, they cover the surface of the earth, and they are staying opposite me.
Numbers 23:5The LORD put a word in Balaam’s mouth, and said, “Return to Balak, and thus you shall speak.”
Numbers 24:9He couched, he lay down as a lion, as a lioness; who shall rouse him up? Everyone who blesses you is blessed. Everyone who curses you is cursed.”
Deuteronomy 7:7The LORD didn’t set his love on you nor choose you, because you were more in number than any people; for you were the fewest of all peoples;
Joshua 24:10but I would not listen to Balaam; therefore he blessed you still. So I delivered you out of his hand.
Proverbs 26:2Like a fluttering sparrow, like a darting swallow, so the undeserved curse doesn’t come to rest.
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 →