because they met not the children of Israel with bread and with water, but hired Ba´laam against them, that he should curse them: howbeit our God turned the curse into a blessing.
Nevertheless, the Lord thy God would not hearken unto Ba´laam; but the Lord thy God turned the curse into a blessing unto thee, because the Lord thy God loved thee.
And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.
O my people, remember now what Balak king of Moab consulted, and what Ba´laam the son of Be´or answered him from Shittim unto Gilgal; that ye may know the righteousness of the Lord.
An Ammonite or Moabite shall not enter into the congregation of the Lord; even to their tenth generation shall they not enter into the congregation of the Lord for ever:
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 Ba´laam the son of Be´or of Pethor of Mesopota´mi-a, to curse thee.