Bible Cross References
shew kindness
Deuteronomy 23:3-6
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"No Ammonite or Moabite---or any of their descendants, even in the tenth generation---may be included among the LORD's people.
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They refused to provide you with food and water when you were on your way out of Egypt, and they hired Balaam son of Beor, from the city of Pethor in Mesopotamia, to curse you.
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But the LORD your God would not listen to Balaam; instead he turned the curse into a blessing, because he loved you.
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As long as you are a nation, never do anything to help these nations or to make them prosperous.
Nehemiah 4:3-7
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Tobiah was standing there beside him, and he added, "What kind of wall could they ever build? Even a fox could knock it down!"
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I prayed, "Hear how they make fun of us, O God! Let their ridicule fall on their own heads. Let them be robbed of everything they have, and let them be taken as prisoners to a foreign land.
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Don't forgive the evil they do and don't forget their sins, for they have insulted us who are building."
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So we went on rebuilding the wall, and soon it was half its full height, because the people were eager to work.
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Sanballat, Tobiah, and the people of Arabia, Ammon, and Ashdod heard that we were making progress in rebuilding the wall of Jerusalem and that the gaps in the wall were being closed, and they became very angry.
Nehemiah 13:1-3
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When the Law of Moses was being read aloud to the people, they came to the passage that said that no Ammonite or Moabite was ever to be permitted to join God's people.
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This was because the people of Ammon and Moab did not give food and water to the Israelites on their way out of Egypt. Instead, they paid money to Balaam to curse Israel, but our God turned the curse into a blessing.
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When the people of Israel heard this law read, they excluded all foreigners from the community.
Nahash
1 Samuel 11:1
About a month later King Nahash of Ammon led his army against the town of Jabesh in the territory of Gilead and besieged it. The men of Jabesh said to Nahash, "Make a treaty with us, and we will accept you as our ruler."
as his father
1 Samuel 22:3
David went on from there to Mizpah in Moab and said to the king of Moab, "Please let my father and mother come and stay with you until I find out what God is going to do for me."
1 Samuel 22:4
So David left his parents with the king of Moab, and they stayed there as long as David was hiding out in the cave.