Nehemiah 13:23

Nehemiah 13:23 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)In those days also saw I Jews that had married wives of Ashdod, of Ammon, and of Moab:
• New International Version (NIV)Moreover, in those days I saw men of Judah who had married women from Ashdod, Ammon and Moab.
• New King James Version (NKJV)In those days I also saw Jews who had married women of Ashdod, Ammon, and Moab.
• New Living Translation (NLT)About the same time I realized that some of the men of Judah had married women from Ashdod, Ammon, and Moab.

Context of Nehemiah 13:23

21But I warned them and said to them, "Why do you lodge outside the wall? If you do so again, I will lay hands on you." From that time on they did not come on the Sabbath. 22Then I commanded the Levites that they should purify themselves and come and guard the gates, to keep the Sabbath day holy. Remember this also in my favor, O my God, and spare me according to the greatness of your steadfast love. In those days also I saw the Jews who had married women of Ashdod, Ammon, and Moab. 24And half of their children spoke the language of Ashdod, and they could not speak the language of Judah, but only the language of each people. 25And I confronted them and cursed them and beat some of them and pulled out their hair. And I made them take an oath in the name of God, saying, "You shall not give your daughters to their sons, or take their daughters for your sons or for yourselves.

Nehemiah 13:23 word by word

גַּ֣ם׀ בַּיָּמִ֣ים הָהֵ֗ם רָאִ֤יתִי אֶת־הַיְּהוּדִים֙ הֹשִׁ֗יבוּ נָשִׁים֙ אַשְׁדֳּדִיּ֔וֹת עַמֳּנִיּ֖וֹת מוֹאֲבִיּֽוֹת׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• In those daysיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
• also sawרָאָהrâ'âh · to see: seeH7200
• I Jewsיְהוּדִיyehûdîy · JewH3064
• had marriedיָשַׁבyâshab · to dwellH3427
• wivesאִשָּׁה'ishshâh nâshîym · womanH802
• of Ashdodאַשְׁדּוֹדִי'ashdôdîy · AshdodH796
• of Ammonעַמּוֹנִי‛ammônîy · AmmonH5984
• of Moabמוֹאָבִיmô'âbîy mô'âbîyâh mô'âbîyth · MoabiteH4125

Cross-references for Nehemiah 13:23

• Nehemiah 10:30We will not give our daughters to the peoples of the land or take their daughters for our sons.
• Ezra 9:2For they have taken some of their daughters to be wives for themselves and for their sons, so that the holy race has mixed itself with the peoples of the lands. And in this faithlessness the hand of the officials and chief men has been foremost."
• Ezra 10:10And Ezra the priest stood up and said to them, "You have broken faith and married foreign women, and so increased the guilt of Israel.
• 2 Corinthians 6:14Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership has righteousness with lawlessness? Or what fellowship has light with darkness?
• 1 Samuel 5:1When the Philistines captured the ark of God, they brought it from Ebenezer to Ashdod.
• Nehemiah 13:1On that day they read from the Book of Moses in the hearing of the people. And in it was found written that no Ammonite or Moabite should ever enter the assembly of God,

Commentaries on Nehemiah 13:23

• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 23-31Verses 23-31 If either parent be ungodly, corrupt nature will incline the children to take after that one; which is a strong reason why Christians should not be unequally yoked. In the education of children, great care should be taken about the government of their tongues; that they learn not the language of Ashdod, no impious or impure talk, no corrupt communication. Nehemiah showed the evil of these marriages. Some, more obstinate than the rest, he…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 23-24The earlier marriage reforms (Nehemiah 9:2; 10:28; Ezra 9:1–10:44) did not last. The children could not speak Hebrew, the language of Judah. This was disastrous because they could not read or understand the Scriptures.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 15-3115-22. In those days saw I in Judah some treading wine-presses on the sabbath--The cessation of the temple services had been necessarily followed by a public profanation of the Sabbath, and this had gone so far that labor was carried on in the fields, and fish brought to the markets on the sacred day. Nehemiah took the decisive step of ordering the city gates to be shut, and not to be opened, till the Sabbath was past; and in order to ensure the faithful…Read the comment

Topics related to Nehemiah 13:23

• Ammonites
• Ashdod
• Divorce
• Moabites
• Zeal, Religious

In the dictionaries

• Ammon
• Ashdod
• Moab
• Ammon; Ammonites
• Moab; Moabites
• Ashdod, or Azotus
• Ammon, Ammonite
• Ashdod, Azotus
• Moab, Moabite
• Contend

Commentaries on Nehemiah 13

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings