King James Version (KJV)
Deuteronomy 23:6
“Thou shalt not seek their peace nor their prosperity all thy days for ever.”
Verse in context — Deuteronomy 23
Because they met you not with bread and with water in the way, when ye came forth out of Egypt; and because they hired against thee Balaam the son of Beor of Pethor of Mesopotamia, to curse thee.
Nevertheless the LORD thy God would not hearken unto Balaam; but the LORD thy God turned the curse into a blessing unto thee, because the LORD thy God loved thee.
Thou shalt not seek their peace nor their prosperity all thy days for ever.
Thou shalt not abhor an Edomite; for he [is] thy brother: thou shalt not abhor an Egyptian; because thou wast a stranger in his land.
The children that are begotten of them shall enter into the congregation of the LORD in their third generation.
About Deuteronomy
Moses’ final speeches, reminding Israel of God’s law before entering the Promised Land.
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