Nehemiah 13:24

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

Berean Standard Bible

In The King James Version

And their children spake half in the speech of Ashdod, and could not speak in the Jews’ language, but according to the language of each people.

In Context

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

25I rebuked them and called down curses on them. I beat some of these men and pulled out their hair. Then I made them take an oath before God and said, “You must not give your daughters in marriage to their sons or take their daughters as wives for your sons or for yourselves!

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Matthew Henry on Nehemiah 13:24-31

The Dismissal of Strange Wives. ( b. c. 434.) 23 In those days also saw I Jews that had married wives of Ashdod, of Ammon, and of Moab: 24 And their children spake half in the speech of Ashdod, and could not speak in the Jews' language, but according to the language of each people. 25 And I contended with them, and cursed them, and smote certain of them, and plucked off their hair, and made them swear by God, saying, Ye shall not give your daughters unto their sons, nor take their daughters unto your sons, or for… Read the whole commentary →

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