Nehemiah 13:1
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On that day they read aloud from the book of Moses in the hearing of the people; and there was found written in it that no Ammonite or Moabite should ever enter the assembly of God, (NASB ©1995)

Deuteronomy 23:3 "No Ammonite or Moabite shall enter the assembly of the LORD; none of their descendants, even to the tenth generation, shall ever enter the assembly of the LORD,

Nehemiah 9:3 While they stood in their place, they read from the book of the law of the LORD their God for a fourth of the day; and for another fourth they confessed and worshiped the LORD their God.

Nehemiah 13:23 In those days I also saw that the Jews had married women from Ashdod, Ammon and Moab. (NASB ©1995)


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;

1 Upon the reading of the law, separation is made from the mixed multitude.
4 Nehemiah, at his return, causes the chambers to be cleansed.
10 He reforms the offices in the house of God;
15 the violation of the sabbath;
23 and the marriages with the strange wives.

that day. Some suppose that the events recorded in these verses took place several years after those related in the preceding chapter, while Nehemiah was absent at the Persian court; but the introductory language, on that day, seems rather to imply that they occurred immediately, or at least about that time.

they read. Heb. there was read. 8:3-8 9:3 De 31:11,12 2Ki 23:2 Isa 34:16 Lu 4:16-19 10:26 Ac 13:15 15:21

audience. Heb. ears. the Ammonite. 23 De 23:3-5 Isa 15:1-16:14 Jer 48:1-47 Eze 25:1-11 Am 2:1-3

Moabite. 2:10,19 4:3 Ps 83:7-9 Jer 49:1-6 Am 1:13-15

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