Nehemiah 13:21-23
1599 Geneva Bible
21 And I protested among them, and said unto them, Why tarry ye all night about the wall? If ye do it once again, I will lay hands upon you. From that time came they no more on the Sabbath.
22 ¶ And I said unto the Levites, that they should cleanse themselves, and that they should come and [a]keep the gates, to sanctify the Sabbath day. Remember me, O my God, concerning this, and pardon me according to thy great mercy.
23 In those days also I saw Jews that married wives of [b]Ashdod, of Ammon, and of Moab.
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- Nehemiah 13:22 Meaning, of the Temple, that none that was unclean, should enter.
- Nehemiah 13:23 Which was a city of the Philistines, and they had married wives thereof, and so had corrupted their speech and Religion.
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