Nehemiah 13:23-25

Contemporary English Version

Mixed Marriages

^23 (A) I discovered that some Jewish men had married women from Ashdod, Ammon, and Moab. ²⁴ About half of their children could not speak Hebrew—they spoke only the language of Ashdod or some other foreign language. ²⁵ So in my anger, I called down curses on those men. I had them beaten and even pulled out the hair of some of them. Then I made them promise:

In the name of God we solemnly promise not to let our sons and daughters marry foreigners.