Nehemiah 13
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Nehemiah 13:23-29

23In thoseH1992 daysH3117 I alsoH1571 sawH7200 that the JewsH3064 had 12marriedH3427 womenH802 from 3AshdodH796, 4AmmonH5985, and MoabH4125. 24As for their childrenH1121, halfH2677 spokeH1696 in the languageH797 ofH797 AshdodH797, and noneH369 of them knewH5234 howH5234 to speakH1696 the languageH3066 ofH3066 JudahH3066, but 5only the languageH3956 of his ownH5971 peopleH5971. 25So 6I quarreledH7378 with them and cursedH7043 them, and 7struckH5221 someH376 of them and pulledH4803 outH4803 their hairH4803, and 8made them swearH7650 by GodH430, “You shall not giveH5414 your daughtersH1323 to their sonsH1121, norH518 takeH5375 any of their daughtersH1323 for your sonsH1121 or for yourselves. 269Did SolomonH8010 the kingH4428 of IsraelH3478 not sinH2398 regardingH5921 theseH428 thingsH428? 10Yet among the manyH7227 nationsH1471 there was noH3808 kingH4428 likeH3644 him, and 11he was lovedH157 by his GodH430, and GodH430 madeH5414 him kingH4428 overH5921 allH3605 IsraelH3478; yet the foreignH5237 womenH802 caused evenH1571 him to sinH2403. 27Has it not then been reportedH8085 about you that you have committedH6213 allH3605 thisH2088 greatH1419 evilH7463 12by actingH4603 unfaithfullyH4603 against our GodH430, by 13marryingH3427 foreignH5237 womenH802?” 28Even one of the sonsH1121 of JoiadaH3077, the sonH1121 of EliashibH475 the highH1419 priestH3548, became a son-in-lawH2860 of 14SanballatH5571 the HoroniteH2772, so I chasedH1272 him awayH1272 from me. 2915RememberH2142 them, my GodH430, 16becauseH5921 they have defiledH1352 the priesthoodH3550 and the 17covenantH1285 of the priesthoodH3550 and the LevitesH3881.

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Notes

  1. 1. Nehemiah 13:23 Lit given dwelling to ↩
  2. 2. Nehemiah 13:23 Ex 34:11-16; Deut 7:1-5; Ezra 9:2; Neh 10:30 ↩
  3. 3. Nehemiah 13:23 Neh 4:7 ↩
  4. 4. Nehemiah 13:23 Ezra 9:1; Neh 13:1 ↩
  5. 5. Nehemiah 13:24 Lit according to the tongue of people and people ↩
  6. 6. Nehemiah 13:25 Neh 13:11, 17 ↩
  7. 7. Nehemiah 13:25 Deut 25:2 ↩
  8. 8. Nehemiah 13:25 Neh 10:29, 30 ↩
  9. 9. Nehemiah 13:26 1 Kin 11:1 ↩
  10. 10. Nehemiah 13:26 1 Kin 3:13; 2 Chr 1:12 ↩
  11. 11. Nehemiah 13:26 2 Sam 12:24, 25 ↩
  12. 12. Nehemiah 13:27 Ezra 10:2; Neh 13:23 ↩
  13. 13. Nehemiah 13:27 Lit giving dwelling to ↩
  14. 14. Nehemiah 13:28 Neh 2:10, 19; 4:1 ↩
  15. 15. Nehemiah 13:29 Neh 6:14 ↩
  16. 16. Nehemiah 13:29 Lit for the defilements of ↩
  17. 17. Nehemiah 13:29 Num 25:13 ↩

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