Nehemiah:13:23-27
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In those days also saw I Jews that had married wives of Ashdod ,
of Ammon ,
and of Moab :
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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 .
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And I contended with them ,
and cursed them ,
and smote certain of them ,
and plucked off their hair ,
and made them swear by God ,
saying ,
Ye shall not give your daughters unto their sons ,
nor take their daughters unto your sons ,
or for yourselves .
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Did not Solomon king of Israel sin by these things ?
yet among many nations was there no king like him ,
who was beloved of his God ,
and God made him king over all Israel :
nevertheless even him did outlandish women cause to sin .
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Shall we then hearken unto you to do all this great evil ,
to transgress against our God in marrying strange wives ?