GEN. XIX:30-38-B. C. 1898 30 And Lot went up out of Zoar, and dwelt in the mountain, and his two daughters with him; for he feared to dwell in Zoar: and he dwelt in a cave he and his two daughters. 31 And the first born said unto the younger, Our father is old, and there is not a man in the earth to come in unto us after the manner of all the earth: 32 Come, let us make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father. 33 And they made their father drink wine that night: and the first born went in, and lay with her father; and he perceived not when she lay down, nor when she arose. 34 And it came to pass on the morrow, that the first born said unto the younger, Behold, I lay yesternight with my father: let us make him drink wine this night also; and go thou in, and lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father. 35 And they made their father drink wine that night also: and the younger arose, and lay with him; and he perceived not when she lay down, nor when she arose. 36 Thus were both the daughters of Lot with child by their father. 37 And the first born bare a son, and called his name Moab: the same is the father of the Moabites unto this day. bare a son, and called his name 38 And the younger, she also Benammi: the same is the father of the children of Ammon unto this day. DEUT. II:16-19—B. C. 1451 16 So it came to pass, when all the men of war were consumed and dead from among the people, 17 That the LORD spake unto me, saying, 18 Thou art to pass over through Ar, the coast of Moab, this day: 19 And when thou comest nigh over against the children of Ammon, distress them not, nor meddle with them: for I will not give thee of the land of the children of Ammon any possession; because I have given it unto the children of Lot for a possession. DEUT. XXIII:1-6-B. C. 1451 1 He that is wounded in the stones, or hath his privy member cut off, shall not enter into the congregation of the LORD. 2 A bastard shall not enter into the congregation of the LORD: even to his tenth generation shall he not enter into the congregation of the LORD. 3 An Ammonite or Moabite shall not enter into the congrega tion of the LORD; even to their ZEPH. II:8-11-B. C. 630 4 Because they met you not with bread and with water in the way, when ye came forth out of Egypt; and because they hired against thee Balaam the son of Beor, of Pethor of Mesopotamia, to curse thee. 8¶I have heard the reproach of Moab, and the revilings of the children of Ammon, whereby they have reproached my people, and magnified themselves against their border. 9 Therefore, as I live, saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, Surely Moab shall be as Sodom, 5 Nevertheless the LORD thy God would not hearken unto Balaam; and the children of Ammon as Gobut the LORD thy God turned the morrah, even the breeding of netcurse into a blessing unto thee, be-tles and salt pits, and a perpetual cause the LORD thy God loved desolation; the residue of my peothee. ple shall spoil them, and the rem6 Thou shalt not seek their nant of my people shall possess peace nor their prosperity all thy days for ever. AMOS I:13-15-B. C. 787 13 Thus saith the LORD, For three transgressions of the children of Ammon, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have ripped up the women with child of Gilead, that they might enlarge their border. 14 But I will kindle a fire in the wall of Rabbah, and it shall devour the palaces thereof, with shouting in the day of battle, with a tempest in the day of the whirlwind: 15 And their king shall go into captivity, he and his princes together, saith the LORD. them. re 10 This shall they have for their pride, because they have proached and magnified themselves against the people of the LORD of hosts. 11 The LORD will be terrible unto them; for he will famish all the gods of the earth; and men shall worship him, every one from his place, even all the isles of the heathen. JER. XLIX:1-6-B. C. 600 1 Concerning the Ammonites, thus saith the LORD; Hath Israel no sons? Hath he no heir? why then doth their king inherit Gad, and his people dwell in his cities? 2 Therefore behold, the days EZEK. XXI:28-32-B. C. 593 come, saith the LORD, that I will cause an alarm of war to be heard 28¶ And thou, son of man, prophesy and say, Thus saith the in Rabbah of the Ammonites; and Lord GOD concerning the Ammon ites, and concerning their reproach; even say thou, The sword, it shall be a desolate heap, and her daughters shall be burned with fire: then shall Israel be heir unto them that were his heirs, saith the the sword is drawn for the LORD. 3 Howl, O Heshbon, for Ai is spoiled: cry, ye daughters of Rabbah, gird you with sackcloth; lament, and run to and fro by the hedges; for their king shall go into captivity, and his priests and his princes together. slaughter it is furbished, to consume because of the glittering: 29 Whiles they see vanity unto thee, whiles they divine a lie unto thee, to bring thee upon the necks of them that are slain, of the wick ed, whose day is come, when their iniquity shall have an end. 30 Shall I cause it to return into 4 Wherefore gloriest thou in the valleys, thy flowing valley, O his sheath? I will judge thee in the backsliding daughter? that trust-place where thou wast created, in ed in her treasures, saying, Who the land of thy nativity. shall come unto me? 31 And I will pour out mine indignation upon thee, I will blow against thee in the fire of my wrath, and deliver thee into the hand of brutish men, and skilful 5 Behold, I will bring a fear upon thee, saith the Lord GOD of hosts, from all those that be about thee; and ye shall be driven out every man right forth; and none to destroy. shall gather up him that wander-* 32 Thou shalt be for fuel to the eth. fire; thy blood shall be in the 6 And afterward I will bring midst of the land; thou shalt be again the captivity of the children no more remembered: for I the of Ammon, saith the LORD. LORD have spoken it. *Ezek. 21:32—“... Thou shalt be no more remembered for I the Lord have spoken it." Ezek. 25:10-"... That the Ammonite may not be remembered among the nations." Doubled. |