THEOSISDeuteronomy 23:5Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
And the Lord thy God would not hear Balaam, and he turned his cursing into thy blessing, because he loved thee.
עַל־דְּבַ֞ר אֲשֶׁ֨ר לֹא־קִדְּמ֤וּ אֶתְכֶם֙ בַּלֶּ֣חֶם וּבַמַּ֔יִם בַּדֶּ֖רֶךְ בְּצֵאתְכֶ֣ם מִמִּצְרָ֑יִם וַאֲשֶׁר֩ שָׂכַ֨ר עָלֶ֜יךָ אֶת־בִּלְעָ֣ם בֶּן־בְּע֗וֹר מִפְּת֛וֹר אֲרַ֥ם נַהֲרַ֖יִם לְקַֽלְלֶֽךָּ׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Deut 7:7Not because you surpass all nations in number, is the Lord joined unto you, and hath chosen you, for you are the fewest of any people:
- Deut 7:8But because the Lord hath loved you, and hath kept his oath, which he swore to your fathers: and hath brought you out with a strong hand, and redeemed you from the house of bondage, out of the hand of Pharao the king of Egypt.
- Rom 8:31What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who is against us?
- Num 24:9Lying down he hath slept as a lion, and as a lioness, whom none shall dare to rouse. He that blesseth thee, shall also himself be blessed: he that curseth thee shall be reckoned accursed.
- Eph 2:4But God (who is rich in mercy) for his exceeding charity wherewith he loved us
- Eph 2:5Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together in Christ (by whose grace you are saved)
- 2 Cor 4:17For that which is at present momentary and light of our tribulation worketh for us above measure, exceedingly an eternal weight of glory.
- Rom 11:28As concerning the gospel, indeed, they are enemies for your sake: but as touching the election, they are most dear for the sake of the fathers.