Nehemiah 13:24

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Half of their children spoke the language of Ashdod or the language of other peoples, but they could not speak the language of Judah.

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  • Zeph 3:9 : 9 For at that time, I will transform the speech of the peoples to a pure language, so that all of them may call upon the name of the LORD and serve Him shoulder to shoulder.

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

  • Neh 13:25
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    25So I confronted them, cursed them, struck some of them, pulled out their hair, and made them swear by God: 'You must not give your daughters in marriage to their sons or take their daughters for your sons or yourselves.'

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    1When these things were completed, the officials approached me and said, 'The people of Israel, including the priests and Levites, have not separated themselves from the surrounding peoples and their detestable practices, like those of the Canaanites, Hittites, Perizzites, Jebusites, Ammonites, Moabites, Egyptians, and Amorites.'

    2They have taken some of their daughters as wives for themselves and their sons, and they have mingled the holy seed with the peoples of the lands. Furthermore, the leaders and officials have been foremost in this unfaithfulness.

  • Neh 13:27-28
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    27Must we then hear about you committing all this terrible evil, acting unfaithfully against our God by marrying foreign women?

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  • Neh 10:28-30
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    28Malluch, Harim, and Baanah.

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    30joined together with their relatives and nobles, committing themselves with a curse and an oath to follow the Law of God, given through Moses, the servant of God, and to obey carefully all the commands, regulations, and decrees of the LORD our Lord.

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    19Then the people said to me, 'Will you not tell us what these things mean for us, since you are acting this way?'

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