Nehemiah 13:2
Because they met not the children of Israel with bread and with water, but hired Balaam against them, that he should curse them: howbeit our God turned the curse into a blessing.
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Gill's Exposition
Because they met not the children of Israel with bread,.... The same reason is given, and what follows in this verse is observed in Deu 23:4; See Gill on Deu 23:4, Deu 23:5.
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Nehemiah 13:3
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It was the honour of Israel, and the greatest preservation of their holiness, that they were a peculiar people, and were so to keep themselves, and not to mingle with the nations, nor suffer any of…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
because they met not, &c. Cf. Deu 23:4, - Because they metyou not with bread and with waterin the way when ye came forth out of Egypt; and because they (Heb. he) hired againstthee Balaamthe son of…
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