Nehemiah 13:23

23 Moreover, in those days I saw men of Judah who had married women from Ashdod, Ammon and Moab.

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Nehemiah 13:23 in Other Translations

KJV

23 In those days also saw I Jews that had married wives of Ashdod, of Ammon, and of Moab:

ESV

23 In those days also I saw the Jews who had married women of Ashdod, Ammon, and Moab.

NLT

23 About the same time I realized that some of the men of Judah had married women from Ashdod, Ammon, and Moab.

MSG

23 Also in those days I saw Jews who had married women from Ashdod, Ammon, and Moab.

CSB

23 In those days I also saw Jews who had married women from Ashdod, Ammon, and Moab.

Nehemiah 13:23 Meaning and Commentary

Nehemiah 13:23

In those days also I saw Jews that married wives of Ashdod,
of Ammon, and of Moab.
] Ashdod, or Azotus, as it is called in ( Acts 8:40 ) , was one of the five cities of the Philistines; which, though none of the seven nations with whom marriage was forbid, yet it was very unfit and improper to marry with them, ( Judges 14:3 ) . This place was a mart of the Arabians ^F8, where they sold their goods, to which the Jews might resort, and thereby be ensnared into such marriages; and which with the Ammonites and Moabites were unlawful, ( Nehemiah 13:1 ) .

FOOTNOTES:

F8 Mela de Situ Orbis, l. 1. c. 10.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Nehemiah 13:23 In-Context

21 But I warned them and said, “Why do you spend the night by the wall? If you do this again, I will arrest you.” From that time on they no longer came on the Sabbath.

22 Then I commanded the Levites to purify themselves and go and guard the gates in order to keep the Sabbath day holy. Remember me for this also, my God, and show mercy to me according to your great love.

23 Moreover, in those days I saw men of Judah who had married women from Ashdod, Ammon and Moab.

24 Half of their children spoke the language of Ashdod or the language of one of the other peoples, and did not know how to speak the language of Judah.

25 I rebuked them and called curses down on them. I beat some of the men and pulled out their hair. I made them take an oath in God’s name and said: “You are not to give your daughters in marriage to their sons, nor are you to take their daughters in marriage for your sons or for yourselves.

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1. Ezra 9:1-2; Malachi 2:11
2. ver 1; S ver 1,S 3; Exodus 34:16; S Ruth 1:4; S Nehemiah 10:30

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