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Enemies of Israel Excluded(A)

13 Later that day the book of Moses was read aloud so the people could hear it, and a written command was discovered therein[a] permanently prohibiting the Ammonites and Moabites from coming into the congregation of God because they did not greet the Israelis with food and water, but instead hired Balaam to oppose them by cursing them, even though our God turned the curse into a blessing.

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Footnotes

  1. Nehemiah 13:1 Cf. Deut 23:3-5