Nehemiah 13:23-25

New English Translation

²³ Also in those days I saw the men of Judah who had married women from Ashdod, Ammon, and Moab. ²⁴ Half their children spoke the language of Ashdod (or the language of one of the other peoples mentioned^[a]) and were unable to speak the language of Judah. ²⁵ So I entered a complaint with them. I called down a curse on them, and I struck some of the men and pulled out their hair. I had them swear by God saying, “You will not marry off^[b] your daughters to their sons, and you will not take any of their daughters as wives for your sons or for yourselves.