Deuteronomy 23:6 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Bible Comments

i. e. “thou shalt not invite them robe on terms of amity with thee (compare Deuteronomy 20:10 ff), nor make their welfare thy care”: compare Ezra 9:12. There is no injunction to hatred or retaliation (compare Deuteronomy 2:9, Deuteronomy 2:19); but later history contains frequent record of hostility between Israel and these nations.

Deuteronomy 23:6

6 Thou shalt not seek their peace nor their prosperitya all thy days for ever.