Nehemiah 13 · Verse 23

Nehemiah 13:23

In those days also saw I Jews that had married wives of Ashdod, of Ammon, and of Moab:
Nehemiah 13:23, King James Version

Nehemiah 13:23 in other translations

BSBIn those days I also saw Jews who had married women from Ashdod, Ammon, and Moab.
WEBIn those days I also saw the Jews who had married women of Ashdod, of Ammon, and of Moab;
ASVIn those days also saw I the Jews that had married women of Ashdod, of Ammon, and of Moab:
YLTAlso, in those days, I have seen the Jews who have settled women of Ashdod, of Ammon, of Moab.
DARBYIn those days also I saw Jews that had married wives of Ashdod, of Ammon, and of Moab.
BBEAnd in those days I saw the Jews who were married to women of Ashdod and Ammon and Moab:
WebsterIn those days also I saw Jews that had married wives of Ashdod, of Ammon, and of Moab:

What does Nehemiah 13:23 mean?

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Nehemiah 13:23-31
If either parent be ungodly, corrupt nature will incline the children to take after that one; which is a strong reason why Christians should not be unequally yoked. In the education of children, great care should be taken about the government of their tongues; that they learn not the language of Ashdod, no impious or impure talk, no corrupt communication. Nehemiah showed the evil of these marriages. Some, more obstinate than the rest, he smote, that is, ordered them to be beaten by the officers according to the law, De 25:2, 3. Here are Nehemiah's prayers on this occasion He prays, "Remember them, O my God." Lord, convince and convert them; put them in mind of what they should be and do. The best services to the public have been forgotten by those for whom they were done, therefore Nehemiah refers himself to God, to recompense him. This may well be the summary of our petitions; we need no more to make us happy than this; Remember me, O my God, for good. We may humbly hope that the Lord will remember us and our services, although, after lives of unwearied activity and usefulness, we shall still see cause to abhor ourselves and repent in dust and ashes, and to cry out with Nehemiah, Spare me, O my God, according to the greatness of they mercy.

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

Nehemiah 13:23 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

גַּ֣ם\׀gamalsoH1571
בַּיָּמִ֣יםbai.ya.Mimin the daysH3117
הָהֵ֗םha.Hem<the> thoseH1992
רָאִ֤יתִיra.'I.tiI sawH7200
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
הַיְּהוּדִים֙hai.ye.hu.Dimthe JewsH3064
הֹשִׁ֗יבוּho.Shi.vu[who] they had marriedH3427
נָשִׁים֙na.ShimwomenH802
אַשְׁדֳּדִיּ֔וֹת'ash.do.di.yotAshdoditeH796
עַמֳּנִיּ֖וֹתa.mo.ni.yotAmmoniteH5984
מוֹאֲבִיּֽוֹת\׃mo.'a.vi.YotMoabiteH4125

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Cross references for Nehemiah 13:23

  • Ezra 9:1-2

    Now when these things were done, the princes came to me, saying, The people of Israel, and the priests, and the Levites, have not separated themselves from the people of the lands, doing according to their abominations, even of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites, the Ammonites, the Moabites, the Egyptians, and the Amorites. For they have taken of their daughters for themselves, and for their sons: so that the holy seed have mingled themselves with the people of those lands: yea, the hand of the princes and rulers hath been chief in this trespass.

  • Nehemiah 10:30

    And that we would not give our daughters unto the people of the land, nor take their daughters for our sons:

  • Ezra 10:10

    And Ezra the priest stood up, and said unto them, Ye have transgressed, and have taken strange wives, to increase the trespass of Israel.

  • Nehemiah 13:1

    On that day they read in the book of Moses in the audience of the people; and therein was found written, that the Ammonite and the Moabite should not come into the congregation of God for ever;

  • 2 Corinthians 6:14

    Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?

  • Ezra 10:44

    All these had taken strange wives: and some of them had wives by whom they had children.

  • Nehemiah 4:7

    But it came to pass, that when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and the Arabians, and the Ammonites, and the Ashdodites, heard that the walls of Jerusalem were made up, and that the breaches began to be stopped, then they were very wroth,

  • Ezra 9:11-12

    Which thou hast commanded by thy servants the prophets, saying, The land, unto which ye go to possess it, is an unclean land with the filthiness of the people of the lands, with their abominations, which have filled it from one end to another with their uncleanness. Now therefore give not your daughters unto their sons, neither take their daughters unto your sons, nor seek their peace or their wealth for ever: that ye may be strong, and eat the good of the land, and leave it for an inheritance to your children for ever.

  • 1 Samuel 5:1

    And the Philistines took the ark of God, and brought it from Eben–ezer unto Ashdod.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
married. Heb. made to dwell with them.
10:30; Ezr 9:2,11,12; 10:10,44; 2Co 6:14
Ashdod.
1Sa 5:1
Ammon.
1-3

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Context

  • Nehemiah 13:22

    And I commanded the Levites that they should cleanse themselves, and that they should come and keep the gates, to sanctify the sabbath day. Remember me, O my God, concerning this also, and spare me according to the greatness of thy mercy.

  • Nehemiah 13:23

    In those days also saw I Jews that had married wives of Ashdod, of Ammon, and of Moab:

  • Nehemiah 13:24

    And their children spake half in the speech of Ashdod, and could not speak in the Jews’ language, but according to the language of each people.

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Nehemiah 13:23 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Ví asimismo en aquellos días Judíos que habían tomado mujeres de Asdod, Ammonitas, y Moabitas:
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		En ces jours-là aussi, je vis des Juifs qui avaient pris des femmes asdodiennes, ammonites, et moabites;
German
Elberfelder 1871		Auch besuchte ich in jenen Tagen die Juden, welche asdoditische, ammonitische und moabitische Weiber heimgeführt hatten.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Sed et in diebus illis vidi Judæos ducentes uxores Azotidas, Ammonitidas, et Moabitidas.