Further Reforms by Nehemiah

13 On that day the book of Moses was read aloud in the hearing^[a] of the people. They found^[b] written in it that no Ammonite or Moabite may ever enter the assembly of God, ² for they had not met the Israelites with food^[c] and water, but instead had hired Balaam to curse them. (Our God, however, turned the curse into blessing.) ³ When they heard the law, they removed from Israel all who were of mixed ancestry.