Deuteronomy 23:5-7

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⁵ But the Lord your God would not listen to Balaam. He ·turned [transformed; overturned] the curse into a blessing for you, because the Lord your God loves you. ⁶ Don’t ·wish for [seek] their peace or ·success [prosperity] as long as you live.

⁷ Don’t ·hate [detest] Edomites; they are your ·close relatives [brothers; ^Cdescendants of Esau the brother of Jacob/Israel]. Don’t ·hate [detest] Egyptians, because you were ·foreigners [resident aliens] in their country [^Cduring the time of Joseph, God’s people survived a famine in Egypt; Gen. 41–42].