7 Then he spoke this proverbial saying:+

‘Do come to curse Jacob for me.

Yes, come to denounce Israel.’+

9 Then Baʹlak son of Zipʹpor, the king of Moʹab, rose up and fought against Israel. So he summoned Baʹlaam the son of Beʹor to curse you.+

13 On that day the book of Moses was read in the hearing of the people,+ and it was found written that no Amʹmon·ite or Moʹab·ite+ should ever enter the congregation of the true God,+ 2 for they had not met the Israelites with bread and water, but instead they had hired Baʹlaam against them to curse them.+ However, our God had changed the curse into a blessing.+