Devine Scripture

Deuteronomy 23:7

Deuteronomy chapter 23 · verse 7 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

Thou shalt not abhor an Edomite; for he is thy brother: thou shalt not abhor an Egyptian; because thou wast a sojourner in his land.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

Thou shalt not abhor an Edomite; for he is thy brother: thou shalt not abhor an Egyptian; because thou wast a stranger in his land.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

Thou shalt not abhor an Edomite; for he is thy brother: thou shalt not abhor an Egyptian; because thou wast a sojourner in his land.

Context

v.6Thou shalt not seek their peace nor their prosperity all thy days for ever.

v.7This passage

v.8The children of the third generation that are born unto them shall enter into the assembly of Jehovah.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Malachi 1:2

    I have loved you, saith Jehovah. Yet ye say, Wherein hast thou loved us? Was not Esau Jacob’s brother? saith Jehovah: yet I loved Jacob;

  • Genesis 47:6

    the land of Egypt is before thee; in the best of the land make thy father and thy brethren to dwell; in the land of Goshen let them dwell: and if thou knowest any able men among them, then make them rulers over my cattle.

  • Genesis 25:30

    and Esau said to Jacob, Feed me, I pray thee, with that same red pottage; for I am faint: therefore was his name called Edom.

  • Deuteronomy 10:19

    Love ye therefore the sojourner; for ye were sojourners in the land of Egypt.

  • Obadiah 1:10

    For the violence done to thy brother Jacob, shame shall cover thee, and thou shalt be cut off for ever.

  • Numbers 20:14

    And Moses sent messengers from Kadesh unto the king of Edom, Thus saith thy brother Israel, Thou knowest all the travail that hath befallen us: