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Nehemiah 13:1

Moses
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,

2 because they had not met the Israelites with food and water, but had hired Balaam to call down a curse against them (although our God had turned the curse into a blessing).

3 As soon as the people heard this law, they excluded from Israel all of foreign descent.

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BSB
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,
KJV
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;
WEB
On that day they read in the book of Moses in the hearing of the people; and it was found written in it that an Ammonite and a Moabite should not enter into the assembly of God forever,
ASV
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,
DARBY
On that day they read in the book of Moses in the audience of the people; and there was found written in it that the Ammonite and the Moabite should not come into the congregation of God for ever;
BLB
On that day they read from the Book of Moses into the ears of the people, and there was found written in it that an Ammonite or Moabite should not come into the assembly of God, even to the age,
ÅB
Samme dag ble det lest opp for folket av Moseboken, og der fant de skrevet at ingen ammonitt eller moabitt nogensinne skulle være med i Guds menighet,
OTB
På den dagen, da Moseboken ble lest høyt for folket, ble det oppdaget at ingen ammonitt eller moabitt noen gang skulle bli tatt opp i Guds forsamling,
B1930
Samme dag blev det lest op for folket av Moseboken, og der fant de skrevet at ingen ammonitt eller moabitt nogensinne skulde være med i Guds menighet,

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Deuteronomy 23:3–5

    No Ammonite or Moabite or any of their descendants may enter the assembly of the LORD, even to the tenth generation.

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  • Nehemiah 9:3

    While they stood in their places, they read from the Book of the Law of the LORD their God for a quarter of the day, and they spent another quarter of the day in confession and worship of the LORD their God.

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  • Deuteronomy 31:11–12

    when all Israel comes before the LORD your God at the place He will choose, you are to read this law in the hearing of all Israel.

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  • Nehemiah 13:23

    In those days I also saw Jews who had married women from Ashdod, Ammon, and Moab.

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  • Ezekiel 25:1–11

    Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

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  • 2 Kings 23:2

    And he went up to the house of the LORD with all the people of Judah and Jerusalem, as well as the priests and the prophets—all the people small and great—and in their hearing he read all the words of the Book of the Covenant that had been found in the house of the LORD.

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  • Acts 15:21

    For Moses has been proclaimed in every city from ancient times and is read in the synagogues on every Sabbath.”

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  • Psalms 83:7–9

    of Gebal, Ammon, and Amalek, of Philistia with the people of Tyre.

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