Nehemiah 13:24
and their children spoke half in the speech of Ashdod, and could not speak in the Jews' language, but according to the language of each people.
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- Zeph 3:9 : 9 For then I will purify the lips of the peoples, that they may all call on the name of Yahweh, to serve him shoulder to shoulder.
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