Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Deuteronomy 23:4
(4) Because they met you not with bread and with water.—We learn incidentally from this passage how the Moabites and the Ammonites requited the forbearance shown them by the Israelites (Deuteronomy 2:9; Deuteronomy 2:19; Deuteronomy 2:29). No one not acquainted with the details of Israel’s intercourse with these people on their journey could have written thus.Because they hired against thee Balaam.—See Numbers 22:0 and Numbers 31:16, and Numbers 25:0. read more
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Deuteronomy 23:3
(3) An Ammonite or Moabite shall not enter. According to Rashi, “shall not marry an Israelitish woman.” It must be remembered that the children, according to Jewish law, follow the father, not the mother. The case of Ruth would not, therefore, be touched by this precept. read more