Nehemiah 13:23-25

Modern English Version

²³ Moreover, in those days I also saw Jews who had married the women of Ashdod, Ammon, and Moab. ²⁴ Half of their children spoke in the language of Ashdod, yet none of them could recognize the language of the Jews. This was true language by language. ²⁵ So I confronted them and cursed them. Some of the men I beat. Others, I plucked out their hair. Also, I made them swear an oath by God and said to them, “You shall neither give your daughters to their sons, nor marry their daughters to your sons or to yourselves.