Nehemiah 13:21-23

New International Reader's Version

²¹ But I gave them a warning. I said, “Why are you spending the night by the wall? If you do this again, I’ll arrest you.” So from that time on they didn’t come on the Sabbath day anymore. ²² I commanded the Levites to make themselves pure. Then I told them to go and guard the gates. I wanted the Sabbath day to be kept holy.

You are my God. Remember me because of the good things I’ve done. Be kind to me according to your great love.

²³ In those days I also saw that some men of Judah had married women from Ashdod. Others had married women from Ammon or Moab.