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Nehemiah 13:2

BalaamIsrael

1 At that time the Book of Moses was read aloud in the hearing of the people, and in it they found the passage stating that no Ammonite or Moabite should ever enter the assembly of God,

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).

3 As soon as the people heard this law, they excluded from Israel all of foreign descent.

4 Now before this, Eliashib the priest, a relative of Tobiah, had been put in charge of the storerooms of the house of our God

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BSB
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).
KJV
Because they met not the children of Israel with bread and with water, but hired Balaam against them, that he should curse them: howbeit our God turned the curse into a blessing.
WEB
because they didn’t meet the children of Israel with bread and with water, but hired Balaam against them to curse them; however, our God turned the curse into a blessing.
ASV
because they met not the children of Israel with bread and with water, but hired Balaam against them, to curse them: howbeit our God turned the curse into a blessing.
DARBY
because they had not met the children of Israel with bread and with water, and had hired Balaam against them, to curse them; but our God turned the curse into blessing.
BLB
because they had not met the sons of Israel with the bread and with the water, and they hired against them Balaam to curse them. (And our God turned the curse into a blessing.)
ÅB
fordi de ikke kom Israels barn i møte med brød og vann, men leide Bileam imot dem til å forbanne dem; allikevel vendte vår Gud forbannelsen til velsignelse.
OTB
fordi de ikke møtte israelittene med brød og vann, men i stedet leide Bileam til å forbanne dem. Men vår Gud gjorde forbannelsen om til en velsignelse.
B1930
fordi de ikke kom Israels barn i møte med brød og vann, men leide Bileam imot dem til å forbanne dem; allikevel vendte vår Gud forbannelsen til velsignelse.

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Cross references

  • Deuteronomy 23:5

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

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  • Joshua 24:9–10

    Then Balak son of Zippor, the king of Moab, set out to fight against Israel. He sent for Balaam son of Beor to curse you,

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  • Psalms 109:28

    Though they curse, You will bless. When they rise up, they will be put to shame, but Your servant will rejoice.

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  • Micah 6:5

    My people, remember what Balak king of Moab counseled and what Balaam son of Beor answered. Remember your journey from Shittim to Gilgal, so that you may acknowledge the righteousness of the LORD.’”

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  • 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.’

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  • Numbers 23:8–11

    How can I curse what God has not cursed? How can I denounce what the LORD has not denounced?

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  • Numbers 24:5–10

    How lovely are your tents, O Jacob, your dwellings, O Israel!

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  • Numbers 23:18

    Then Balaam lifted up an oracle, saying: “Arise, O Balak, and listen; give ear to me, O son of Zippor.

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