21. And I testified against them, and said to them, Why do ye pass the night before the wall? if ye do so again, I will lay hands on you. From that time forth they came not on the sabbath.
22. And I commanded the Levites that they should purify themselves, and that they should come and keep the gates, to hallow the sabbath day. Remember this also for me, my God and spare me according to thy great loving-kindness!
23. In those days also I saw Jews that had married wives of Ashdod, of Ammon, and of Moab.
24. And their children spoke half in the language of Ashdod, and could not speak in the Jews' language, but according to the language of each people.