Nehemiah 13:23–30

^23*In those days also saw I Jews that ^†ohad married wives of ^pAshdod, of ^qAmmon, and of ^qMoab: ²⁴And their children spake half in the speech of ^pAshdod, and ^†could not speak in the Jews’ language, but according to the language ^†of each people. ²⁵And I ^rcontended with them, and ^||cursed them, and smote certain of them, and plucked off their hair, and ^smade them swear by God, saying, Ye shall not give your daughters unto their sons, nor take their daughters unto your sons, or for yourselves. ^26tDid not Solomon king of Israel sin by these things? yet ^uamong many nations was there no king like him, ^xwho was beloved of his God, and God made him king over all Israel: nevertheless even him did outlandish women cause to sin. ²⁷Shall we then hearken unto you to do all this great evil, to ^ytransgress against our God in marrying strange wives? ²⁸And one of the sons ^zof Joiada, the son of ^aEliashib the high priest, was son in law to ^bSanballat the Horonite: therefore I chased him from me. ^29cRemember them, O my God, ^†because they have defiled the priesthood, and ^dthe covenant of the priesthood, and of the Levites. ³⁰Thus ^ecleansed I them from all strangers, and appointed the wards of the priests and the Levites, every one in his business;