Nehemiah 13:21-23

Expanded Bible

²¹ So I ·warned [admonished; rebuked] them, “Why are you spending the night ·by [in front of] the wall? If you do it again, I will ·force you away [arrest/forcibly remove you; ^Lsend a hand on you].” After that, they did not come back on the Sabbath. ²² Then I ordered the Levites to purify themselves and to guard the city gates to make sure the Sabbath remained holy.

Remember me, my God, for this. Have ·mercy [compassion] on me because of your ·great [great and steadfast/unfailing] love.

²³ In those days I saw men of Judah who had married women from Ashdod, Ammon, and Moab.