Nehemiah strengthens his fellow Jews' observance of …
Years: 429BCE - 418BCE
Nehemiah strengthens his fellow Jews' observance of the Sabbath on a second visit to Jerusalem, condemning the Jews of his time for intermarrying with the Ashdodites.
He ends the custom of Jewish men marrying foreign-born wives, helping to keep the Judaeans separate from their non-Jewish neighbors (Nehemiah 13).
