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Nehemiah 13:1-3
New Catholic Bible
Nehemiah 13:1-3
New Catholic Bible
Chapter 13[a]
Separation from Aliens. 1 On that day they were reading aloud to the people from the Book of Moses, and there it was found written: “No Ammonite or Moabite should ever be allowed to enter the assembly of God, 2 since they had not come to welcome the Israelites with food and water, but they rather hired Balaam to curse them, even though our God turned the curse into a blessing.” 3 When the people heard the law, they excluded from Israel all those of foreign descent.
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- Nehemiah 13:1 After Nehemiah had returned to his post at the court of Persia, many abuses crept into the Jewish community. He returns for the express purpose of repressing these abuses.
