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Matthew Poole and continuators on Deuteronomy 23:7

Annotations upon the Holy Bible. Browse this work.

Deuteronomy23:7

7 Thou shalt not abhor an Edomite , for he is thy brother : thou shalt not abhor an Egyptian, because thou wast a stranger in his land .

The children of Edom, onely the Amalekites are excepted by Gods particular order, and upon special reason, Deut. 25. 17, 18, 19.

By Esau, Iacobs brother.

And didst receive habitation, protection and provision from them a long time, which kindness thou must not forget for their following persecution. It is ordinary with great men and others, that one injury or offence blots out the remembrance of twenty courtesies, but God doth not deal so with us, nor will he have us to deal so with others, but commands us to overlook and forget injuries, and to remember kindnesses.

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