New American Standard Bible 1995

Nehemiah 13:23-28

23In thoseהָהֵ֗םha.HemH1992daysבַּיָּמִ֣יםbai.ya.MimH3117I alsoגַּ֣ם׀gamH1571sawרָאִ֤יתִיra.'I.tiH7200that the Jewsהַיְּהוּדִים֙hai.ye.hu.DimH3064hadmarriedהֹשִׁ֗יבוּho.Shi.vuH3427womenנָשִׁים֙na.ShimH802fromAshdodאַשְׁדֳּדִיּ֔וֹת'ash.do.di.yotH796,AmmonH5985andMoabמוֹאֲבִיּֽוֹת׃mo.'a.vi.YotH4125.

24As for their childrenוּבְנֵיהֶ֗םu.ve.nei.HemH1121,halfחֲצִי֙cha.TziH2677spokeמְדַבֵּ֣רme.da.BerH1696in the languageH797of AshdodH797,and noneוְאֵינָ֥םve.'ei.NamH369of them was ableמַכִּירִ֖יםma.ki.RimH5234to speakלְדַבֵּ֣רle.da.BerH1696the languageH3066of JudahH3066, butthe languageוְכִלְשׁ֖וֹןve.khil.ShonH3956of his ownעַ֥ם'amH5971peopleוָעָֽם׃va.'AmH5971.

25SoI contendedוָאָרִ֤יבva.'a.RivH7378with them and cursedוָאֲקַֽלְלֵ֔םva.'a.ka.LemH7043them andstruckוָאַכֶּ֥הva.'a.KehH5221someH376of them and pulledוָֽאֶמְרְטֵ֑םva.'em.re.TemH4803out their hairH4803, andmade them swearוָאַשְׁבִּיעֵ֣םva.'ash.bi.'EmH7650by Godבֵּֽאלֹהִ֗יםbe.lo.HimH430, “You shall not giveתִּתְּנ֤וּti.te.NuH5414your daughtersבְנֹֽתֵיכֶם֙ve.no.tei.KhemH1323to their sonsלִבְנֵיהֶ֔םliv.nei.HemH1121,norH518takeתִּשְׂאוּ֙tis.'UH5375of their daughtersמִבְּנֹ֣תֵיהֶ֔םmi.be.No.tei.HemH1323for your sonsלִבְנֵיכֶ֖םliv.nei.KhemH1121or for yourselves.

26Did not Solomonשְׁלֹמֹ֣הshe.lo.MohH8010kingמֶ֣לֶךְMe.lekhH4428of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵ֡לYis.ra.'ElH3478sinH2398regardingעַל־'al-H5921theseH428thingsH428?Yet among the manyהָרַבִּים֩ha.ra.BimH7227nationsוּבַגּוֹיִ֣םu.va.go.YimH1471there was noH3808kingמֶ֜לֶךְMe.lekhH4428likeכָּמֹ֗הוּka.Mo.huH3644him, andhe was lovedוְאָה֤וּבve.'a.HuvH157by his Godלֵֽאלֹהָיו֙le.lo.HavH430,and Godאֱלֹהִ֔ים'E.lo.HimH430madeוַיִּתְּנֵ֣הוּvai.yi.te.Ne.huH5414him kingמֶ֖לֶךְMe.lekhH4428overעַל־'al-H5921allכָּל־kol-H3605Israelיִשְׂרָאֵ֑לYis.ra.'ElH3478;neverthelessH1571the foreignהַנָּכְרִיּֽוֹת׃ha.na.khe.ri.YotH5237womenהַנָּשִׁ֖יםha.na.ShimH802caused evenH1571him to sinH2403.

27Do we then hearהֲנִשְׁמַ֗עha.nish.Ma'H8085about you that you have committedלַעֲשֹׂת֙la.'a.SotH6213allכָּל־kol-H3605thisH2088greatהַגְּדוֹלָה֙ha.ge.do.LahH1419evilH7463by actingלִמְעֹ֖לlim.'OlH4603unfaithfullyH4603against our Godבֵּֽאלֹהֵ֑ינוּbe.lo.Hei.nuH430bymarryingלְהֹשִׁ֖יבle.ho.ShivH3427foreignנָכְרִיּֽוֹת׃na.khe.ri.YotH5237womenנָשִׁ֥יםna.ShimH802?”

28Even one of the sonsוּמִבְּנֵ֨יu.mi.be.NeiH1121of JoiadaH3077,the sonבֶּן־ben-H1121of Eliashibאֶלְיָשִׁיב֙'el.ya.ShivH475the highהַגָּד֔וֹלha.ga.DolH1419priestהַכֹּהֵ֣ןha.ko.HenH3548,was a son-in-lawחָתָ֖ןcha.TanH2860ofSanballatלְסַנְבַלַּ֣טle.san.va.LatH5571the Horoniteהַחֹרֹנִ֑יha.cho.ro.NiH2772,so I droveH1272him awayוָאַבְרִיחֵ֖הוּva.'av.ri.Che.huH1272from me.

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