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A loaf of bread and water-filled clay pitcher rest beside an empty roadside stopping place.
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Deuteronomy 23:5

Bread, Water, and the Hired Curse

Keep the Camp Holy and Protect the Neighbor · Deuteronomy 23

Story guide: The bread and water accompany the remembered failure to meet Israel with provisions on the way from Egypt.

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5because they did not meet you with bread and water on the way when you came out from Egypt, and because he hired Balaam son of Beor from Pethor of Aram-naharaim against you to curse you.

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