22. I commanded the Levites that they should purify themselves, and that they should come and keep the gates, to sanctify the Sabbath day. Remember to me, my God, this also, and spare me according to the greatness of your loving kindness.
23. In those days I also saw the Jews who had married women of Ashdod, of Ammon, and of Moab;
24. and their children spoke half in the speech of Ashdod, and could not speak in the Jews’ language, but according to the language of each people.
25. I contended with them, and cursed them, and struck certain of them, and plucked off their hair, and made them swear by God, “You shall not give your daughters to their sons, nor take their daughters for your sons, or for yourselves.