Nechemyah 13:2

2 Because they met not the Bnei Yisroel with lechem and with mayim, but hired Balaam against them, that he should curse them; howbeit Eloheinu turned the kelalah into a brocha.

Nechemyah 13:2 Meaning and Commentary

Nehemiah 13:2

Because they met not the children of Israel with bread
The same reason is given, and what follows in this verse is observed in ( Deuteronomy 23:4 Deuteronomy 23:5 ) ; (See Gill on Deuteronomy 23:4) (See Gill on Deuteronomy 23:5).

Nechemyah 13:2 In-Context

1 3 On that day they read in the Sefer Moshe in the ears of HaAm; and therein was found written, that the Ammoni and the Moavi should not come into the Kehal HaElohim forever,

2 Because they met not the Bnei Yisroel with lechem and with mayim, but hired Balaam against them, that he should curse them; howbeit Eloheinu turned the kelalah into a brocha.

3 Now it came to pass, when they had heard the Torah, that they separated from Yisroel all the foreign descent.

4 And before this, Elyashiv the Kohen, having the oversight of the storeroom of the Beis Eloheinu, was allied unto Toviyah;

5 And he had prepared for him a great chamber, where aforetime they laid the minchah, the levonah, and the vessels, and the ma’aser of the grain, the tirosh, and the oil, which was commanded to be given to the Levi’im, and the singers, and the gatekeepers; and the terumat hakohanim.