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Deuteronomy 23:6

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Thou shalt not seek their peace nor their prosperity all thy days for ever.

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  1. Deuteronomy 23:4

    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.

  2. Deuteronomy 23:5

    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.

  3. Deuteronomy 23:7

    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.

  4. Deuteronomy 23:8

    The children that are begotten of them shall enter into the congregation of the Lord in their third generation.

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Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.