Deuteronomy 23:6
You are not to seek peace or prosperity from them as long as you live.
BSB
ASV
Thou shalt not seek their peace nor their prosperity all thy days for ever.
KJV
Thou shalt not seek their peace nor their prosperity all thy days for ever.
i. e. “thou shalt not invite them robe on terms of amity with thee (compare Deu 20:10 ff), nor make their welfare thy care”: compare Ezr 9:12. There is no injunction to hatred or retaliation (compare Deu 2:9, Deu 2:19); but later history contains frequent record of hostility between Israel and these nations.
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
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Ezra 9:12Now, therefore, do not give your daughters in marriage to their sons or take their daughters for your sons. Never seek their peace or prosperity, so that you may be strong and may eat…
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Do not intermarry with them. Do not give your daughters to their sons or take their daughters for your sons,
For if you turn away and cling to the rest of these nations that remain among you, and if you intermarry and associate with them,
A good man leaves an inheritance to his children’s children, but the sinner’s wealth is passed to the righteous.
Do not make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, for when they prostitute themselves to their gods and sacrifice to them, they will invite you, and you will eat their sacrifices.
If anyone comes to you but does not bring this teaching, do not receive him into your home or even greet him.
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2 Samuel 8:2David also defeated the Moabites, made them lie down on the ground, and measured them off with a cord. He measured off with two lengths those to be put to death, and with one…
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I see him, but not now; I behold him, but not near. A star will come forth from Jacob, and a scepter will arise from Israel. He will crush the skulls of Moab and…
Then he placed garrisons in Aram of Damascus, and the Arameans became subject to David and brought him tribute. So the LORD made David victorious wherever he went.
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2 Samuel 12:31David brought out the people who were there and put them to work with saws, iron picks, and axes, and he made them work at the brick kilns. He did the same to all…
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David brought out the people who were there and put them to work with saws, iron picks, and axes. And he did the same to all the Ammonite cities. Then David and all his…
