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

That all flesh may know that I the LORD have drawn forth my sword out of his sheath: it shall not return any more. Ezekiel 21:5

Trivia: In Ezekiel 39, who did God invite to eat flesh and get drunk with blood?

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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