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;

On that day {H3117} they read {H7121} in the book {H5612} of Moses {H4872} in the audience {H241} of the people {H5971}; and therein was found {H4672} written {H3789}, that the Ammonite {H5984} and the Moabite {H4125} should not come {H935} into the congregation {H6951} of God {H430} for {H5704} ever {H5769};

It was also at that time, when they were reading in the scroll of Moshe, that it was found written that no 'Amoni or Mo'avi may ever enter the assembly of God,

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,

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,

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Cross-References

  • Deuteronomy 23:3 (13 votes)

    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:

  • Deuteronomy 23:5 (13 votes)

    Nevertheless the LORD thy God would not hearken unto Balaam; but the LORD thy God turned the curse into a blessing unto thee, because the LORD thy God loved thee.

  • Nehemiah 9:3 (5 votes)

    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.

  • Deuteronomy 31:11 (4 votes)

    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.

  • Deuteronomy 31:12 (4 votes)

    Gather the people together, men, and women, and children, and thy stranger that [is] within thy gates, that they may hear, and that they may learn, and fear the LORD your God, and observe to do all the words of this law:

  • Nehemiah 13:23 (4 votes)

    ¶ In those days also saw I Jews [that] had married wives of Ashdod, of Ammon, [and] of Moab:

  • 2 Kings 23:2 (3 votes)

    And the king went up into the house of the LORD, and all the men of Judah and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem with him, and the priests, and the prophets, and all the people, both small and great: and he read in their ears all the words of the book of the covenant which was found in the house of the LORD.