Nehemiah 13:23

Nehemiah · Old Testament · Chapter 13

“In those days also saw I Jews that had married wives of Ashdod, of Ammon, and of Moab:”Nehemiah 13:23

What Does Nehemiah 13:23 Mean?

Nehemiah 13:23 is found in the book of Nehemiah, chapter 13, verse 23 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 20 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.

Cross-References (20)

These passages are connected to Nehemiah 13:23 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.

Hosea 7:8“Ephraim, he hath mixed himself among the people; Ephraim is a cake not turned.”Deuteronomy 7:3“Neither shalt thou make marriages with them; thy daughter thou shalt not give unto his son, nor his daughter shalt thou take unto thy son.”Ezra 9:2“For they have taken of their daughters for themselves, and for their sons: so that the holy seed have mingled themselves with the people of those lands: yea, the hand of the princes and rulers hath been chief in this trespass.”Ezra 9:1“Now when these things were done, the princes came to me, saying, The people of Israel, and the priests, and the Levites, have not separated themselves from the people of the lands, doing according to their abominations, even of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites, the Ammonites, the Moabites, the Egyptians, and the Amorites.”Exodus 34:16“And thou take of their daughters unto thy sons, and their daughters go a whoring after their gods, and make thy sons go a whoring after their gods.”1 Kings 11:1“But king Solomon loved many strange women, together with the daughter of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Zidonians, and Hittites;”Ezra 10:10“And Ezra the priest stood up, and said unto them, Ye have transgressed, and have taken strange wives, to increase the trespass of Israel.”Nehemiah 10:30“And that we would not give our daughters unto the people of the land, nor take their daughters for our sons:”Nehemiah 13:1“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;”Deuteronomy 23:6“Thou shalt not seek their peace nor their prosperity all thy days for ever.”2 Chronicles 22:3“He also walked in the ways of the house of Ahab: for his mother was his counsellor to do wickedly.”Proverbs 28:4“They that forsake the law praise the wicked: but such as keep the law contend with them.”Isaiah 2:6“Therefore thou hast forsaken thy people the house of Jacob, because they be replenished from the east, and are soothsayers like the Philistines, and they please themselves in the children of strangers.”Malachi 2:11“Judah hath dealt treacherously, and an abomination is committed in Israel and in Jerusalem; for Judah hath profaned the holiness of the LORD which he loved, and hath married the daughter of a strange god.”2 Corinthians 6:14“Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?”Genesis 19:38“And the younger, she also bare a son, and called his name Benammi: the same is the father of the children of Ammon unto this day.”Leviticus 21:15“Neither shall he profane his seed among his people: for I the LORD do sanctify him.”Deuteronomy 23:3“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:”Joshua 11:22“There was none of the Anakims left in the land of the children of Israel: only in Gaza, in Gath, and in Ashdod, there remained.”Joshua 15:46“From Ekron even unto the sea, all that lay near Ashdod, with their villages:”

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