Nechemyah 13:22-24

Orthodox Jewish Bible

²² And I commanded the Levi’im that they should make themselves tahor, and that they should come and be shomer over the gates, to set apart as kodesh Shabbos. Remember me, O Elohai, concerning this also, and spare me according to the greatness of Thy mercy.

²³ In those days also saw I Yehudim that had married wives of Ashdod, of Ammon, and of Moav,

²⁴ And their children spoke half in the speech of Ashdod, and could not speak in the language of the Yehudim, but according to the language of each people.