2 because they had not met the Israelites with food and water, but had hired Balaam to call down a curse against them (although our God had turned the curse into a blessing).
Nehemiah 13:2
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Deuteronomy 23:3–5
3 No Ammonite or Moabite or any of their descendants may enter the assembly of the LORD, even to the tenth generation. 4 For they did not meet you with food and water on your way out of Egypt, and they hired Balaam son of Beor from Pethor in Aram-naharaim to curse…
Ezekiel 35:4–6
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Psalms 107:10–12
10 Some sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, prisoners in affliction and chains, 11 because they rebelled against the words of God and despised the counsel of the Most High. 12 He humbled their hearts with hard labor; they stumbled, and there was no one to help.
Job 34:26–28
26 He strikes them for their wickedness in full view, 27 because they turned aside from Him and had no regard for any of His ways. 28 They caused the cry of the poor to come before Him, and He heard the outcry of the afflicted.
Psalms 78:21–23
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Deuteronomy 28:46–48
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Wisdom of Solomon 12:3–5
3 For truly the old inhabitants of your holy land, (WEB) 4 hating them because they practiced detestable works of enchantments and unholy rites— (WEB) 5 merciless slaughters of children and sacrificial banquets of men’s flesh and of blood— (WEB)
Baruch 1:16–18
16 to our kings, to our princes, to our priests, to our prophets, and to our fathers, (WEB) 17 because we have sinned before the Lord. (WEB) 18 We have disobeyed him and have not listened to the voice of the Lord our God, to walk in the commandments of the Lord that he has set befo… (WEB)
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