Neh 13:23-27 | NASB1995 | STEP | In those days I also saw that the Jews had married women from Ashdod , Ammon and Moab .

Nehemiah 13:23-27

Mixed Marriages Forbidden

23 In those days I also saw that the Jews had ^{▼▼ Lit given dwelling to
,} ^bmarried women from ^cAshdod, ^dAmmon and Moab. 24 As for their children, half spoke in the language of Ashdod, and none of them was able to speak the language of Judah, but ^{▼▼ Lit according to the tongue of people and people}the language of his own people. 25 So ^fI contended with them and cursed them and ^gstruck some of them and pulled out their hair, and ^hmade them swear by God, “You shall not give your daughters to their sons, nor take of their daughters for your sons or for yourselves. 26 ⁱ“Did not Solomon king of Israel sin regarding these things? ^jYet among the many nations there was no king like him, and ^khe was loved by his God, and God made him king over all Israel; nevertheless the foreign women caused even him to sin. 27 ^{▼▼ Or Is it reported}“Do we then hear about you that you have committed all this great evil ^mby acting unfaithfully against our God by ^{▼▼ Lit giving dwelling to}marrying foreign women?”