Deuteronomy 23:4 - The Scriptures 1998

⁴ because they did not meet you with bread and water on the way when you came out of Mitsrayim, and because they hired against you Bilʽ

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁴ Because they did not meet you with food and water on the way when you came forth out of Egypt, and because they hired Balaam son of Beor of Pethor of Mesopotamia against you to curse you.

American Standard Version (1901)

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 from Pethor of Mesopotamia, to curse thee.

Common English Bible

⁴ because they didn’t help you with food or water on your journey out of Egypt, and because they hired Balaam, Beor’s son, from Pethor of Mesopotamia to curse you.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁴ because they were not willing to meet you with bread and water along the way, when you had departed from Egypt, and because they hired against you Balaam, the son of Beor, from Mesopotamia in Syria, in order to curse you.

Deuteronomy 23:4 Cross References

1 Kings 18:4

And it came to be, while Izeḇ

Ezra 9:1

And when these matters had been done, the leaders came to me, saying, “The people of Yisra’ĕ

Nehemiah 13:2

because they had not met the children of Yisra’ĕ

Isaiah 63:9

In all their distress He was distressed, and the Messenger of His Presence saved them. In His love and in His compassion He redeemed them, and He lifted them up and carried them all the days of old.

Jeremiah 49:1

Concerning the Ammonites: Thus said יהוה, “Has Yisra’ĕ

Lamentations 1:10

The adversary has spread his hand Over all her precious matters; Indeed, she has seen: The gentiles have entered her set-apart place, Those whom You commanded not to enter Your assembly.

Ezekiel 44:9

‘Thus said the Master יהוה, “No son of a foreigner, uncircumcised in heart or uncircumcised in flesh, comes into My set-apart place, even any son of a foreigner who is among the children of Yisra’ĕ

Zechariah 2:8

For thus said יהוה  of hosts (for the sake of esteem He sent me to the gentiles which plunder you): “For he who touches you touches the apple of My eye.

Numbers 22:17

for I esteem you very greatly, and whatever you say to me, I do. Therefore please come, curse this people for me.’ ”

Numbers 23:7

And he took up his proverb and said, “Balaq the sovereign of Mo’aḇ

Matthew 25:40

“And the Sovereign shall answer and say to them, ‘Truly, I say to you, in so far as you did it to one of the least of these My brothers, you did it to Me.’

Acts 9:4

And he fell to the ground, and heard a voice saying to him, “Sha’ul, Sha’ul, why do you persecute Me?”

Joshua 24:9

‘And Balaq son of Tsippor, sovereign of Mo’aḇ

2 Peter 2:15

having left the right way they went astray, having followed the way of Bilʽ

Jude 1:11

Woe to them! Because they have gone in the way of Qayin, and gave themselves to the delusion of Bilʽ

1 Samuel 25:11

“And shall I take my bread and my water and my meat that I have slaughtered for my shearers, and give it to men coming from who knows where?”