Nehemiah 13:24

Half their children could only speak the language of Ashdod or that of another people, and didn't know how to speak the language of Judah.

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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

23Around the same time I realized some Jews had married women from Ashdod, Moab, and Ammon.

25So I confronted them and told them they were cursed. I beat some of them and pulled out their hair. Then I made them take an oath before God, saying, “You must not allow your daughters to marry their sons, or allow your sons—or yourselves— to marry their daughters.

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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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