Nehemiah 13:21-23

EasyEnglish Bible

²¹ I warned them, ‘Do not stay beside the city's wall all night. If you do this again, I will take hold of you.’ After I said that, they did not come again to Jerusalem on a Sabbath day. ²² Then I told the Levites that they must make themselves ready to serve God. I told them to go and stand at the gates as guards. They must keep the Sabbath day as a special day for God.

My God, please remember this good thing that I have done. Because of your faithful love, please be kind to me.

²³ Also at that time, I discovered that men from Judah had married foreign women.^[a] They were women who came from Ashdod, Ammon and Moab.