Nehemiah 13:23-30

23In those daysH3117 alsoH1571 sawH7200 I the JewsH3064 that had married womenH802 of Ashdod, of Ammon, andof Moab: 24and their children spake halfH2677 in the speech of Ashdod, and could not speakH1696 in the Jews’ languageH3956, but according to the languageH3956 of each peopleH5971. 25And I contendedH7378 with them, and cursedH7043 them, and smote certain of them, and plucked off their hair, and madeH5414 them swearH7650 by GodH430, saying, Ye shall not giveH5414 your daughtersH1323 unto their sonsH1121, nor takeH5375 their daughtersH1323 for your sonsH1121, or for yourselves. 26Did not SolomonH8010 kingH4428 of IsraelH3478 sinH2398 by these thingsH428? yet among manyH7227 nationsH1471 wasH1961 there no kingH4428 like him, and he wasH1961 beloved of his GodH430, and GodH430 madeH5414 him kingH4428 over all IsraelH3478: nevertheless even him did foreignH5237 womenH802 cause to sinH2398. 27Shall we then hearken unto you to do all this greatH1419 evilH7451, to trespass against our GodH430 in marrying foreignH5237 womenH802?

28And one of the sonsH1121 of JoiadaH3111, the sonH1121 of EliashibH475 the high priestH3548, was son-in-law to SanballatH5571 the HoroniteH2772: therefore I chased him from me. 29RememberH2142 them, O my GodH430, because they have defiled the priesthoodH3550, and the covenantH1285 of the priesthoodH3550, and of the LevitesH3881.

30Thus cleansedH2891 I them from all foreigners, and appointedH5975 charges for the priestsH3548 and for the LevitesH3881, every oneH376 in his workH4399;