Nehemiah 13:2

2 because they didn't meet the children of Yisra'el with bread and with water, but hired Bil`am against them, to curse them: however our God turned the curse into a blessing.

Nehemiah 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).

Nehemiah 13:2 In-Context

1 On that day they read in the book of Moshe in the audience of the people; and therein was found written, that an `Ammonite and a Mo'avite should not enter into the assembly of God forever,

2 because they didn't meet the children of Yisra'el with bread and with water, but hired Bil`am against them, to curse them: however our God turned the curse into a blessing.

3 It came to pass, when they had heard the law, that they separated from Yisra'el all the mixed multitude.

4 Now before this, Elyashiv the Kohen, who was appointed over the chambers of the house of our God, being allied to Toviyah,

5 had prepared for him a great chamber, where before they laid the meal-offerings, the frankincense, and the vessels, and the tithes of the grain, the new wine, and the oil, which were given by mitzvah to the Levites, and the singers, and the porters; and the heave-offerings for the Kohanim.