New American Standard Bible

Deuteronomy 23:4-8 New American Standard Bible (NASB)

4. because they did not meet you with food and water on the way when you came out of Egypt, and because they hired against you Balaam the son of Beor from Pethor of Mesopotamia, to curse you.

5. Nevertheless, the Lord your God was not willing to listen to Balaam, but the Lord your God turned the curse into a blessing for you because the Lord your God loves you.

6. You shall never seek their peace or their prosperity all your days.

7. "You shall not detest an Edomite, for he is your brother; you shall not detest an Egyptian, because you were an alien in his land.

8. The sons of the third generation who are born to them may enter the assembly of the Lord.