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Nehemiah 13:1

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that day: Some suppose that the events recorded in these verses took place several years after those related in the preceding chapter, while Nehemiah was absent at the Persian court; but the introductory language, on that day, seems rather to imply that they occurred immediately, or at least about that time.

they read: Heb. there was read, Nehemiah 8:3-8, Nehemiah 9:3; Deuteronomy 31:11-12; 2 Kings 23:2; Isaiah 34:16; Luke 4:16-19, Luke 10:26; Acts 13:15, Acts 15:21

audience: Heb. ears

the Ammonite: Nehemiah 13:23; Deuteronomy 23:3-5; Isa. 15:1-16:14; Jeremiah 48:1-47; Ezekiel 25:1-11; Amos 2:1-3

Moabite: Nehemiah 2:10, Nehemiah 2:19, Nehemiah 4:3; Psalms 83:7-9; Jeremiah 49:1-6; Amos 1:13-15

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