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.
• English Standard Version (ESV)In those days also I saw the Jews who had married women of 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.

Context of Nehemiah 13:23

21But I warned them and said to them, “Why are you camping next to the wall? If you do so again, I will lay hands on you.” From that time they no longer came on the Shabbat. 22Then I commanded the Levites to purify themselves, and to come and guard the gates in order to sanctify Yom Shabbat. Remember this also on my behalf, O my God, and have compassion on me according to the greatness of your lovingkindness. In those days I also saw Jews who had married women from Ashdod, Ammon and Moab. 24Half of their children spoke the dialect of Ashdod or the language of other peoples, but none of them understood the language of Judah. 25So I rebuked them. I cursed them, beat some of their men and pulled their beards. I made them swear by 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 10:30all join their brothers the nobles, and enter into a curse and an oath to walk in the Torah of God given through Moses the servant of God, and to keep and do all the mitzvot of Adonai our Lord, along with His ordinances and His statutes.
• Ezra 9:2For they have taken some of their daughters as wives for themselves and for their sons and have mingled the holy seed with the peoples of the lands. Indeed, the hand of the leaders and the officials have been at the forefront in this unfaithful act.”
• Ezra 10:10Then Ezra the kohen stood up and said to them, “You have been unfaithful and taken foreign wives, increasing the guilt of Israel.
• 2 Corinthians 6:14Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership is there between righteousness and lawlessness? Or what fellowship does light have with darkness?
• 1 Samuel 5:1Now the Philistines had taken the ark of God and they brought it from Eben-ezer to Ashdod.
• Nehemiah 13:1On that day, the scroll of Moses was read aloud in the hearing of the people. The command was found written in it that no Ammonite or Moabite should enter into the assembly of God forever.

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