Nehemiah 13:2
Because they met not the children of Israel with bread and with water, but hired Balaam against them, that he should curse them: and our God turned the curse into a blessing.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
In Context
3Now when they had heard the Lawe, they separated from Israel all those that were mixed.
Cross References
Numbers 22:3And the Moabites were sore afraide of the people, because they were many, and Moab fretted against the children of Israel.
Numbers 23:8How shall I curse, where God hath not cursed? or howe shall I detest, where the Lord hath not detested?
Numbers 24:5How goodly are thy tentes, O Iaakob, and thine habitations, O Israel!
Deuteronomy 23:5Neuerthelesse, the Lord thy God would not hearken vnto Balaam, but the Lord thy God turned the curse to a blessing vnto thee, because the Lord thy God loued thee.
Psalms 109:28Though they curse, yet thou wilt blesse: they shall arise and be confounded, but thy seruant shall reioyce.
Matthew 25:40And the King shall answere, and say vnto them, Verely I say vnto you, in as much as ye haue done it vnto one of the least of these my brethre, ye haue done it to 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 →