Deuteronomy 23:5-6

5 However, the LORD your God would not listen to Balaam but turned the curse into a blessing for you, because the LORD your God loves you.

6 Do not seek a treaty of friendship with them as long as you live.

Deuteronomy 23:5-6 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

• 1. Numbers 24:10; Joshua 24:10; Proverbs 26:2
• 2. S Deuteronomy 4:37
• 3. S Numbers 24:17; Isaiah 15:1; Isaiah 25:10; Jeremiah 25:21; Jeremiah 27:3; Jeremiah 48:1; Ezekiel 25:8; Zephaniah 2:9
• 4. Ezra 9:12; Matthew 5:43