Nehemiah 13:23

Translations

Modern

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

Traditional

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

Literal

Also in those days I saw the Judeans who had settled with women—Ashdodite, Ammonite, and Moabite.

Latin

Sed et in diebus illis vidi Judæos ducentes uxores Azotidas, Ammonitidas, et Moabitidas.

Original

Hebrew

English

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

Notes

Nehemiah 13:23–24

The earlier marriage reforms (Nehemiah 9:2; 10:28; Ezra 9:1–10:44) did not last. The children could not speak Hebrew, the language of Judah. This was disastrous because they could not read or understand the Scriptures.

Nehemiah 13:15–31

Nehemiah made two more changes to bring back correct Sabbath observance (Nehemiah 13:15–22) and correct marriage practices (13:23–31). These two sections follow a similar pattern: Nehemiah found a problem, fixed it, and then asked God for a blessing.

Theme notes and profiles

Nehemiah Dealing with Conflict God Works through Prayer

Related verses

Ezra 9:1–2
After these things had been accomplished, the leaders approached me and said, “The people of Israel, including the priests and Levites, have not kept themselves separate from the surrounding peoples whose abominations are like those of the Canaanites, Hittites, Perizzites, Jebusites, Ammonites, Moabites, Egyptians, and Amorites.
Nehemiah 10:30
We will not give our daughters in marriage to the people of the land, and we will not take their daughters for our sons.
Ezra 10:10
Then Ezra the priest stood up and said to them, “You have been unfaithful by marrying foreign women, adding to the guilt of Israel.
Nehemiah 13:1
At that time the Book of Moses was read aloud in the hearing of the people, and in it they found the passage stating that no Ammonite or Moabite should ever enter the assembly of God,
2 Corinthians 6:14
Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership can righteousness have with wickedness? Or what fellowship does light have with darkness?
Ezra 10:44
All these men had married foreign women, and some of them had children by these wives.
1 Samuel 5:1
After the Philistines had captured the ark of God, they took it from Ebenezer to Ashdod,
Ezra 9:11–12
…that You gave through Your servants the prophets, saying: ‘The land that you are entering to possess is a land polluted by the impurity of its peoples and the abominations with which they have filled it from end to end.
Nehemiah 4:7
When Sanballat and Tobiah, together with the Arabs, Ammonites, and Ashdodites, heard that the repair to the walls of Jerusalem was progressing and that the gaps were being closed, they were furious,

Parallels

Ezra 9:1–4

People

Judah: Israelite tribe, kingdom, and province

Places

Ammon: An ancient nation and its capital city, enemies of Israel Ashdod: A major Philistine city, known for Dagon worship Moab: Ancient kingdom east of the Dead Sea in Jordan

Glossary

Ashdod, Ashdodite, Ashdothite Book of Nehemiah Elephantine Papyri Eliashib Genealogy Malachi, Book of Mixed Marriage Moab, Moabites Nehemiah (Person) Postexilic Period

Topics

Alliance and Society with the Enemies of God: Persons in Authority should Denounce Ammonites: Jews Intermarry With Ashdod: Jews Intermarry With Divorce: Forced on Those Who had Idolatrous Wives Divorce: General Scriptures Concerning Marriage: The Jews: Often Contracted with Foreigners Moabites are a Snare to the Israelites Moabites: Israelites: Sometimes Intermarried With Religious Zeal: Nehemiah The Ammonites: The Jews Reprobated for Intermarrying With

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