Event

The Ammonite and the Moabite and the LORD’s assembly

암몬 사람과 모압 사람과 여호와의 총회

Deuteronomy 23:3–6: he says, “An Ammonite or a Moabite shall not enter into the LORD’s assembly; even to the tenth generation shall no one belonging to them enter into the LORD’s assembly forever, because they didn’t meet you with bread and with water on the way when you came out of Egypt, and because they hired against you Balaam the son of Beor from Pethor of Mesopotamia, to curse you. Nevertheless the LORD your God wouldn’t listen to Balaam, but the LORD your God turned the curse into a blessing to you, because the LORD your God loved you. You shall not seek their peace nor their prosperity all your days forever.”

Directly connected entries 1

Direct relationships 1

Open in the full graph

Collected relationship evidence

Source-backed narrative relations; not independent historical verification. Legacy dates and coordinates are outside this review.

Collection & rights

Source evidence (1)

AI-assisted comparison with the cited narrative; not independent historical verification.

DEU 23:3–6, engwebp
³An Ammonite or a Moabite shall not enter into the LORD’s assembly; even to the tenth generation shall no one belonging to them enter into the LORD’s assembly forever,
⁴because they didn’t meet you with bread and with water on the way when you came out of Egypt, and because they hired against you Balaam the son of Beor from Pethor of Mesopotamia, to curse you.
⁵Nevertheless the LORD your God wouldn’t listen to Balaam, but the LORD your God turned the curse into a blessing to you, because the LORD your God loved you.
⁶You shall not seek their peace nor their prosperity all your days forever.
Publisher text Rights & provenance

AI-assisted, human review pending, 2026-09-25

Machine comparison on 2026-10-07: the wording raised none of the 3 rules against the passages this entry cites. No person has read it.

Unresolved interpretation: Who hired Balaam: Deuteronomy 23:3–4 and Numbers 22:2–7

Deuteronomy 23:3–4 reads, “An Ammonite or a Moabite shall not enter into the LORD’s assembly; even to the tenth generation shall no one belonging to them enter into the LORD’s assembly forever, because they didn’t meet you with bread and with water on the way when you came out of Egypt, and because they hired against you Balaam the son of Beor from Pethor of Mesopotamia, to curse you.”
Source evidence (1)
AI-assisted comparison with the cited narrative; not independent historical verification.
- DEU 23:3–6, engwebp
  ³An Ammonite or a Moabite shall not enter into the LORD’s assembly; even to the tenth generation shall no one belonging to them enter into the LORD’s assembly forever,
  ⁴because they didn’t meet you with bread and with water on the way when you came out of Egypt, and because they hired against you Balaam the son of Beor from Pethor of Mesopotamia, to curse you.
  ⁵Nevertheless the LORD your God wouldn’t listen to Balaam, but the LORD your God turned the curse into a blessing to you, because the LORD your God loved you.
  ⁶You shall not seek their peace nor their prosperity all your days forever.
  Publisher text Rights & provenance
Numbers 22:2–7 says that Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, sent messengers to Balaam the son of Beor, to Pethor, to call him, and that the elders of Moab and the elders of Midian went to Balaam with the rewards of divination in their hand. These verses do not name the Ammonites.
Source evidence (1)
AI-assisted comparison with the cited narrative; not independent historical verification.
- NUM 22:2–14, engwebp
  ²Balak the son of Zippor saw all that Israel had done to the Amorites.
  ³Moab was very afraid of the people, because they were many. Moab was distressed because of the children of Israel.
  ⁴Moab said to the elders of Midian, “Now this multitude will lick up all that is around us, as the ox licks up the grass of the field.” Balak the son of Zippor was king of Moab at that time.
  ⁵He sent messengers to Balaam the son of Beor, to Pethor, which is by the River, to the land of the children of his people, to call him, saying, “Behold, there is a people who came out of Egypt. Behold, they cover the surface of the earth, and they are staying opposite me.
  ⁶Please come now therefore, and curse this people for me; for they are too mighty for me. Perhaps I shall prevail, that we may strike them, and that I may drive them out of the land; for I know that he whom you bless is blessed, and he whom you curse is cursed.”
  ⁷The elders of Moab and the elders of Midian departed with the rewards of divination in their hand. They came to Balaam, and spoke to him the words of Balak.
  ⁸He said to them, “Lodge here this night, and I will bring you word again, as the LORD shall speak to me.” The princes of Moab stayed with Balaam.
  ⁹God came to Balaam, and said, “Who are these men with you?”
  ¹⁰Balaam said to God, “Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, has said to me,
  ¹¹‘Behold, the people that has come out of Egypt covers the surface of the earth. Now, come curse them for me. Perhaps I shall be able to fight against them, and shall drive them out.’”
  ¹²God said to Balaam, “You shall not go with them. You shall not curse the people, for they are blessed.”
  ¹³Balaam rose up in the morning, and said to the princes of Balak, “Go to your land; for the LORD refuses to permit me to go with you.”
  ¹⁴The princes of Moab rose up, and they went to Balak, and said, “Balaam refuses to come with us.”
  Publisher text Rights & provenance
Nehemiah 13:1–2 says that on that day they read in the book of Moses in the hearing of the people, “and it was found written in it that an Ammonite and a Moabite should not enter into the assembly of God forever, because they didn’t meet the children of Israel with bread and with water, but hired Balaam against them to curse them; however, our God turned the curse into a blessing.” The Korean Revised Version gives what is written as the book’s own words (그 책에 기록하기를 …).
Source evidence (1)
AI-assisted comparison with the cited narrative; not independent historical verification.
- NEH 13:1–3, engwebp
  ¹On that day they read in the book of Moses in the hearing of the people; and it was found written in it that an Ammonite and a Moabite should not enter into the assembly of God forever,
  ²because they didn’t meet the children of Israel with bread and with water, but hired Balaam against them to curse them; however, our God turned the curse into a blessing.
  ³It came to pass, when they had heard the law, that they separated all the mixed multitude from Israel.
  Publisher text Rights & provenance

In Deuteronomy 23:4 “they” takes up the Ammonite and the Moabite of 23:3. Numbers 22 has Balak king of Moab send for Balaam, and the elders of Moab and of Midian go to him with the rewards of divination. Nehemiah 13:1–2 says that in the book of Moses read on that day it was found written that an Ammonite and a Moabite should not enter into the assembly of God forever, “because they didn’t meet the children of Israel with bread and with water, but hired Balaam against them to curse them”. This collection keeps each account as its book tells it and does not decide whether the Ammonites had a part in hiring Balaam.

All 1 relationships: AI-assisted, human review pending

Moses — Took part in — The Ammonite and the Moabite and the LORD’s assembly

Evidence: Deuteronomy 23:3–6

Verses tagged with this entry

Names in the World English Bible text that carry this entry’s tag. They are carried over from the tags on the Korean Revised Version, which are matched by name inside chapters that already have collected evidence, and a verse where the English says “he” carries none. All await human review. They are a separate list from the source passages above. An empty list does not mean the entry is absent from the text.

0 verses

No verse carries this tag yet.

Something looks wrong in this entry?

This prepares a report carrying the entry, what it currently says and what it cites, so a reviewer can act on it. Nothing leaves this page until you press Send; the operator alone reads what you send.

What looks wrong

Write what looks wrong first; a report without it cannot be acted on.

This is exactly what gets copied or sent:

[Bibliadatum entry report]

Entry: The Ammonite and the Moabite and the LORD’s assembly (event-deu-23-ammonite-and-moabite)
Address: https://bibliadatum.org/en/wiki/event/deu-23-ammonite-and-moabite
Current wording: Deuteronomy 23:3–6: he says, “An Ammonite or a Moabite shall not enter into the LORD’s assembly; even to the tenth generation shall no one belonging to them enter into the LORD’s assembly forever, because they didn’t meet you with bread and with water on the way when you came out of Egypt, and because they hired against you Balaam the son of Beor from Pethor of Mesopotamia, to curse you. Nevertheless the LORD your God wouldn’t listen to Balaam, but the LORD your God turned the curse into a blessing to you, because the LORD your God loved you. You shall not seek their peace nor their prosperity all your days forever.”
Cited evidence: DEU 23:3–6, engwebp
Review state: ai-assisted / human-review-pending

What looks wrong:
(not written yet)

---
This collection records what the text says and does not settle interpretation. A report about a reading that divides opinion may be registered as an unresolved issue rather than corrected.