Revised Version 1895

Deuteronomy 23:3-8

3An Ammonite or a Moabite shallnotH3808enterיָבֹ֥אya.Vo'H935intoיָבֹ֧אya.Vo'H935theassemblyH6951of theLORDH3068;evenH1571to thetenthH6224generationH1755shallnoneH3808belonging to thementerיָ֥בֹאYa.vo'H935intoיָבֹ֥אya.Vo'H935theassemblyH6951of theLORDH3068for ever:

4because they metyouH5704notH3808with bread and with water in thewayH5704, when yecameH935forthoutH935of Egypt; and because they hiredagainstH935thee Balaam the son of Beor from Pethor of Mesopotamia, to curse thee.

5Nevertheless the LORD thyGodH3808wouldnotH3808hearken untoBalaamH1109; but the LORD thyGodH3808turned thecurseלְקַֽלְלֶֽךָּ׃le.Ka.Le.kaH7043intoעַל־'al-H5921a blessing unto thee,becauseעָלֶ֜יךָ'a.Lei.khaH5921the LORD thyGodH3808loved thee.

6Thou shaltnotH3808seekH3808theirpeaceלִבְרָכָ֑הliv.ra.KhahH1293norH3808their prosperity all thy days for ever.

7Thou shaltnotH3808abhor an Edomite; for he is thy brother: thou shaltnotH3808abhor an Egyptian;becauseיָמֶ֖יךָya.Mei.khaH3117thou wast a stranger in his land.

8The children of the third generation that arebornH3808unto them shall enterintoבְאַרְצֽוֹ׃ve.'ar.TzoH776the assembly of the LORD.

Read all of Deuteronomy 23

Commentaries on Deuteronomy 23

Revised Version 1895 — 1895 — Public Domain