Deuteronomy 23:6
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Thou shalt not make peace with them, neither shalt thou seek their prosperity all the days of thy life for ever.

Thou shalt

2 Samuel 8:2 And he defeated Moab, and measured them with a line, casting them down to the earth: and he measured with two lines, one to put to death, and one to save alive: and Moab was made to serve David under tribute.

2 Samuel 12:31 And bringing forth the people thereof he sawed them, and drove over them chariots armed with iron: and divided them with knives, and made them pass through brickkilns: so did he to all the cities of the children of Ammon: and David returned, with all the army to Jerusalem.

Ezra 9:12 Now therefore give not your daughters to their sons, and take not their daughters for your sons, and seek not their peace, nor their prosperity for ever: that you may be strengthened, and may eat the good things of the land, and may have your children your heirs for ever.

Nehemiah 13:23-25 In those days also I saw Jews that married wives, women of Azotus, and of Ammon, and of Moab. . . .

prosperity [heb] good

Context
Exclusion from the Congregation
5And the Lord thy God would not hear Balaam, and he turned his cursing into thy blessing, because he loved thee. 6Thou shalt not make peace with them, neither shalt thou seek their prosperity all the days of thy life for ever.7Thou shalt not abhor the Edomite, because he is thy brother: nor the Egyptian, because thou wast a stranger in his land.…
Cross References
Ezra 9:12
Now therefore give not your daughters to their sons, and take not their daughters for your sons, and seek not their peace, nor their prosperity for ever: that you may be strengthened, and may eat the good things of the land, and may have your children your heirs for ever.

Daniel 4:27
And the king answered, and said: Is not this the great Babylon, which I have built, to be the seat of the kingdom, by the strength of my power, and in the glory of my excellence?

Lexicon
You are not to
לֹא־ (lō-)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no

seek
תִדְרֹ֥שׁ (ṯiḏ·rōš)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1875: To tread, frequent, to follow, to seek, ask, to worship

peace
שְׁלֹמָ֖ם (šə·lō·mām)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 7965: Safe, well, happy, friendly, welfare, health, prosperity, peace

or prosperity from them
וְטֹבָתָ֑ם (wə·ṭō·ḇā·ṯām)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 2896: Pleasant, agreeable, good

as long as you live.
כָּל־ (kāl-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 3605: The whole, all, any, every


Additional Translations
You are not to seek peace or prosperity from them as long as you live.You shall not seek their peace nor their prosperity all your days for ever.

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

Thou shalt not speak peaceably or profitably to them all thy days for ever.

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

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

Thou shalt not seek their peace, nor their prosperity all thy days for ever.

You shall not seek their peace nor their prosperity all your days forever.

thou dost not seek their peace and their good all thy days -- to the age.
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