Negative Commandment #163 of 613

Do not let Moabite and Ammonite males marry into the Covenant people

Commandment #163a prohibition from Deuteronomy 23:4, classified under Marriage and Family in the 613 commandments of the Torah.

Scripture

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.

Deuteronomy 23:4

Hebrew

ה עַל-דְּבַר אֲשֶׁר לֹא-קִדְּמוּ אֶתְכֶם, בַּלֶּחֶם וּבַמַּיִם, בַּדֶּרֶךְ, בְּצֵאתְכֶם מִמִּצְרָיִם; וַאֲשֶׁר שָׂכַר עָלֶיךָ אֶת-בִּלְעָם בֶּן-בְּעוֹר, מִפְּתוֹר אֲרַם נַהֲרַיִם--לְקַלְלֶךָּ.

Greek (Septuagint)

(23:5) παρὰ τὸ μὴ συναντῆσαι αὐτοὺς ὑμῖν μετὰ ἄρτων καὶ ὕδατος ἐν τῇ ὁδῷ ἐκπορευομένων ὑμῶν ἐξ Αἰγύπτου, καὶ ὅτι ἐμισθώσαντο ἐπὶ σὲ τὸν Βαλααμ υἱὸν Βεωρ ἐκ τῆς Μεσοποταμίας καταράσασθαί σε·

Classification

Type
Negative (Thou Shalt Not)
Book
deuteronomy
Chapter
23

Scholarly References

Parashah
Ki Tetze
Sefer HaChinuch
#561
Mishneh Torah
HolinessForbidden Sexual Relations

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