This law forbids only the naturalization of those against whom it is directed. It does not forbid their dwelling in the land and seems to refer to …

Because they did not meet you with bread and with water. —We learn incidentally from this passage how the Moabites and th…

And because he hired.³⁰⁶ Although there was a common reason why both nations should not be admitted, yet the number of the verb…

Because they met you not with bread and with water
To supply them therewith, either as a gift, which was a piece of …

We ought to value the privileges of God's people, both for ourselves and for our children, above all other advantages. No personal blemishes, no cr…