Nehemiah 13:24

New American Bible - revised edition

Of their children, half spoke the language of Ashdod, or of one of the other peoples, and none of them knew how to speak the language of Judah.

Cross References

Nehemiah 13:23

Also in those days I saw Jews who had married women of Ashdod, Ammon, or Moab.

Nehemiah 13:25

So I reprimanded and cursed them; I beat some of their men and pulled out their hair; and I adjured them by God: “You shall not marry your daughters to their sons nor accept any of their daughters for your sons or for yourselves!

Zephaniah 3:9

For then I will make pure the speech of the peoples, That they all may call upon the name of the Lord, to serve him with one accord;