World English Bible
Deuteronomy 23:6
“You shall not seek their peace nor their prosperity all your days forever.”
Verse in context — Deuteronomy 23
because they didn't meet you with bread and with water in the way, when you came forth out of Egypt, and because they hired against you Balaam the son of Beor from Pethor of Mesopotamia, to curse you.
Nevertheless Yahweh your God wouldn't listen to Balaam; but Yahweh your God turned the curse into a blessing to you, because Yahweh your God loved you.
You shall not seek their peace nor their prosperity all your days forever.
You shall not abhor an Edomite; for he is your brother: you shall not abhor an Egyptian, because you lived as a foreigner in his land.
The children of the third generation who are born to them shall enter into the assembly of Yahweh.
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Moses’ final speeches, reminding Israel of God’s law before entering the Promised Land.
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