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Berean Standard Bible

“At that time the Book of Moses was read aloud in the hearing of the people, and in it they found the passage stating that no Ammonite or Moabite should ever enter the assembly of God,”

Nehemiah 13:1

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Nehemiah returns to Jerusalem after a time away and finds the community has drifted from what it had promised. The book ends with a series of reforms.

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Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

At that time the Book of Moses was read aloud in the hearing of the people, and in it they found the passage stating that no Ammonite or Moabite should ever enter the assembly of God,

World English Bible (WEB)

On that day they read in the book of Moses in the hearing of the people; and it was found written in it that an Ammonite and a Moabite should not enter into the assembly of God forever,

King James Version (KJV)

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;

American Standard Version (ASV)

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,

Bible in Basic English (BBE)

On that day there was a reading from the book of Moses in the hearing of the people; and they saw that it said in the book that no Ammonite or Moabite might ever come into the meeting of God;

Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

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Reina-Valera 1909 (RVR 1909)

AQUEL día se leyó en el libro de Moisés oyéndolo el pueblo, y fué hallado en él escrito, que los Ammonitas y Moabitas no debían entrar jamás en la congregación de Dios;

Sagradas Escrituras 1569 (SE 1569)

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Nueva Biblia Viva (NBV)

Aquel mismo día, al leer la Ley de Moisés al pueblo, se encontró un texto que decía que los amonitas y los moabitas no debían formar parte del pueblo de Dios,

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