Deuteronomy 23:4

Conservative English Version

This is because when you came out of Egypt, they refused to provide you with food and water. And besides, they hired Balaam to put a curse on you.

Cross References

1 Kings 18:4

(SEE 18:3)

Ezra 9:1

Later the Jewish leaders came to me and said: Many Israelites, including priests and Levites, are living just like the people around them. They are even guilty of some of the horrible sins of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites, the Ammonites, the Moabites, the Egyptians, and the Amorites.

Nehemiah 13:2

This was because they had refused to give food and water to Israel and had hired Balaam to call down a curse on them. However, our God turned the curse into a blessing.

Isaiah 63:9

It troubled the LORD to see them in trouble, and his angel saved them. The LORD was truly merciful, so he rescued his people. He took them in his arms and carried them all those years.

Jeremiah 49:1

The LORD has this to say about the nation of Ammon: The people of Israel have plenty of children to inherit their lands. So why have you worshipers of the god Milcom taken over towns and land belonging to the Gad tribe?

Lamentations 1:10

Zion's treasures were stolen. Jerusalem saw foreigners enter her place of worship, though the LORD had forbidden them to belong to his people.

Ezekiel 44:9

And so I, the LORD God, say that no godless foreigner who disobeys me will be allowed in my temple. This includes any foreigner living in Israel.

Zechariah 2:8

Then the glorious LORD All-Powerful ordered me to say to the nations that had raided and robbed Zion: Zion is as precious to the LORD as are his eyes. Whatever you do to Zion, you do to him.

Numbers 22:17

I'll pay you very well and do whatever you ask. Just come and place a curse on these people."

Numbers 23:7

Balaam said: "King Balak of Moab brought me from the hills of Syria to curse Israel and announce its doom.

Matthew 25:40

The king will answer, "Whenever you did it for any of my people, no matter how unimportant they seemed, you did it for me."

Acts 9:4

He fell to the ground and heard a voice that said, "Saul! Saul! Why are you so cruel to me?"

Joshua 24:9

King Balak decided that his nation Moab would go to war against you, so he asked Balaam to come and put a curse on you.

2 Peter 2:15

They have left the true road and have gone down the wrong path by following the example of the prophet Balaam. He was the son of Beor and loved what he got from being a crook.

Jude 1:11

Now they are in for real trouble. They have followed Cain's example and have made the same mistake that Balaam did by caring only for money. They have also rebelled against God, just as Korah did. Because of all this, they will be destroyed.

1 Samuel 25:11

What makes you think I would take my bread, my water, and the meat that I've had cooked for my own servants and give it to you? Besides, I'm not sure that David sent you!