“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.”
Because they hired Balaam son of Beor from Pethor in Aram Naharaim to pronounce a curse on you — the reference is to Numbers 22–24, where Balaam was hired by Balak of Moab to curse Israel. The LORD transformed the curse into blessing, and this episode justifies Moab's permanent exclusion from the assembly.
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