Deuteronomy 23:6 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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⁶Thou shalt not seek their peace nor their prosperity all thy days for ever.

Deuteronomy 23:6 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ezra 9:12
Now therefore give not your daughters unto their sons, neither take their daughters unto your sons, nor seek their peace or their wealth for ever: that ye may be strong, and eat the good of the land, and leave it for an inheritance to your children for ever.
Nehemiah 13:23-25
In those days also saw I Jews that had married wives of Ashdod, of Ammon, and of Moab: …
2 Samuel 8:2
And he smote Moab, and measured them with a line, casting them down to the ground; even with two lines measured he to put to death, and with one full line to keep alive. And so the Moabites became David's servants, and brought gifts.
2 Samuel 12:31
And he brought forth the people that were therein, and put them under saws, and under harrows of iron, and under axes of iron, and made them pass through the brickkiln: and thus did he unto all the cities of the children of Ammon. So David and all the people returned unto Jerusalem.

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 1-8)

Interpreters are not agreed what is here meant by entering into the congregation of the Lord, which is here forbidden to eunuchs and to bastards, Ammonites and Moabites, for ever, but to Edomites and Egyptians only till the third generation. 1. Some think they are hereby excluded from communicating with the people of God in their religious services. Though eunuchs and bastards were owned as member…