Deuteronomy 23:4

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Related verses

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• Nehemiah 13:2
  …because they had not met the Israelites with food and water, but had hired Balaam to call down a curse against them (although our God had turned the curse into a blessing).
• 2 Peter 2:15
  They have left the straight way and wandered off to follow the way of Balaam son of Beor, who loved the wages of wickedness.
• 1 Kings 18:4
  …for when Jezebel had slaughtered the prophets of the LORD, Obadiah had taken a hundred prophets and hidden them, fifty men per cave, providing them with food and water.)
• Deuteronomy 2:28–29
  You can sell us food to eat and water to drink in exchange for silver. Only let us pass through on foot,
• Numbers 22:17
  …for I will honor you richly and do whatever you say. So please come and put a curse on this people for me!’”
• Matthew 25:40
  And the King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of Mine, you did for Me.’
• Acts 9:4
  He fell to the ground and heard a voice say to him, “Saul, Saul, why do you persecute Me?”
• Numbers 22:5–7
  …he sent messengers to summon Balaam son of Beor at Pethor, which is by the Euphrates in the land of his people. “Behold, a people has come out of Egypt,” said Balak. “They cover the face of the land and have settled next to me.
• 1 Samuel 25:11
  Why should I take my bread and water and the meat I have slaughtered for my shearers, and give them to these men whose origin I do not know?”
• Zechariah 2:8
  For this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “After His Glory has sent Me against the nations that have plundered you—for whoever touches you touches the apple of His eye—
• Numbers 23:7
  And Balaam lifted up an oracle, saying: “Balak brought me from Aram, the king of Moab from the mountains of the east. ‘Come,’ he said, ‘put a curse on Jacob for me; come and denounce Israel!’
• Genesis 14:17–18
  After Abram returned from defeating Chedorlaomer and the kings allied with him, the king of Sodom went out to meet him in the Valley of Shaveh (that is, the King’s Valley).

People

Balaam: A prophet hired to curse Israel but blessed them instead· Beor: Father of Balaam

Places

Egypt: Ancient nation; Israelites enslaved there; plagues and Exodus· Mesopotamia: The region between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers· Pethor: The hometown of Balaam in Mesopotamia

Glossary

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Aram-Naharaim· Archaeology and the Bible· Biblical Concept of Law· Covenant· Deuteronomy, Book of· Genealogy· Jude, Letter of· Mesopotamia· Moab, Moabites· Pethor

Topics

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Ammonites: Excluded from the Congregation of Israel· Balaam: from Mesopotamia· Church of Israel: Persons Excluded From· God: Providence of, Overruling Interpositions of The· Inhospitableness: Ammonites and Moabites· Malice: Ammonites Toward the Israelites· Mesopotamia: Balaam From· Moabites: Excluded from the Congregation of Israel Forever· Pethor: Home of the Prophet Balaam