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Nehemiah 13:22-24
EasyEnglish Bible
Nehemiah 13:22-24
EasyEnglish Bible
22 Then I told the Levites that they must make themselves ready to serve God. I told them to go and stand at the gates as guards. They must keep the Sabbath day as a special day for God.
My God, please remember this good thing that I have done. Because of your faithful love, please be kind to me.
23 Also at that time, I discovered that men from Judah had married foreign women.[a] They were women who came from Ashdod, Ammon and Moab. 24 Half of their children spoke the language of Ashdod, or a language of the other foreign nations. They did not know how to speak the language of Judah.
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- 13:23 God wants his people to worship only him. If the Israelites marry foreign wives, they may also start to worship foreign gods.
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