Nehemiah 13:25 meaning and explanation
I rebuked them and called down curses on them. I beat some of these men and pulled out their hair. Then I made them take an oath before God and said, “You must not give your daughters in marriage to their sons or take their daughters as wives for your sons or for yourselves!
Nehemiah 13:25, Berean Standard Bible
Explanation preview
Nehemiah speaks here after returning to Jerusalem and finding Judean men married to women from Ashdod, Ammon and Moab, whose children no longer understood the language of Judah. His response is harsh: he rebuked them, beat some men and pulled out their hair, a public shaming gesture in that culture, then bound them by oath.
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