Genesis 19:37 Cross References

Genesis 19:37

37: When the older daughter gave birth to a son, she named him Moab. He became the ancestor of the nation now known as the Moabites.

the LORD warned us, `Do not bother the Moabites, the descendants of Lot, or start a war with them. I have given them Ar as their property, and I will not give you any of their land.'"

Your destruction is certain, O people of Moab! You are finished, O worshipers of Chemosh! Chemosh has left his sons as refugees, and his daughters as captives of Sihon, the Amorite king.

"No Ammonites or Moabites, or any of their descendants for ten generations, may be included in the assembly of the LORD.

And with the land I have acquired Ruth, the Moabite widow of Mahlon, to be my wife. This way she can have a son to carry on the family name of her dead husband and to inherit the family property here in his hometown. You are all witnesses today."

After this, David subdued and humbled the Philistines by conquering Gath, their largest city.
David also conquered the land of Moab. He made the people lie down on the ground in a row, and he measured them off in groups with a length of rope. He measured off two groups to be executed for every one group to be spared. The Moabites who were spared became David's servants and brought him tribute money.
David also destroyed the forces of Hadadezer son of Rehob, king of Zobah, when Hadadezer marched out to strengthen his control along the Euphrates River.
David captured seventeen hundred charioteers and twenty thousand foot soldiers. Then he crippled all but one hundred of the chariot horses.
When Arameans from Damascus arrived to help Hadadezer, David killed twenty-two thousand of them.

Ahab's son Joram began to rule over Israel in the eighteenth year of King Jehoshaphat's reign in Judah. He reigned in Samaria twelve years.
He did what was evil in the LORD's sight, but he was not as wicked as his father and mother. He at least tore down the sacred pillar of Baal that his father had set up.
Nevertheless he continued in the sins of idolatry that Jeroboam son of Nebat had led the people of Israel to commit.
King Mesha of Moab and his people were sheep breeders. They used to pay the king of Israel an annual tribute of 100,000 lambs and the wool of 100,000 rams.
But after Ahab's death, the king of Moab rebelled against the king of Israel.

The LORD left certain nations in the land to test those Israelites who had not participated in the wars of Canaan.
He did this to teach warfare to generations of Israelites who had no experience in battle.
These were the nations: the Philistines (those living under the five Philistine rulers), all the Canaanites, the Sidonians, and the Hivites living in the hill country of Lebanon from Mount Baal-hermon to Lebo-hamath.
These people were left to test the Israelites--to see whether they would obey the commands the LORD had given to their ancestors through Moses.
So Israel lived among the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites,

Then the people of Israel traveled to the plains of Moab and camped east of the Jordan River, across from Jericho.
Balak son of Zippor, the Moabite king, knew what the Israelites had done to the Amorites.
And when they saw how many Israelites there were, he and his people were terrified.
The king of Moab said to the leaders of Midian, "This mob will devour everything in sight, like an ox devours grass!" So Balak, king of Moab,
sent messengers to Balaam son of Beor, who was living in his native land of Pethor near the Euphrates River. He sent this message to request that Balaam come to help him: "A vast horde of people has arrived from Egypt. They cover the face of the earth and are threatening me.

By now Balaam realized that the LORD intended to bless Israel, so he did not resort to divination as he often did. Instead, he turned and looked out toward the wilderness,
where he saw the people of Israel camped, tribe by tribe. Then the Spirit of God came upon him,
and this is the prophecy he delivered: "This is the prophecy of Balaam son of Beor, the prophecy of the man whose eyes see clearly,
who hears the words of God, who sees a vision from the Almighty, who falls down with eyes wide open:
How beautiful are your tents, O Jacob; how lovely are your homes, O Israel!

and enter the land of Ammon. But do not bother the Ammonites, the descendants of Lot, or start a war with them. I have given the land of Ammon to them as their property, and I will not give you any of their land.'"

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