Deuteronomy 23:3-5

Deuteronomy 23:3-5

[3] An Ammonite  or Moabite  shall not enter  into the congregation  of the LORD;  even to their tenth  generation  shall they not enter  into the congregation  of the LORD  for  ever:  [4] Because  they met  you not with bread  and with water  in the way,  when ye came forth  out of Egypt;  and because they hired  against thee Balaam  the son  of Beor  of Pethor  of Mesopotamia,  to curse  thee. [5] Nevertheless the LORD  thy God  would  not hearken  unto Balaam;  but the LORD  thy God  turned  the curse  into a blessing  unto thee, because the LORD  thy God  loved  thee.