Nehemiah 13:24

Modern English Version

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.

Cross References

Nehemiah 13:23

Moreover, in those days I also saw Jews who had married the women of Ashdod, Ammon, and Moab.

Nehemiah 13:25

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.

Zephaniah 3:9

For then I will restore to the peoples a pure speech that all of them may call on the name of the Lord, to serve Him with one accord.