Nehemiah 13:1-3

New International Reader's Version

13 At that time the Book of Moses was read out loud. All the people heard it. It was written there that no Ammonite or Moabite could ever become a member of God’s community. ² That’s because they hadn’t given the people of Israel food and water. Instead, they had hired Balaam to put a curse on them. But our God turned the curse into a blessing. ³ When that law was read, the people of Judah obeyed it. They sent out of Israel everyone who was from another nation.