0 Why did Nehemiah pluck out the hair of Israelite men?

I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation. Exodus 20:5

Trivia: In what chapter of Exodus can you find instructions for selling your daughter and taking a second wife?

Why did Nehemiah pluck out the hair of Israelite men?


Because they married non-Israelite women

I contended with them, and cursed them, and smote certain of them, and plucked off their hair, and made them swear by God, saying, Ye shall not give your daughters unto their sons, nor take their daughters unto your sons, or for yourselves. Nehemiah 13:25

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