Deuteronomy 23:4

because they met you not with bread and water, in the way, when ye came forth out of Egypt,—but hired against thee Balaam son of Beor from Pethor of Mesopotamia, to curse thee.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

Because they met you not with bread and with water in the way, when ye came forth out of Egypt; and because they hired against thee Balaam the son of Beor of Pethor of Mesopotamia, to curse thee.

In Context

3Neither an Ammonite nor a Moabite shall enter into the convocation of Yahweh,—even to the tenth generation, shall none that belong to them enter into the convocation of Yahweh, unto times age-abiding:

5Nevertheless, Yahweh thy God consented not to hearken unto Balaam, but Yahweh thy God turned, for thee, the curse into a blessing,—because Yahweh thy God loved thee.

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Cross References

Numbers 22:5So he sent messengers unto Balaam son of Beor, to Pethor which was by the river of the land of the sons of his people to call him,—saying Lo! a people, hath come forth out of Egypt Lo! he hath covered the eye of the land, Yea he, is tarrying over against me.

Numbers 23:7So he took up his parable and said,—From Aram, doth Balak conduct me, The king of Moab, from the mountains of the East, Come thou! curse me Jacob, Yea, come thou! rage on Israel.

Deuteronomy 2:29as the sons of Esau, who are dwelling in Seir, did to me, and the Moabites who are dwelling in Ar,—until that I pass over the Jordan, into the land which, Yahweh our God, is giving unto us.

1 Kings 18:4And so it came to pass, when Jezebel was cutting off the prophets of Yahweh, that Obadiah took a hundred prophets, and hid them by fifties in caves, and sustained them, with bread and water.

Nehemiah 13:2because they met not the sons of Israel, with bread and with water,—but hired against them Balaam, to curse them, although our God turned the curse into a blessing.

Lamentations 1:10His hand, hath the adversary spread out, over all her precious things,—for she saw that, the nations, entered her sanctuary, as to whom thou didst command they should not enter—in the convocation—unto thee!

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 →

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