Verse 23
Nehemiah 13:23
Bible in Basic English
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And in those days I saw the Jews who were married to women of Ashdod and Ammon and Moab:
Original Language Text
hebrew
גַּ֣ם בַּ/יָּמִ֣ים הָ/הֵ֗ם רָאִ֤יתִי אֶת הַ/יְּהוּדִים֙ הֹשִׁ֗יבוּ נָשִׁים֙ אשדודיות אַשְׁדֳּדִיּ֔וֹת עמוניות עַמֳּנִיּ֖וֹת מוֹאֲבִיּֽוֹת
English Translation
Also in those days I saw that the Jews had married women from Ashdod, Ashdodites, Ammonites, and Moabites.
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Chapter 13 Context
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On that day there was a reading from the book of Moses in the hearing of the people; and they saw th...
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Because they did not give the children of Israel bread and water when they came to them, but got Bal...
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So after hearing the law, they took out of Israel all the mixed people.
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Now before this, Eliashib the priest, who had been placed over the rooms of the house of our God (El...
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Had made ready for him a great room, where at one time they kept the meal offerings, the perfume, an...
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But all this time I was not at Jerusalem: for in the thirty-second year of Artaxerxes, king of Babyl...
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And I came to Jerusalem; and it was clear to me what evil Eliashib had done for Tobiah, in making re...
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And it was evil in my eyes: so I had all Tobiah's things put out of the room.
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Then I gave orders, and they made the rooms clean: and I put back in them the vessels of the house o...
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And I saw that the Levites had not been given what was needed for their support; so that the Levites...
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Then I made protests to the chiefs, and said, Why has the house of God (Elohim) been given up? And I...
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Then all Judah came with the tenth part of the grain and wine and oil and put it into the store-hous...
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And I made controllers over the store-houses, Shelemiah the priest and Zadok the scribe, and of the...
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Keep me in mind, O my God (Elohim), in connection with this, and do not let the good which I have do...
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In those days, I saw in Judah some who were crushing grapes on the Sabbath, and getting in grain and...
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And there were men of Tyre there, who came with fish and all sorts of goods, trading with the childr...
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Then I made protests to the chiefs of Judah, and said to them, What is this evil which you are doing...
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Did not your fathers do the same, and did not our God (Elohim) send all this evil on us and on this...
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And so, when the streets of Jerusalem were getting dark before the Sabbath, I gave orders for the do...
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So the traders in all sorts of goods took their night's rest outside Jerusalem once or twice.
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Then I gave witness against them and said, Why are you waiting all night by the wall? if you do so a...
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And I gave the Levites orders to make themselves clean and come and keep the doors and make the Sabb...
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And in those days I saw the Jews who were married to women of Ashdod and Ammon and Moab:
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And their children were talking half in the language of Ashdod; they had no knowledge of the Jews' l...
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And I took up the cause against them, cursing them and giving blows to some of them and pulling out...
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Was it not in these things that Solomon, king of Israel, did wrong? among a number of nations there...
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Are we then without protest to let you do all this great evil, sinning against our God (Elohim) by t...
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And one of the sons of Joiada, the son of Eliashib, the chief priest, was son-in-law to Sanballat th...
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Keep them in mind, O my God (Elohim), because they have put shame on the priests' name and on the ag...
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So I made them clean from all strange people, and had regular watches fixed for the priests and for...
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And for the wood offering, at fixed times, and for the first fruits. Keep me in mind, O my God (Eloh...
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