Nehemiah · נְחֶמְיָה

Nehemiah 13:2

כִּ֣י לֹ֣א קִדְּמ֡וּ אֶת בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֡ל בַּלֶּ֡חֶם וּבַמָּ֡יִם וַיִּשְׂכֹּ֣ר עָלָ֡יו אֶת בִּלְעָ֡ם לְקַלְּל֑וֹ וַיַּהֲפֹ֧ךְ אֱלֹהֵ֛ינוּ הַקְּלָלָ֖ה לִבְרָכָֽה׃
kiy loʾ qidmv ʾet bney yishraʾel baleḥem vbamayim vayishkor ʿalayv ʾet bilʿam lqallvo vayahapok ʾeloheynv haqlalah librakah
King James Version (KJV)

Because they met not the children of Israel with bread and with water, but hired Balaam against them, that he should curse them: howbeit our God turned the curse into a blessing.

Modern English

because they did not meet the people of Israel with bread and water, but hired Balaam against them to curse them—yet our God turned the curse into a blessing.

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