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Nehemiah 13

Neh. 13:1 KJV (With Strong’s)

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On that day
yowm (Hebrew #3117)
a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)
KJV usage: age, + always, + chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), + elder, X end, + evening, + (for) ever(-lasting, -more), X full, life, as (so) long as (... live), (even) now, + old, + outlived, + perpetually, presently, + remaineth, X required, season, X since, space, then, (process of) time, + as at other times, + in trouble, weather, (as) when, (a, the, within a) while (that), X whole (+ age), (full) year(-ly), + younger.
Pronounce: yome
Origin: from an unused root meaning to be hot
γthey read
qara' (Hebrew #7121)
to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
KJV usage: bewray (self), that are bidden, call (for, forth, self, upon), cry (unto), (be) famous, guest, invite, mention, (give) name, preach, (make) proclaim(- ation), pronounce, publish, read, renowned, say.
Pronounce: kaw-raw'
Origin: a primitive root (rather identical with 7122 through the idea of accosting a person met)
h in the book
cepher (Hebrew #5612)
from 5608; properly, writing (the art or a document); by implication, a book
KJV usage: bill, book, evidence, X learn(-ed) (-ing), letter, register, scroll.
Pronounce: say'-fer
Origin: or (feminine) ciphrah (Psa. 56:8 (9)) {sif-raw'}
of Moses
Mosheh (Hebrew #4872)
drawing out (of the water), i.e. rescued; Mosheh, the Israelite lawgiver
KJV usage: Moses.
Pronounce: mo-sheh'
Origin: from 4871
in the δaudience
'ozen (Hebrew #241)
broadness. i.e. (concrete) the ear (from its form in man)
KJV usage: + advertise, audience, + displease, ear, hearing, + show.
Pronounce: o'-zen
Origin: from 238
of the people
`am (Hebrew #5971)
a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
KJV usage: folk, men, nation, people.
Pronounce: am
Origin: from 6004
; and thereinj was found
matsa' (Hebrew #4672)
properly, to come forth to, i.e. appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e. find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present
KJV usage: + be able, befall, being, catch, X certainly, (cause to) come (on, to, to hand), deliver, be enough (cause to) find(-ing, occasion, out), get (hold upon), X have (here), be here, hit, be left, light (up-)on, meet (with), X occasion serve, (be) present, ready, speed, suffice, take hold on.
Pronounce: maw-tsaw'
Origin: a primitive root
written
kathab (Hebrew #3789)
to grave, by implication, to write (describe, inscribe, prescribe, subscribe)
KJV usage: describe, record, prescribe, subscribe, write(-ing, -ten).
Pronounce: kaw-thab'
Origin: a primitive root
, that the Ammonite
`Ammowniy (Hebrew #5984)
an Ammonite or (the adjective) Ammonitish
KJV usage: Ammonite(-s).
Pronounce: am-mo-nee'
Origin: patronymically from 5983
and the Moabite
Mow'abiy (Hebrew #4125)
or Mowabiyth {mo-aw-beeth'}; patronymical from 4124; a Moabite or Moabitess, i.e. a descendant from Moab
KJV usage: (woman) of Moab, Moabite(-ish, -ss).
Pronounce: mo-aw-bee'
Origin: feminine Mownabiyah {mo-aw-bee-yaw'}
should not come
bow' (Hebrew #935)
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
KJV usage: abide, apply, attain, X be, befall, + besiege, bring (forth, in, into, to pass), call, carry, X certainly, (cause, let, thing for) to come (against, in, out, upon, to pass), depart, X doubtless again, + eat, + employ, (cause to) enter (in, into, -tering, -trance, -try), be fallen, fetch, + follow, get, give, go (down, in, to war), grant, + have, X indeed, (in-)vade, lead, lift (up), mention, pull in, put, resort, run (down), send, set, X (well) stricken (in age), X surely, take (in), way.
Pronounce: bo
Origin: a primitive root
into the congregation
qahal (Hebrew #6951)
assemblage (usually concretely)
KJV usage: assembly, company, congregation, multitude.
Pronounce: kaw-hawl'
Origin: from 6950
of God
'elohiym (Hebrew #430)
gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative
KJV usage: angels, X exceeding, God (gods)(-dess, -ly), X (very) great, judges, X mighty.
Pronounce: el-o-heem'
Origin: plural of 433
for
`ad (Hebrew #5704)
as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)
KJV usage: against, and, as, at, before, by (that), even (to), for(-asmuch as), (hither-)to, + how long, into, as long (much) as, (so) that, till, toward, until, when, while, (+ as) yet.
Pronounce: ad
Origin: properly, the same as 5703 (used as a preposition, adverb or conjunction; especially with a preposition)
ever
`owlam (Hebrew #5769)
from 5956; properly, concealed, i.e. the vanishing point; generally, time out of mind (past or future), i.e. (practically) eternity; frequentatively, adverbial (especially with prepositional prefix) always
KJV usage: alway(-s), ancient (time), any more, continuance, eternal, (for, (n-))ever(-lasting, -more, of old), lasting, long (time), (of) old (time), perpetual, at any time, (beginning of the) world (+ without end). Compare 5331, 5703.
Pronounce: o-lawm'
Origin: or lolam {o-lawm'}
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there was read.
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Neh. 8:3,8• 3And he read therein before the street that was before the water gate from the morning until midday, before the men and the women, and those that could understand; and the ears of all the people were attentive unto the book of the law.
 8So they read in the book in the law of God distinctly, and gave the sense, and caused them to understand the reading. (Neh. 8:3,8)
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Deut. 31:11‑12• 11When 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.
 12Gather 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: (Deut. 31:11‑12)
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2 Kings 23:2• 2And 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. (2 Kings 23:2)
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ears.
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Deut. 23:3‑4• 3An 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:
 4Because they met you not with bread and with water in the way, when ye came forth out of Egypt; and because they hired against thee Balaam the son of Beor of Pethor of Mesopotamia, to curse thee. (Deut. 23:3‑4)

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1-3:  Upon the reading of the law, separation is made from the mixed multitude.
4-9:  Nehemiah, at his return, causes the chambers to be cleansed.
10-14:  He reforms the offices in the house of God;
15-22:  the violation of the sabbath;
23-31:  and the marriages with the strange wives.
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.
Neh. 8:3‑8• 3And he read therein before the street that was before the water gate from the morning until midday, before the men and the women, and those that could understand; and the ears of all the people were attentive unto the book of the law.
 4And Ezra the scribe stood upon a pulpit of wood, which they had made for the purpose; and beside him stood Mattithiah, and Shema, and Anaiah, and Urijah, and Hilkiah, and Maaseiah, on his right hand; and on his left hand, Pedaiah, and Mishael, and Malchiah, and Hashum, and Hashbadana, Zechariah, and Meshullam.
 5And Ezra opened the book in the sight of all the people; (for he was above all the people;) and when he opened it, all the people stood up:
 6And Ezra blessed the Lord, the great God. And all the people answered, Amen, Amen, with lifting up their hands: and they bowed their heads, and worshipped the Lord with their faces to the ground.
 7Also Jeshua, and Bani, and Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodijah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah, and the Levites, caused the people to understand the law: and the people stood in their place.
 8So they read in the book in the law of God distinctly, and gave the sense, and caused them to understand the reading. (Neh. 8:3‑8)
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Neh. 9:3• 3And 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. (Neh. 9:3)
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Deut. 31:11‑12• 11When 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.
 12Gather 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: (Deut. 31:11‑12)
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2 Kings 23:2• 2And 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. (2 Kings 23:2)
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Isa. 34:16• 16Seek ye out of the book of the Lord, and read: no one of these shall fail, none shall want her mate: for my mouth it hath commanded, and his spirit it hath gathered them. (Isa. 34:16)
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Luke 4:16‑19• 16And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up: and, as his custom was, he went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and stood up for to read.
 17And there was delivered unto him the book of the prophet Esaias. And when he had opened the book, he found the place where it was written,
 18The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised,
 19To preach the acceptable year of the Lord. (Luke 4:16‑19)
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Luke 10:26• 26He said unto him, What is written in the law? how readest thou? (Luke 10:26)
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Acts 13:15• 15And after the reading of the law and the prophets the rulers of the synagogue sent unto them, saying, Ye men and brethren, if ye have any word of exhortation for the people, say on. (Acts 13:15)
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Acts 15:21• 21For Moses of old time hath in every city them that preach him, being read in the synagogues every sabbath day. (Acts 15:21)
audience.
Heb. ears.
the Ammonite.
Neh. 13:23• 23In those days also saw I Jews that had married wives of Ashdod, of Ammon, and of Moab: (Neh. 13:23)
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Deut. 23:3‑5• 3An 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:
 4Because they met you not with bread and with water in the way, when ye came forth out of Egypt; and because they hired against thee Balaam the son of Beor of Pethor of Mesopotamia, to curse thee.
 5Nevertheless 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. (Deut. 23:3‑5)
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Isa. 15:1‑16:14• 1The burden of Moab. Because in the night Ar of Moab is laid waste, and brought to silence; because in the night Kir of Moab is laid waste, and brought to silence;
 2He is gone up to Bajith, and to Dibon, the high places, to weep: Moab shall howl over Nebo, and over Medeba: on all their heads shall be baldness, and every beard cut off.
 3In their streets they shall gird themselves with sackcloth: on the tops of their houses, and in their streets, every one shall howl, weeping abundantly.
 4And Heshbon shall cry, and Elealeh: their voice shall be heard even unto Jahaz: therefore the armed soldiers of Moab shall cry out; his life shall be grievous unto him.
 5My heart shall cry out for Moab; his fugitives shall flee unto Zoar, an heifer of three years old: for by the mounting up of Luhith with weeping shall they go it up; for in the way of Horonaim they shall raise up a cry of destruction.
 6For the waters of Nimrim shall be desolate: for the hay is withered away, the grass faileth, there is no green thing.
 7Therefore the abundance they have gotten, and that which they have laid up, shall they carry away to the brook of the willows.
 8For the cry is gone round about the borders of Moab; the howling thereof unto Eglaim, and the howling thereof unto Beer-elim.
 9For the waters of Dimon shall be full of blood: for I will bring more upon Dimon, lions upon him that escapeth of Moab, and upon the remnant of the land.
 1Send ye the lamb to the ruler of the land from Sela to the wilderness, unto the mount of the daughter of Zion.
 2For it shall be, that, as a wandering bird cast out of the nest, so the daughters of Moab shall be at the fords of Arnon.
 3Take counsel, execute judgment; make thy shadow as the night in the midst of the noonday; hide the outcasts; bewray not him that wandereth.
 4Let mine outcasts dwell with thee, Moab; be thou a covert to them from the face of the spoiler: for the extortioner is at an end, the spoiler ceaseth, the oppressors are consumed out of the land.
 5And in mercy shall the throne be established: and he shall sit upon it in truth in the tabernacle of David, judging, and seeking judgment, and hasting righteousness.
 6We have heard of the pride of Moab; he is very proud: even of his haughtiness, and his pride, and his wrath: but his lies shall not be so.
 7Therefore shall Moab howl for Moab, every one shall howl: for the foundations of Kir-hareseth shall ye mourn; surely they are stricken.
 8For the fields of Heshbon languish, and the vine of Sibmah: the lords of the heathen have broken down the principal plants thereof, they are come even unto Jazer, they wandered through the wilderness: her branches are stretched out, they are gone over the sea.
 9Therefore I will bewail with the weeping of Jazer the vine of Sibmah: I will water thee with my tears, O Heshbon, and Elealeh: for the shouting for thy summer fruits and for thy harvest is fallen.
 10And gladness is taken away, and joy out of the plentiful field; and in the vineyards there shall be no singing, neither shall there be shouting: the treaders shall tread out no wine in their presses; I have made their vintage shouting to cease.
 11Wherefore my bowels shall sound like an harp for Moab, and mine inward parts for Kir-haresh.
 12And it shall come to pass, when it is seen that Moab is weary on the high place, that he shall come to his sanctuary to pray; but he shall not prevail.
 13This is the word that the Lord hath spoken concerning Moab since that time.
 14But now the Lord hath spoken, saying, Within three years, as the years of an hireling, and the glory of Moab shall be contemned, with all that great multitude; and the remnant shall be very small and feeble. (Isa. 15:1‑16:14)
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Jer. 48:1‑47• 1Against Moab thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; Woe unto Nebo! for it is spoiled: Kiriathaim is confounded and taken: Misgab is confounded and dismayed.
 2There shall be no more praise of Moab: in Heshbon they have devised evil against it; come, and let us cut it off from being a nation. Also thou shalt be cut down, O Madmen; the sword shall pursue thee.
 3A voice of crying shall be from Horonaim, spoiling and great destruction.
 4Moab is destroyed; her little ones have caused a cry to be heard.
 5For in the going up of Luhith continual weeping shall go up; for in the going down of Horonaim the enemies have heard a cry of destruction.
 6Flee, save your lives, and be like the heath in the wilderness.
 7For because thou hast trusted in thy works and in thy treasures, thou shalt also be taken: and Chemosh shall go forth into captivity with his priests and his princes together.
 8And the spoiler shall come upon every city, and no city shall escape: the valley also shall perish, and the plain shall be destroyed, as the Lord hath spoken.
 9Give wings unto Moab, that it may flee and get away: for the cities thereof shall be desolate, without any to dwell therein.
 10Cursed be he that doeth the work of the Lord deceitfully, and cursed be he that keepeth back his sword from blood.
 11Moab hath been at ease from his youth, and he hath settled on his lees, and hath not been emptied from vessel to vessel, neither hath he gone into captivity: therefore his taste remained in him, and his scent is not changed.
 12Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will send unto him wanderers, that shall cause him to wander, and shall empty his vessels, and break their bottles.
 13And Moab shall be ashamed of Chemosh, as the house of Israel was ashamed of Beth-el their confidence.
 14How say ye, We are mighty and strong men for the war?
 15Moab is spoiled, and gone up out of her cities, and his chosen young men are gone down to the slaughter, saith the King, whose name is the Lord of hosts.
 16The calamity of Moab is near to come, and his affliction hasteth fast.
 17All ye that are about him, bemoan him; and all ye that know his name, say, How is the strong staff broken, and the beautiful rod!
 18Thou daughter that dost inhabit Dibon, come down from thy glory, and sit in thirst; for the spoiler of Moab shall come upon thee, and he shall destroy thy strong holds.
 19O inhabitant of Aroer, stand by the way, and espy; ask him that fleeth, and her that escapeth, and say, What is done?
 20Moab is confounded; for it is broken down: howl and cry; tell ye it in Arnon, that Moab is spoiled,
 21And judgment is come upon the plain country; upon Holon, and upon Jahazah, and upon Mephaath,
 22And upon Dibon, and upon Nebo, and upon Beth-diblathaim,
 23And upon Kiriathaim, and upon Beth-gamul, and upon Beth-meon,
 24And upon Kerioth, and upon Bozrah, and upon all the cities of the land of Moab, far or near.
 25The horn of Moab is cut off, and his arm is broken, saith the Lord.
 26Make ye him drunken: for he magnified himself against the Lord: Moab also shall wallow in his vomit, and he also shall be in derision.
 27For was not Israel a derision unto thee? was he found among thieves? for since thou spakest of him, thou skippedst for joy.
 28O ye that dwell in Moab, leave the cities, and dwell in the rock, and be like the dove that maketh her nest in the sides of the hole's mouth.
 29We have heard the pride of Moab, (he is exceeding proud) his loftiness, and his arrogancy, and his pride, and the haughtiness of his heart.
 30I know his wrath, saith the Lord; but it shall not be so; his lies shall not so effect it.
 31Therefore will I howl for Moab, and I will cry out for all Moab; mine heart shall mourn for the men of Kir-heres.
 32O vine of Sibmah, I will weep for thee with the weeping of Jazer: thy plants are gone over the sea, they reach even to the sea of Jazer: the spoiler is fallen upon thy summer fruits and upon thy vintage.
 33And joy and gladness is taken from the plentiful field, and from the land of Moab; and I have caused wine to fail from the winepresses: none shall tread with shouting; their shouting shall be no shouting.
 34From the cry of Heshbon even unto Elealeh, and even unto Jahaz, have they uttered their voice, from Zoar even unto Horonaim, as an heifer of three years old: for the waters also of Nimrim shall be desolate.
 35Moreover I will cause to cease in Moab, saith the Lord, him that offereth in the high places, and him that burneth incense to his gods.
 36Therefore mine heart shall sound for Moab like pipes, and mine heart shall sound like pipes for the men of Kir-heres: because the riches that he hath gotten are perished.
 37For every head shall be bald, and every beard clipped: upon all the hands shall be cuttings, and upon the loins sackcloth.
 38There shall be lamentation generally upon all the housetops of Moab, and in the streets thereof: for I have broken Moab like a vessel wherein is no pleasure, saith the Lord.
 39They shall howl, saying, How is it broken down! how hath Moab turned the back with shame! so shall Moab be a derision and a dismaying to all them about him.
 40For thus saith the Lord; Behold, he shall fly as an eagle, and shall spread his wings over Moab.
 41Kerioth is taken, and the strong holds are surprised, and the mighty men's hearts in Moab at that day shall be as the heart of a woman in her pangs.
 42And Moab shall be destroyed from being a people, because he hath magnified himself against the Lord.
 43Fear, and the pit, and the snare, shall be upon thee, O inhabitant of Moab, saith the Lord.
 44He that fleeth from the fear shall fall into the pit; and he that getteth up out of the pit shall be taken in the snare: for I will bring upon it, even upon Moab, the year of their visitation, saith the Lord.
 45They that fled stood under the shadow of Heshbon because of the force: but a fire shall come forth out of Heshbon, and a flame from the midst of Sihon, and shall devour the corner of Moab, and the crown of the head of the tumultuous ones.
 46Woe be unto thee, O Moab! the people of Chemosh perisheth: for thy sons are taken captives, and thy daughters captives.
 47Yet will I bring again the captivity of Moab in the latter days, saith the Lord. Thus far is the judgment of Moab. (Jer. 48:1‑47)
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Ezek. 25:1‑11• 1The word of the Lord came again unto me, saying,
 2Son of man, set thy face against the Ammonites, and prophesy against them;
 3And say unto the Ammonites, Hear the word of the Lord God; Thus saith the Lord God; Because thou saidst, Aha, against my sanctuary, when it was profaned; and against the land of Israel, when it was desolate; and against the house of Judah, when they went into captivity;
 4Behold, therefore I will deliver thee to the men of the east for a possession, and they shall set their palaces in thee, and make their dwellings in thee: they shall eat thy fruit, and they shall drink thy milk.
 5And I will make Rabbah a stable for camels, and the Ammonites a couchingplace for flocks: and ye shall know that I am the Lord.
 6For thus saith the Lord God; Because thou hast clapped thine hands, and stamped with the feet, and rejoiced in heart with all thy despite against the land of Israel;
 7Behold, therefore I will stretch out mine hand upon thee, and will deliver thee for a spoil to the heathen; and I will cut thee off from the people, and I will cause thee to perish out of the countries: I will destroy thee; and thou shalt know that I am the Lord.
 8Thus saith the Lord God; Because that Moab and Seir do say, Behold, the house of Judah is like unto all the heathen;
 9Therefore, behold, I will open the side of Moab from the cities, from his cities which are on his frontiers, the glory of the country, Beth-jeshimoth, Baal-meon, and Kiriathaim,
 10Unto the men of the east with the Ammonites, and will give them in possession, that the Ammonites may not be remembered among the nations.
 11And I will execute judgments upon Moab; and they shall know that I am the Lord. (Ezek. 25:1‑11)
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Amos 2:1‑3• 1Thus saith the Lord; For three transgressions of Moab, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because he burned the bones of the king of Edom into lime:
 2But I will send a fire upon Moab, and it shall devour the palaces of Kerioth: and Moab shall die with tumult, with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet:
 3And I will cut off the judge from the midst thereof, and will slay all the princes thereof with him, saith the Lord. (Amos 2:1‑3)
Moabite.
Neh. 2:10,19• 10When Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, heard of it, it grieved them exceedingly that there was come a man to seek the welfare of the children of Israel.
 19But when Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, and Geshem the Arabian, heard it, they laughed us to scorn, and despised us, and said, What is this thing that ye do? will ye rebel against the king? (Neh. 2:10,19)
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Neh. 4:3• 3Now Tobiah the Ammonite was by him, and he said, Even that which they build, if a fox go up, he shall even break down their stone wall. (Neh. 4:3)
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Psa. 83:7‑9• 7Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek; the Philistines with the inhabitants of Tyre;
 8Assur also is joined with them: they have holpen the children of Lot. Selah.
 9Do unto them as unto the Midianites; as to Sisera, as to Jabin, at the brook of Kison: (Psa. 83:7‑9)
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Jer. 49:1‑6• 1Concerning the Ammonites, thus saith the Lord; Hath Israel no sons? hath he no heir? why then doth their king inherit Gad, and his people dwell in his cities?
 2Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will cause an alarm of war to be heard in Rabbah of the Ammonites; and it shall be a desolate heap, and her daughters shall be burned with fire: then shall Israel be heir unto them that were his heirs, saith the Lord.
 3Howl, O Heshbon, for Ai is spoiled: cry, ye daughters of Rabbah, gird you with sackcloth; lament, and run to and fro by the hedges; for their king shall go into captivity, and his priests and his princes together.
 4Wherefore gloriest thou in the valleys, thy flowing valley, O backsliding daughter? that trusted in her treasures, saying, Who shall come unto me?
 5Behold, I will bring a fear upon thee, saith the Lord God of hosts, from all those that be about thee; and ye shall be driven out every man right forth; and none shall gather up him that wandereth.
 6And afterward I will bring again the captivity of the children of Ammon, saith the Lord. (Jer. 49:1‑6)
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Amos 1:13‑15• 13Thus saith the Lord; For three transgressions of the children of Ammon, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have ripped up the women with child of Gilead, that they might enlarge their border:
 14But I will kindle a fire in the wall of Rabbah, and it shall devour the palaces thereof, with shouting in the day of battle, with a tempest in the day of the whirlwind:
 15And their king shall go into captivity, he and his princes together, saith the Lord. (Amos 1:13‑15)
• Israel was not to look favorably upon an Ammonite or a Moabite, despite their near kinship. They were strictly forbidden from entering the congregation (Deut. 23:36). (“Ammonites and Moabites - Neh. 13:1-3” by N. Simon)

J. N. Darby Translation

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On that daye 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;

JND Translation Notes

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Or "at that time," as ch. 12.44.