Nehemiah 13:1

Nehemiah chapter 13 · verse 1 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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,

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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;

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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,

Context

v.1This passage

v.2because they met not the children of Israel with bread and with water, but hired Balaam against them, to curse them: howbeit our God turned the curse into a blessing.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Ezekiel 25:1

    And the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,

  • Nehemiah 9:3

    And they stood up in their place, and read in the book of the law of Jehovah their God a fourth part of the day; andanotherfourth part they confessed, and worshipped Jehovah their God.

  • Psalms 83:7

    Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek; Philistia with the inhabitants of Tyre:

  • Acts 15:21

    For Moses from generations of old hath in every city them that preach him, being read in the synagogues every sabbath.

  • Deuteronomy 23:3

    An Ammonite or a Moabite shall not enter into the assembly of Jehovah; even to the tenth generation shall none belonging to them enter into the assembly of Jehovah for ever:

  • Luke 4:16

    And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up: and he entered, as his custom was, into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and stood up to read.