Nehemiah 13:21-23

Common English Bible

²¹ But I warned them: “Why are you spending the night by the wall? If you do that again, I will lay hands on you!” At that point, they stopped coming on the Sabbath. ²² I also commanded the Levites to purify themselves and to come and guard the gates in order to keep the Sabbath day holy.

Remember this also in my favor, my God, and spare me according to the greatness of your mercy.

Marrying foreign women

²³ Also in those days I saw Jews who had married women of Ashdod, Ammon, and Moab.