Neh 13:1-3, 23-26, Psa 106:35, Pro 22:24, Mal 2:11, 15, 1Cor 5:9, 7:39 | ESV | STEP | On 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 ,

i[See ver. 17 above]

j Ezra 10:5; [ch. 10:29, 30]

kSee 1 Kgs. 11:1-8

l 1 Kgs. 3:13; 2 Chr. 1:12

m[2 Sam. 12:24]

n Judg. 3:5, 6; [Ezra 9:2]

o[See ver. 10 above]

pSee Ezra 9:2

q Matt. 19:4, 5; See Gen. 2:24

u[Ezra 9:2]

w[See ver. 10 above]

x[2 Cor. 6:14; Eph. 5:11; 2 Thess. 3:6, 14]

y Rom. 7:2

z[2 Cor. 6:14]

Nehemiah 13:1-3

Nehemiah’s Final Reforms

1 On that day ^athey read from the Book of Moses in the hearing of the people. And in it was found written ^bthat no Ammonite or Moabite should ever enter the assembly of God, 2 for they did not meet the people of Israel with bread and water, but hired Balaam against them to curse them—yet our God turned the curse into a blessing. 3 As soon as the people heard the law, ^cthey separated from Israel all ^dthose of foreign descent.

Nehemiah 13:23-26

23 In those days also I saw the Jews ^ewho had married women ^fof Ashdod, ^gAmmon, and ^hMoab. 24 And 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. 25 ⁱAnd I confronted them and cursed them and beat some of them and pulled out their hair. ^jAnd 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. 26 ^kDid not Solomon king of Israel sin on account of such women? ^lAmong the many nations there was no king like him, and he was ^mbeloved by his God, and God made him king over all Israel. Nevertheless, foreign women made even him to sin.

Psalms 106:35

35 but they ⁿmixed with the nations
and learned to do as they did.

Proverbs 22:24

24 Make no friendship with a man given to anger,
nor go with a wrathful man,

Malachi 2:11

11 Judah has been ^ofaithless, and abomination has been committed in Israel and in Jerusalem. For ^pJudah has profaned the sanctuary of the Lord, which he loves, and has married the daughter of a foreign god.

Malachi 2:15

15 ^qDid he not make them one, with a portion of the Spirit in their union? ^{▼▼Hebrew in it} And what was the one God ^{▼▼Hebrew the one} seeking? ^{▼▼Or And not one has done this who has a portion of the Spirit. And what was that one seeking?} ^uGodly offspring. So guard yourselves ^{▼▼Or So take care; also verse 16} in your spirit, and let none of you be ^wfaithless to the wife of your youth.

1 Corinthians 5:9

9 I wrote to you in my letter ^xnot to associate with sexually immoral people—

1 Corinthians 7:39

39 ^yA wife is bound to her husband as long as he lives. But if her husband dies, she is free to be married to whom she wishes, only ^zin the Lord.