Deuteronomy 23:6

"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."

Key Reflection

This verse highlights how God overrides human attempts to curse His people, transforming any negative intentions or actions against them into blessings due to His love and protection. It underscores God's sovereignty and the ultimate goodness of His will in the lives of those He calls His own.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

i. e. “thou shalt not invite them robe on terms of amity with thee (compareDeuteronomy 20:10ff), nor make their welfare thy care”: compareEzra 9:12. There is no injunction to hatred or retaliation (compareDeuteronomy 2:9,Deuteronomy 2:19); but later history contains frequent record of hostility between Israel and these nations.

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