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And in it was found written that no Ammonite or Moabite should ever enter the assembly of God, <a href="/bsb/nehemiah/13.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> At that time the Book of Moses was read aloud in the hearing of the people, and in it they found the passage stating that no Ammonite or Moabite should ever enter the assembly of God, <a href="/kjv/nehemiah/13.htm">King James Bible</a> On that day they read in the book of Moses in the audience of the people; and therein was found written, that the Ammonite and the Moabite should not come into the congregation of God for ever; <a href="/nkjv/nehemiah/13.htm">New King James Version</a> On that day they read from the Book of Moses in the hearing of the people, and in it was found written that no Ammonite or Moabite should ever come into the assembly of God, <a href="/nasb_/nehemiah/13.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> On that day the Book of Moses was read aloud as the people listened; and there was found written in it that no Ammonite or Moabite was ever to enter the assembly of God, <a href="/nasb/nehemiah/13.htm">NASB 1995</a> On that day they read aloud from the book of Moses in the hearing of the people; and there was found written in it that no Ammonite or Moabite should ever enter the assembly of God, <a href="/nasb77/nehemiah/13.htm">NASB 1977 </a> On that day they read aloud from the book of Moses in the hearing of the people; and there was found written in it that no Ammonite or Moabite should ever enter the assembly of God, <a href="/lsb/nehemiah/13.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> On that day they read from the book of Moses in the hearing of the people; and there was found written in it that no Ammonite or Moabite should ever enter the assembly of God, <a href="/amp/nehemiah/13.htm">Amplified Bible</a> On that day they read aloud from the book of Moses so that the people could hear [its words], and in it was found written that no Ammonite or Moabite could ever enter the assembly of God, <a href="/csb/nehemiah/13.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> At that time the book of Moses was read publicly to the people. The command was found written in it that no Ammonite or Moabite should ever enter the assembly of God, <a href="/hcsb/nehemiah/13.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> At that time the book of Moses was read publicly to the people. The command was found written in it that no Ammonite or Moabite should ever enter the assembly of God, <a href="/asv/nehemiah/13.htm">American Standard Version</a> On that day they read in the book of Moses in the audience of the people; and therein was found written, that an Ammonite and a Moabite should not enter into the assembly of God for ever, <a href="/cev/nehemiah/13.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> On that day when the Law of Moses was read aloud to everyone, it was discovered that Ammonites and Moabites were forbidden to belong to the people of God. <a href="/erv/nehemiah/13.htm">English Revised Version</a> On that day they read in the book of Moses in the audience of the people; and therein was found written, that an Ammonite and a Moabite should not enter into the assembly of God for ever; <a href="/gwt/nehemiah/13.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> On that day the Book of Moses was read while the people were listening. They heard the passage that no Ammonite or Moabite should ever be admitted into God's assembly. <a href="/gnt/nehemiah/13.htm">Good News Translation</a> When the Law of Moses was being read aloud to the people, they came to the passage that said that no Ammonite or Moabite was ever to be permitted to join God's people. <a href="/isv/nehemiah/13.htm">International Standard Version</a> Later that day the book of Moses was read aloud so the people could hear it, and a written command was discovered therein permanently prohibiting the Ammonites and Moabites from coming into the congregation of God <a href="/msb/nehemiah/13.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> At that time the Book of Moses was read aloud in the hearing of the people, and in it they found the passage stating that no Ammonite or Moabite should ever enter the assembly of God, <a href="/net/nehemiah/13.htm">NET Bible</a> On that day the book of Moses was read aloud in the hearing of the people. They found written in it that no Ammonite or Moabite may ever enter the assembly of God, <a href="/nheb/nehemiah/13.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> On that day they read in the scroll of Moses in the audience of the people; and in it was found written, that an Ammonite and a Moabite should not enter into the assembly of God forever, <a href="/wbt/nehemiah/13.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> On that day they read in the book of Moses in the audience of the people; and therein was found written, that the Ammonite and the Moabite should not come into the congregation of God for ever: <a href="/web/nehemiah/13.htm">World English Bible</a> On that day they read in the book of Moses in the hearing of the people; and it was found written in it that an Ammonite and a Moabite should not enter into the assembly of God forever, <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/nehemiah/13.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> On that day there was read in the scroll of Moses, in the ears of the people, and it has been found written in it that an Ammonite and Moabite does not come into the assembly of God for all time, <a href="/ylt/nehemiah/13.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> On that day there was read in the book of Moses, in the ears of the people, and it hath been found written in it that an Ammonite and Moabite doth not come into the assembly of God -- unto the age, <a href="/slt/nehemiah/13.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> In that day was read in the book of Moses in the ears of the people; and it was found written in it that there shall not come in an Ammonite and a Moabite to the convocation of God, even to forever;<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/nehemiah/13.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> And on that day they read in the book of Moses in the hearing of the people: and therein was found written, that the Ammonites and the Moabites should not come in to the church of God for ever: <a href="/cpdv/nehemiah/13.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> Now on that day, they read from the book of Moses in the hearing of the people. And in it, there was found written that the Ammonites and the Moabites must not enter the church of God, even for all time, <a href="/nabre/nehemiah/13.htm">New American Bible</a> At that time, when the book of Moses was being read in the hearing of the people, it was found written there: “No Ammonite or Moabite may ever be admitted into the assembly of God; <a href="/nrsvce/nehemiah/13.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> On that day they read from the book of Moses in the hearing of the people; and in it was found written that no Ammonite or Moabite should ever enter the assembly of God,<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/nehemiah/13.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> ON that day, when the book of the law of Moses was being read in the audience of the people, therein was found written that the Ammonites and the Moabites should never enter the congregation of the LORD for ever, <a href="/hpbt/nehemiah/13.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> In that day the writing of the Law of Moshe was read in the ears of the people, and it was found which was written in it: “The Ammonites and the Moabites shall not enter the assembly of LORD JEHOVAH until eternity<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/nehemiah/13.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> On that day they read in the book of Moses in the hearing of the people; and therein was found written, that an Ammonite and a Moabite should not enter into the assembly of God for ever; <a href="/sep/nehemiah/13.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> In that day they read in the book of Moses in the ears of the people; and it was found written in it, that the Ammonites and Moabites should not enter into the congregation of God for ever; <a href="/parallel/nehemiah/13-1.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ZsQrw7rBvgc?start=3840" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/nehemiah/13.htm">Foreigners Excluded</a> 1<a href="/hebrew/1931.htm" title="1931: ha·hū (Art:: Pro-3ms) -- He, she, it. ">At that</a> <a href="/hebrew/3117.htm" title="3117: bay·yō·wm (Prep-b, Art:: N-ms) -- Day. From an unused root meaning to be hot; a day, whether literal, or figurative.">time</a> <a href="/hebrew/5612.htm" title="5612: bə·sê·p̄er (Prep-b:: N-msc) -- A missive, document, writing, book. Or ciphrah; from caphar; properly, writing; by implication, a book.">the Book</a> <a href="/hebrew/4872.htm" title="4872: mō·šeh (N-proper-ms) -- A great Isr. leader, prophet and lawgiver. From mashah; drawing out, i.e. Rescued; Mosheh, the Israelite lawgiver.">of Moses</a> <a href="/hebrew/7121.htm" title="7121: niq·rā (V-Nifal-Perf-3ms) -- To call, proclaim, read. A primitive root; to call out to.">was read aloud</a> <a href="/hebrew/241.htm" title="241: bə·’ā·zə·nê (Prep-b:: N-fdc) -- An ear. From 'azan; broadness. I.e. the ear.">in the hearing</a> <a href="/hebrew/5971.htm" title="5971: hā·‘ām (Art:: N-ms) -- From amam; a people; specifically, a tribe; hence troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock.">of the people,</a> <a href="/hebrew/bōw (Prep:: 3ms) -- ">and in it</a> <a href="/hebrew/4672.htm" title="4672: wə·nim·ṣā (Conj-w:: V-Nifal-ConjPerf-3ms) -- To attain to, find. ">they found</a> <a href="/hebrew/3789.htm" title="3789: kā·ṯūḇ (V-Qal-QalPassPrtcpl-ms) -- To write. A primitive root; to grave, by implication, to write.">the passage stating</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.">that</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: lō- (Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">no</a> <a href="/hebrew/5984.htm" title="5984: ‘am·mō·nî (N-proper-ms) -- Desc. of Ammon. Patronymically from Ammown; an Ammonite or Ammonitish.">Ammonite</a> <a href="/hebrew/4125.htm" title="4125: ū·mō·’ā·ḇî (Conj-w:: N-proper-ms) -- Feminine Mownabiyah; or Mowabiyth; patronymical from Mow'ab; a Moabite or Moabitess, i.e. A descendant from Moab.">or Moabite</a> <a href="/hebrew/5704.htm" title="5704: ‘aḏ- (Prep) -- As far as, even to, up to, until, while. Properly, the same as ad; as far as, whether of space or time or degree.">should ever</a> <a href="/hebrew/5769.htm" title="5769: ‘ō·w·lām (N-ms) -- Long duration, antiquity, futurity. "></a> <a href="/hebrew/935.htm" title="935: yā·ḇō·w (V-Qal-Imperf-3ms) -- To come in, come, go in, go. A primitive root; to go or come.">enter</a> <a href="/hebrew/6951.htm" title="6951: biq·hal (Prep-b:: N-msc) -- Assembly, convocation, congregation. From qahal; assemblage.">the assembly</a> <a href="/hebrew/430.htm" title="430: hā·’ĕ·lō·hîm (Art:: N-mp) -- Plural of 'elowahh; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used of the supreme God">of God,</a> 2because they had not met the Israelites with food and water, but had hired Balaam to call down a curse against them (although our God had turned the curse into a blessing).…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/deuteronomy/23-3.htm">Deuteronomy 23:3-5</a> No Ammonite or Moabite or any of their descendants may enter the assembly of the LORD, even to the tenth generation. / For they did not meet you with food and water on your way out of Egypt, and they hired Balaam son of Beor from Pethor in Aram-naharaim to curse you. / Yet the LORD your God would not listen to Balaam, and the LORD your God turned the curse into a blessing for you, because the LORD your God loves you. <a href="/ezra/9-1.htm">Ezra 9:1-2</a> After these things had been accomplished, the leaders approached me and said, “The people of Israel, including the priests and Levites, have not kept themselves separate from the surrounding peoples whose abominations are like those of the Canaanites, Hittites, Perizzites, Jebusites, Ammonites, Moabites, Egyptians, and Amorites. / Indeed, the Israelites have taken some of their daughters as wives for themselves and their sons, so that the holy seed has been mixed with the people of the land. And the leaders and officials have taken the lead in this unfaithfulness!” <a href="/nehemiah/9-2.htm">Nehemiah 9:2</a> Those of Israelite descent separated themselves from all the foreigners, and they stood and confessed their sins and the iniquities of their fathers. <a href="/nehemiah/10-28.htm">Nehemiah 10:28-30</a> “The rest of the people—the priests, Levites, gatekeepers, singers, temple servants, and all who had separated themselves from the people of the land to obey the Law of God—along with their wives and all their sons and daughters who are able to understand, / hereby join with their noble brothers and commit themselves with a sworn oath to follow the Law of God given through His servant Moses and to obey carefully all the commandments, ordinances, and statutes of the LORD our Lord. / We will not give our daughters in marriage to the people of the land, and we will not take their daughters for our sons. <a href="/numbers/22-5.htm">Numbers 22:5-6</a> he sent messengers to summon Balaam son of Beor at Pethor, which is by the Euphrates in the land of his people. “Behold, a people has come out of Egypt,” said Balak. “They cover the face of the land and have settled next to me. / So please come now and put a curse on this people, because they are too mighty for me. Perhaps I may be able to defeat them and drive them out of the land; for I know that those you bless are blessed, and those you curse are cursed.” <a href="/numbers/23-7.htm">Numbers 23:7-8</a> And Balaam lifted up an oracle, saying: “Balak brought me from Aram, the king of Moab from the mountains of the east. ‘Come,’ he said, ‘put a curse on Jacob for me; come and denounce Israel!’ / How can I curse those whom God has not cursed? How can I denounce those whom the LORD has not denounced? <a href="/numbers/24-9.htm">Numbers 24:9-10</a> He crouches, he lies down like a lion, like a lioness—who dares to rouse him? Blessed are those who bless you and cursed are those who curse you.” / Then Balak’s anger burned against Balaam, and he struck his hands together and said to Balaam, “I summoned you to curse my enemies, but behold, you have persisted in blessing them these three times. <a href="/joshua/23-12.htm">Joshua 23:12-13</a> For if you turn away and cling to the rest of these nations that remain among you, and if you intermarry and associate with them, / know for sure that the LORD your God will no longer drive out these nations before you. Instead, they will become for you a snare and a trap, a scourge in your sides and thorns in your eyes, until you perish from this good land that the LORD your God has given you. <a href="/judges/3-5.htm">Judges 3:5-6</a> Thus the Israelites continued to live among the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites. / And they took the daughters of these people in marriage, gave their own daughters to their sons, and served their gods. <a href="/1_kings/11-1.htm">1 Kings 11:1-2</a> King Solomon, however, loved many foreign women along with the daughter of Pharaoh—women of Moab, Ammon, Edom, and Sidon, as well as Hittite women. / These women were from the nations about which the LORD had told the Israelites, “You must not intermarry with them, for surely they will turn your hearts after their gods.” Yet Solomon clung to these women in love. <a href="/2_kings/17-33.htm">2 Kings 17:33-34</a> They worshiped the LORD, but they also served their own gods according to the customs of the nations from which they had been carried away. / To this day they are still practicing their former customs. None of them worship the LORD or observe the statutes, ordinances, laws, and commandments that the LORD gave the descendants of Jacob, whom He named Israel. <a href="/2_chronicles/20-1.htm">2 Chronicles 20:1-2</a> After this, the Moabites and Ammonites, together with some of the Meunites, came to make war against Jehoshaphat. / Then some men came and told Jehoshaphat, “A vast army is coming against you from Edom, from beyond the Sea; they are already in Hazazon-tamar” (that is, En-gedi). <a href="/psalms/106-34.htm">Psalm 106:34-36</a> They did not destroy the peoples as the LORD had commanded them, / but they mingled with the nations and adopted their customs. / They worshiped their idols, which became a snare to them. <a href="/isaiah/13-19.htm">Isaiah 13:19-22</a> And Babylon, the jewel of the kingdoms, the glory of the pride of the Chaldeans, will be overthrown by God like Sodom and Gomorrah. / She will never be inhabited or settled from generation to generation; no nomad will pitch his tent there, no shepherd will rest his flock there. / But desert creatures will lie down there, and howling creatures will fill her houses. Ostriches will dwell there, and wild goats will leap about. ... <a href="/jeremiah/25-12.htm">Jeremiah 25:12-14</a> But when seventy years are complete, I will punish the king of Babylon and that nation, the land of the Chaldeans, for their guilt, declares the LORD, and I will make it an everlasting desolation. / I will bring upon that land all the words I have pronounced against it, all that is written in this book, which Jeremiah has prophesied against all the nations. / For many nations and great kings will enslave them, and I will repay them according to their deeds and according to the work of their hands.’”</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>On that day they read in the book of Moses in the audience of the people; and therein was found written, that the Ammonite and the Moabite should not come into the congregation of God for ever;that day.they read.<a href="/nehemiah/8-3.htm">Nehemiah 8:3-8</a> And he read therein before the street that was before the water gate from the morning until midday, before the men and the women, and those that could understand; and the ears of all the people were attentive unto the book of the law… <a href="/nehemiah/9-3.htm">Nehemiah 9:3</a> And they stood up in their place, and read in the book of the law of the LORD their God one fourth part of the day; and another fourth part they confessed, and worshipped the LORD their God.<a href="/deuteronomy/31-11.htm">Deuteronomy 31:11,12</a> When all Israel is come to appear before the LORD thy God in the place which he shall choose, thou shalt read this law before all Israel in their hearing… audience.<a href="/nehemiah/13-23.htm">Nehemiah 13:23</a> In those days also saw I Jews that had married wives of Ashdod, of Ammon, and of Moab:<a href="/deuteronomy/23-3.htm">Deuteronomy 23:3-5</a> An Ammonite or Moabite shall not enter into the congregation of the LORD; even to their tenth generation shall they not enter into the congregation of the LORD for ever: … <a href="/isaiah/15-1.htm">Isaiah 15:1-16:14</a> The burden of Moab. Because in the night Ar of Moab is laid waste, and brought to silence; because in the night Kir of Moab is laid waste, and brought to silence; … Moabite.<a href="/nehemiah/2-10.htm">Nehemiah 2:10,19</a> When Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, heard of it, it grieved them exceedingly that there was come a man to seek the welfare of the children of Israel… <a href="/nehemiah/4-3.htm">Nehemiah 4:3</a> Now Tobiah the Ammonite was by him, and he said, Even that which they build, if a fox go up, he shall even break down their stone wall.<a href="/psalms/83-7.htm">Psalm 83:7-9</a> Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek; the Philistines with the inhabitants of Tyre; … <div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/hebrews/11-13.htm">Admitted</a> <a href="/nehemiah/2-3.htm">Age</a> <a href="/ezra/3-12.htm">Aloud</a> <a href="/nehemiah/4-3.htm">Ammonite</a> <a href="/nehemiah/8-18.htm">Assembly</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/9-23.htm">Audience</a> <a href="/nehemiah/12-23.htm">Book</a> <a href="/nehemiah/8-17.htm">Congregation</a> <a href="/nehemiah/9-9.htm">Ears</a> <a href="/nehemiah/9-23.htm">Enter</a> <a href="/nehemiah/2-3.htm">Forever</a> <a href="/nehemiah/9-8.htm">Found</a> <a href="/nehemiah/5-6.htm">Hearing</a> <a href="/nehemiah/8-2.htm">Meeting</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/24-26.htm">Moabite</a> <a href="/nehemiah/10-29.htm">Moses</a> <a href="/nehemiah/9-3.htm">Read</a> <a href="/nehemiah/9-3.htm">Reading</a> <a href="/nehemiah/9-6.htm">Therein</a> <a href="/nehemiah/12-23.htm">Written</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/matthew/18-3.htm">Admitted</a> <a href="/job/5-26.htm">Age</a> <a href="/job/2-12.htm">Aloud</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/23-3.htm">Ammonite</a> <a href="/job/11-10.htm">Assembly</a> <a href="/proverbs/29-26.htm">Audience</a> <a href="/esther/2-23.htm">Book</a> <a href="/job/15-34.htm">Congregation</a> <a href="/job/3-18.htm">Ears</a> <a href="/esther/4-2.htm">Enter</a> <a href="/job/4-20.htm">Forever</a> <a href="/nehemiah/13-10.htm">Found</a> <a href="/nehemiah/13-3.htm">Hearing</a> <a href="/job/15-8.htm">Meeting</a> <a href="/isaiah/16-4.htm">Moabite</a> <a href="/psalms/77-20.htm">Moses</a> <a href="/esther/6-1.htm">Read</a> <a href="/esther/6-1.htm">Reading</a> <a href="/nehemiah/13-16.htm">Therein</a> <a href="/esther/1-19.htm">Written</a><div class="vheading2">Nehemiah 13</div>1. <a href="/nehemiah/13-1.htm">Upon the reading of the law, separation is made from the mixed multitude.</a> 4. <a href="/nehemiah/13-4.htm">Nehemiah, at his return, causes the chambers to be cleansed.</a> 10. <a href="/nehemiah/13-10.htm">He reforms the offices in the house of God;</a> 15. <a href="/nehemiah/13-15.htm">the violation of the Sabbath;</a> 23. <a href="/nehemiah/13-23.htm">and the marriages with the strange wives.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/nehemiah/13.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/nehemiah/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/nehemiah/13.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>At that time This phrase indicates a specific period during Nehemiah's leadership in Jerusalem, after the completion of the wall and the dedication of the city. It suggests a time of reform and renewal among the Israelites, emphasizing the importance of returning to the laws and traditions of their faith.the Book of Moses was read aloud The Book of Moses refers to the Pentateuch, the first five books of the Old Testament. Reading it aloud was a common practice to ensure that all people, regardless of literacy, could hear and understand God's laws. This public reading underscores the communal aspect of worship and the importance of Scripture in guiding the community's life.in the hearing of the people This indicates that the reading was done publicly, ensuring that the entire community was aware of the laws and commandments. It reflects the Jewish tradition of public Scripture reading, which was crucial for maintaining religious identity and unity, especially after the Babylonian exile.and in it they found the passage This suggests a rediscovery or renewed attention to specific laws that may have been neglected. It highlights the importance of regular engagement with Scripture to remind the community of God's commands and expectations.stating that no Ammonite or Moabite The Ammonites and Moabites were neighboring nations often in conflict with Israel. This prohibition is rooted in historical enmity and the actions of these nations against Israel during their journey to the Promised Land, as recorded in <a href="/deuteronomy/23-3.htm">Deuteronomy 23:3-6</a>. It reflects the need to maintain the purity and distinctiveness of the Israelite community.should ever enter the assembly of God This refers to participation in the religious and communal life of Israel. The assembly of God was meant to be a holy congregation, set apart for worship and service to Yahweh. The exclusion of certain groups was intended to protect the community from idolatry and moral corruption, ensuring that the worship of God remained pure and undefiled.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/n/nehemiah.htm">Nehemiah</a> A Jewish leader who played a crucial role in rebuilding Jerusalem's walls and reforming the community after the Babylonian exile. 2. <a href="/topical/t/the_book_of_moses.htm">The Book of Moses</a> Refers to the Torah, the first five books of the Bible, which contain the laws and commandments given to Israel. 3. <a href="/topical/a/ammonites_and_moabites.htm">Ammonites and Moabites</a> Descendants of Lot, these nations were historically hostile to Israel and are mentioned in the context of prohibitions against their participation in the assembly of God. 4. <a href="/topical/t/the_assembly_of_god.htm">The Assembly of God</a> The congregation or community of Israel, particularly in a religious or worship context. 5. <a href="/topical/t/the_reading_of_the_law.htm">The Reading of the Law</a> A public event where the laws of God were read to remind the people of their covenant obligations.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_scripture.htm">The Importance of Scripture</a> Regular reading and understanding of Scripture are vital for maintaining faithfulness to God's commands. Just as the Israelites were reminded of their obligations through the reading of the Law, Christians today should engage with the Bible to align their lives with God's will. <a href="/topical/o/obedience_to_god's_commands.htm">Obedience to God's Commands</a> The exclusion of the Ammonites and Moabites highlights the importance of obedience to God's specific instructions. It serves as a reminder that God's commands are given for the protection and purity of His people. <a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_leadership.htm">The Role of Leadership</a> Nehemiah's leadership in ensuring the Law was read and followed demonstrates the importance of godly leadership in guiding communities towards righteousness. <a href="/topical/s/separation_from_sin.htm">Separation from Sin</a> The prohibition against certain groups entering the assembly underscores the need for spiritual separation from influences that lead away from God. Believers are called to be in the world but not of it, maintaining holiness in their lives. <a href="/topical/g/god's_grace_and_redemption.htm">God's Grace and Redemption</a> While the Law excluded certain groups, the account of Ruth shows that God's grace can transcend these boundaries. It reminds us that faith and repentance open the door to God's mercy.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_nehemiah_13.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Nehemiah 13</a> <a href="/q/how_is_ruth_accepted_despite_nehemiah_13.htm">How can we reconcile Nehemiah 13:1–3 banning Ammonites and Moabites from the assembly with earlier passages showing Ruth, a Moabite, fully accepted among God’s people? </a> <a href="/q/how_do_later_mentions_fit_moab's_prophecy.htm">If Jeremiah 48:42 says Moab will cease to be a people, how do later mentions of Moab or its descendants fit with this prophecy?</a> <a href="/q/is_1_chronicles_6_1-15_historically_reliable.htm">How can the genealogy in 1 Chronicles 6:1-15 be historically reliable if external archaeological sources do not confirm these priestly generations?</a> <a href="/q/judges_12_1-7__unity_or_conflict.htm">Judges 12:1-7 - How does the narrative align with or contradict earlier portrayals of tribal unity and cooperation in Judges?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/nehemiah/13.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>XIII.(1-3) Reform as to mixed marriages.(1) On that day.--Probably the season of the Feast of Tabernacles, as before. But portions were selected to be read.They read in the book of Moses.--"It was read" in the Pentateuch, and specially Deuteronomy 23. This is introduced for the sake of the action taken, and the history is given in brief, with a striking and characteristic parenthesis of Nehemiah's own concerning the curse turned into a blessing.Therein was found written.--What to the people generally was not known.For ever.--No Ammonite or Ammonite family could have legal standing in the congregation, "even to their tenth generation;" and this interdict was to last "for ever." It virtually though not actually amounted to absolute exclusion.(3) The mixed multitude.--For the "mixed multitude," or Ereb, which plays so prominent a part in Jewish history, see on <a href="/exodus/12-38.htm" title="And a mixed multitude went up also with them; and flocks, and herds, even very much cattle.">Exodus 12:38</a>. The process here was that of shutting out heathens who were in the habit of mingling with the people in the services. In Nehemiah 9 it was, as we saw, the people's separation from the practices and spirit of the heathen.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/nehemiah/13.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 1. - On that day. See <a href="/nehemiah/12-44.htm">Nehemiah 12:44</a>. The phrase seems to mean, in Nehemiah, "About that time." They read in the book of Moses. It is uncertain whether this was a casual reading, like that of Ezra's, recorded in <a href="/nehemiah/8-1.htm">Nehemiah 8:1-8</a>, or whether it was the prescribed reading (<a href="/deuteronomy/31-11.htm">Deuteronomy 31:11</a>) at the time of the feast of tabernacles. Therein was found written. See <a href="/deuteronomy/23-3.htm">Deuteronomy 23:3-5</a>. It seems to be implied that the nation at large had no knowledge of the law, except that which they derived from the occasional public reading of the Pentateuch, or portions of it. Copies of the law were extremely scarce; and even if an ordinary Jew possessed one, he would not have been able to understand it (comp. above, <a href="/nehemiah/8-8.htm">Nehemiah 8:8</a>). <a href="/commentaries/nehemiah/13-1.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>At that הַה֗וּא (ha·hū) Article | Pronoun - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1931.htm">Strong's 1931: </a> He, self, the same, this, that, as, are time בַּיּ֣וֹם (bay·yō·wm) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3117.htm">Strong's 3117: </a> A day the Book בְּסֵ֥פֶר (bə·sê·p̄er) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5612.htm">Strong's 5612: </a> A missive, document, writing, book of Moses מֹשֶׁ֖ה (mō·šeh) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4872.htm">Strong's 4872: </a> Moses -- a great Israelite leader, prophet and lawgiver was read aloud נִקְרָ֛א (niq·rā) Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7121.htm">Strong's 7121: </a> To call, proclaim, read in the hearing בְּאָזְנֵ֣י (bə·’ā·zə·nê) Preposition-b | Noun - fdc <a href="/hebrew/strongs_241.htm">Strong's 241: </a> Broadness, the ear of the people, הָעָ֑ם (hā·‘ām) Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5971.htm">Strong's 5971: </a> A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock and in it בּ֔וֹ (bōw) Preposition | third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/.htm">Strong's Hebrew</a> they found וְנִמְצָא֙ (wə·nim·ṣā) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4672.htm">Strong's 4672: </a> To come forth to, appear, exist, to attain, find, acquire, to occur, meet, be present the passage stating כָּת֣וּב (kā·ṯūḇ) Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3789.htm">Strong's 3789: </a> To grave, to write that אֲ֠שֶׁר (’ă·šer) Pronoun - relative <a href="/hebrew/strongs_834.htm">Strong's 834: </a> Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that no לֹא־ (lō-) Adverb - Negative particle <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> Not, no Ammonite עַמֹּנִ֧י (‘am·mō·nî) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5984.htm">Strong's 5984: </a> Ammonite -- descendants of Ammon or Moabite וּמֹאָבִ֛י (ū·mō·’ā·ḇî) Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4125.htm">Strong's 4125: </a> Moabite -- descendant of Moab should ever עַד־ (‘aḏ-) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5704.htm">Strong's 5704: </a> As far as, even to, up to, until, while enter יָב֨וֹא (yā·ḇō·w) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_935.htm">Strong's 935: </a> To come in, come, go in, go the assembly בִּקְהַ֥ל (biq·hal) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6951.htm">Strong's 6951: </a> Assembly, convocation, congregation of God, הָאֱלֹהִ֖ים (hā·’ĕ·lō·hîm) Article | Noun - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_430.htm">Strong's 430: </a> gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/nehemiah/13-1.htm">Nehemiah 13:1 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/nehemiah/13-1.htm">Nehemiah 13:1 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/nehemiah/13-1.htm">Nehemiah 13:1 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/nehemiah/13-1.htm">Nehemiah 13:1 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/nehemiah/13-1.htm">Nehemiah 13:1 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/nehemiah/13-1.htm">Nehemiah 13:1 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/nehemiah/13-1.htm">Nehemiah 13:1 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/nehemiah/13-1.htm">Nehemiah 13:1 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/nehemiah/13-1.htm">Nehemiah 13:1 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/nehemiah/13-1.htm">Nehemiah 13:1 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/nehemiah/13-1.htm">OT History: Nehemiah 13:1 On that day they read (Neh Ne) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/nehemiah/12-47.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Nehemiah 12:47"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Nehemiah 12:47" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/nehemiah/13-2.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Nehemiah 13:2"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Nehemiah 13:2" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>