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Nehemiah 13:24
King James Version (1769 Blayney revision, with Apocrypha) · Berean Standard Bible
And their children spake half in the speech of Ashdod, and could not speak (note: Heb. they discerned not to speak) in the Jews’ language, but according to the language of each people (note: Heb. of people and people).
Half of their children spoke the language of Ashdod or of the other peoples, but could not speak the language of Judah.