Jamieson, Fausset and Brown on Nehemiah 13:25
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Nehemiah13:25
25. cursed them--that is, pronounced on them an anathema which entailed excommunication.
smote ... and plucked off their hair--To cut off the hair of offenders seems to be a punishment rather disgraceful than severe; yet it is supposed that pain was added to disgrace, and that they tore off the hair with violence as if they were plucking a bird alive.
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