Nehemiah 13:2

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

because they did not meet the Israelites with food and water. Instead, they hired Balaam against them to curse them,  but our God turned the curse into a blessing.

Cross References

Deuteronomy 23:5

Yet the Lord your God would not listen to Balaam, but he turned the curse into a blessing for you because the Lord your God loves  you.

Matthew 25:40

‘And the King will answer them, “Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.”

Micah 6:5

My people, remember what King Balak of Moab   proposed, what Balaam son of Beor answered him, and what happened from the Acacia Grove  , to Gilgal, so that you may acknowledge the Lord’s righteous acts.

Numbers 23:18

Balaam proclaimed his poem: Balak, get up and listen; son of Zippor, pay attention to what I say!

2 Peter 2:15

They have gone astray by abandoning the straight path  and have followed the path of Balaam,  the son of Bosor,  who loved the wages of wickedness

Deuteronomy 23:3

No Ammonite or Moabite may enter the Lord’s assembly;  none of their descendants, even to the tenth generation, may ever enter the Lord’s assembly.

Deuteronomy 23:4

This is because they did not meet you with food and water on the journey after you came out of Egypt, and because Balaam son of Beor from Pethor in Aram-naharaim was hired to curse you.