here's a question I've never heard discussed
is Nehemiah doing the right thing here?
NEHEMIAH 13:23 In those days also I saw the Jews who had married women of Ashdod, Ammon, and Moab.
NEHEMIAH 13:24 And half of their children spoke the language of Ashdod, and they could not speak the language of Judah, but the language of each people.
NEHEMIAH 13:25 And I confronted them and cursed them and beat some of them and pulled out their hair. And I made them take oath in the name of God, saying, You shall not give your daughters to their sons, or take their daughters for your sons or for yourselves.
especially the beatings?