Nehemiah 13:24
“And their children spake halfe in the speech of Ashdod, and could not speake in the Iewes language, but according to the language of ech people.”
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Nehemiah 13:24 Context
22And I commanded the Leuites, that they should cleanse themselues, and that they should come and keepe the gates, to sanctifie the Sabbath day: Remember me, O my God, concerning this also, and spare me, according to the greatnesse of thy mercie. 23¶ In those dayes also sawe I Iewes that had maried wiues of Ashdod, of Ammon, and of Moab: 24And their children spake halfe in the speech of Ashdod, and could not speake in the Iewes language, but according to the language of ech people. 25And I contended with them, and cursed them, and smote certeine of them, and pluckt off their haire, and made them sweare by God, saying, Yee shall not giue your daughters vnto their sonnes, nor take their daughters vnto your sonnes, or for your selues. 26Did not Solomon king of Israel sinne by these things? yet among many nations was there no king like him, who was beloued of his God, and God made him king ouer all Israel: neuerthelesse, euen him did outlandish women cause to sinne.
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And their children spake half in the speech of Ashdod, and could not speak in the Jews' language, but according to the language of each people.
- King James Version
As for their children, half spoke in the language of Ashdod, and none of them was able to speak the language of Judah, but the language of his own people.
- New American Standard Version (1995)