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.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
LORD	יְהוָ֤ה Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · proper noun, a title
God	אֱלֹהֶ֙יךָ֙ 'e.lo.Hei.kha	H430	gods in the ordinary sense · noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular
would	אָבָ֞ה 'a.Vah	H14	to breathe after · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
hearken	לִשְׁמֹ֣עַ lish.Mo.a'	H8085	to hear intelligently (often with implication of attent… · preposition + verb, qal infinitive construct
Balaam	בִּלְעָ֔ם bil.'Am	H1109	Bilam · proper noun, a man's name
LORD	יְהוָ֨ה Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · proper noun, a title
God	אֱלֹהֶ֧יךָ 'e.lo.Hei.kha	H430	gods in the ordinary sense · noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular
turned	וַיַּהֲפֹךְ֩ vai.ya.ha.foKh	H2015	to turn about or over · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
curse	הַקְּלָלָ֖ה ha.ke.la.Lah	H7045	vilification · definite article + noun, common feminine singular absolute
blessing	לִבְרָכָ֑ה liv.ra.Khah	H1293	benediction · preposition + noun, common feminine singular absolute
LORD	יְהוָ֥ה Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · proper noun, a title
God	אֱלֹהֶֽיךָ 'e.lo.Hei.kha	H430	gods in the ordinary sense · noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular
loved	אֲהֵֽבְךָ֖ 'a.he.ve.Kha	H157	to have affection for (sexually or otherwise) · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular

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Cross-references

Deuteronomy 7:7-8 The LORD did not set his love upon you, nor choose you, because ye were more in number than any people; for ye were the fewest of all people…
Romans 8:31 What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us?
Numbers 24:9 He couched, he lay down as a lion, and as a great lion: who shall stir him up? Blessed is he that blesseth thee, and cursed is he that curse…
Ephesians 2:4-5 But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us,
2 Corinthians 4:17 For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory;
Numbers 23:5-12 And the LORD put a word in Balaam’s mouth, and said, Return unto Balak, and thus thou shalt speak.
Jeremiah 31:3 The LORD hath appeared of old unto me, saying, Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn t…
Micah 6:5 O my people, remember now what Balak king of Moab consulted, and what Balaam the son of Beor answered him from Shittim unto Gilgal; that ye…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 23:1-8

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 members of the church, and the Ammonites and Moabites might be circumcised and proselyted to the Jewish religion, yet they and their families must lie for some time under marks of disgrace, remembering the rock whence they were hewn, and must not come so near the sanctuary as others might, nor have so fre…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Deuteronomy 23:3

even to the their tenth generation shall they not enter--Many eminent writers think that this law of exclusion was applicable only to males; at all events that a definite is used for an indefinite number (Neh 13:1; Rut 4:10; Kg2 10:2). Many of the Israelites being established on the east side of Jordan in the immediate neighborhood of those people, God raised this partition wall between them to prevent the consequences of evil communications. More favor was to be shown to Edomites and Egyptians--to the former from their near relationship to Israel; and to the latter, from their early hospitalities to the family of Jacob, as well as the many acts of kindness rendered them by private Egyptians…

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John Gill on Deuteronomy 23:5

Nevertheless, the Lord thy God would not hearken unto Balaam,.... To his solicitations, and the methods he took to prevail on the Lord to suffer him to curse Israel, which he gladly would have done for the sake of Balak's reward: but the Lord thy God turned the curse into a blessing unto thee; in the very mouth of Balaam, as the Targum of Jonathan; for when he opened his mouth and Balak expected he would have cursed Israel, and he intended it, could he have been permitted, the Lord overruled his tongue, and put such words into his mouth, that instead of cursing Israel, he blessed him; see Numbers 23:11, because the Lord thy God loved thee; and therefore would not suffer them to be cursed;…

Dictionary and topics

Alien — A foreigner, or person born in another country, and therefore not entitled to the rights and privileges of the country where he resides. Among the Hebrews there were two classes of aliens. (1.) Those…
Ammonites · Exc — Exc
Inhospitableness · Ammonites and Moabites — Ammonites and Moabites
Jews, The · The objects of: God’s love — The objects of: God’s love
Love Of God, The · Exhibited in: Defeating evil counsels — Exhibited in: Defeating evil counsels

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Deuteronomy 23:5

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 23:1-8

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Deuteronomy 23:3

John Gill on Deuteronomy 23:5

Dictionary and topics

Deuteronomy 23:5

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 23:1-8

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Deuteronomy 23:3

John Gill on Deuteronomy 23:5

Dictionary and topics

John Calvin on Deuteronomy 23:3-8

Keil & Delitzsch on Deuteronomy 23:1-8

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Deuteronomy 23:4

Rashi on Deuteronomy 23:5