Deuteronomy 23:3-5

3 1"No Ammonite or Moabite may enter the assembly of the LORD. Even to the tenth generation, none of them may enter the assembly of the LORD forever,
4 2because they did not meet you with bread and with water on the way, when you came out of Egypt, and because they 3hired against you Balaam the son of Beor from Pethor of 4Mesopotamia, to curse you
5 But the LORD your God would not listen to Balaam; instead the LORD your God turned 5the curse into a blessing for you, because the LORD your God loved you.

Deuteronomy 23:3-5 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO DEUTERONOMY 23

Orders are here given to restrain certain persons from entering into the congregation of the Lord, De 23:1-8, and to take care that there be no unclean person in the camp, or any indecent thing done in it, De 23:9-14, to protect fugitive servants, and not deliver them up to their masters, De 23:15,16 not to suffer a filthy person to be among them, or any filthy thing to be brought into the house of God for a vow, De 23:17,18, then follow some laws against usury, and for the payment of vows, De 23:19-23, and the chapter is concluded with some directions how to behave in a neighbour's vineyard, or standing corn, De 23:24,25.

Cross References 5

  • 1. Nehemiah 13:1, 2
  • 2. [Deuteronomy 2:29]
  • 3. Numbers 22:5, 6; [2 Peter 2:15]
  • 4. Acts 7:2
  • 5. Numbers 23:11; Numbers 24:10
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