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Friday, August 29th, 2025
the Week of Proper 16 / Ordinary 21
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Chinese NCV (Simplified)

申命记 23:6

你一生一世永不可尋求他們的平安和他們的福樂。

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Ammonites;   Inhospitableness;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Ammonites, the;   Moabites;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Moabites;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Moab;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Curse, Accursed;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Alien;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Egypt;   Matthew, the Gospel According to;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Balaam;   Covenant;   Edom;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Clean and Unclean;   Crimes and Punishments;   Deuteronomy;   Leviticus;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Old Testament (Ii. Christ as Student and Interpreter of).;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Moab;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Congregation;   Deuteronomy;   Forgiveness;   Heredity;   Stranger and Sojourner (in the Old Testament);   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Commandments, the 613;   Ḳiddushin;  

Devotionals:

- Every Day Light - Devotion for August 2;  

Parallel Translations

Chinese Union (Simplified)
你 一 生 一 世 永 不 可 求 他 们 的 平 安 和 他 们 的 利 益 。

Contextual Overview

1 No man who has had part of his sex organ cut off may come into the meeting to worship the Lord . 2 No one born to parents who were forbidden by law to marry may come into the meeting to worship the Lord . The descendants for ten generations may not come in either. 3 No Ammonite or Moabite may come into the meeting to worship the Lord , and none of their descendants for ten generations may come in. 4 This is because the Ammonites and Moabites did not give you bread and water when you came out of Egypt. And they hired Balaam son of Beor, from Pethor in Northwest Mesopotamia, to put a curse on you. 5 But the Lord your God would not listen to Balaam. He turned the curse into a blessing for you, because the Lord your God loves you. 6 Don't wish for their peace or success as long as you live. 7 Don't hate Edomites; they are your close relatives. Don't hate Egyptians, because you were foreigners in their country. 8 The great-grandchildren of these two peoples may come into the meeting to worship the Lord .

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Thou shalt: 2 Samuel 8:2, 2 Samuel 12:31, Ezra 9:12, Nehemiah 13:23-25

prosperity: Heb. good

Reciprocal: Matthew 5:43 - and hate

Cross-References

Genesis 13:2
Abram was very rich in cattle, silver, and gold.
Genesis 14:14
When Abram learned that Lot had been captured, he called out his 318 trained men who had been born in his camp. He led the men and chased the enemy all the way to the town of Dan.
Genesis 18:12
she laughed to herself, "My husband and I are too old to have a baby."
Genesis 21:22
Then Abimelech came with Phicol, the commander of his army, and said to Abraham, "God is with you in everything you do.
Genesis 23:1
Sarah lived to be one hundred twenty-seven years old.
Genesis 23:2
She died in Kiriath Arba (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan. Abraham was very sad and cried because of her.
Genesis 23:4
"I am only a stranger and a foreigner here. Sell me some of your land so that I can bury my dead wife."
Genesis 23:5
The Hittites answered Abraham,
Genesis 24:18
Rebekah said, "Drink, sir." She quickly lowered the jar from her shoulder and gave him a drink.
Genesis 24:35
The Lord has greatly blessed my master in everything, and he has become a rich man. The Lord has given him many flocks of sheep, herds of cattle, silver and gold, male and female servants, camels, and horses.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Thou shalt not seek their peace nor their prosperity all thy days for ever. Not that they were to retain malice towards them, or indulge a spirit of revenge, or not do them any good offices in a private way, which is contrary to the law of love; nor does this contradict any offices of kindness and friendship that might be performed in a personal way: so we find that David had a kindness for Hanun the Ammonite, and showed it, though ill rewarded for it, yet is not blamed for doing it; 2 Samuel 10:2 for these words respect not persons in a private capacity, but the people of Israel as a body politic, who, as such, were not to carry on trade and commerce with those people, nor intermarry with them, nor make leagues and enter into alliances with them; the reason of which was, because being very near neighbours to them, had there not been such a law, as a wall of partition between them, they might have become very familiar, and so have learnt their evil ways and customs, which this was designed to prevent: the Jews restrain o this to overtures and proclamations of peace, which they were not to make with these nations, as they were directed to do when they went out to war with others, Deuteronomy 20:10.

o Hilchot Melachim, c. 6. sect. 6.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

i. e. “thou shalt not invite them robe on terms of amity with thee (compare Deuteronomy 20:10 ff), nor make their welfare thy care”: compare Ezra 9:12. There is no injunction to hatred or retaliation (compare Deuteronomy 2:9, Deuteronomy 2:19); but later history contains frequent record of hostility between Israel and these nations.


 
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