The discovery that Jews had married women from Ashdod, Ammon, and Moab violates the covenant commitment in Chapter 10:30 regarding separation from foreign marriage and foreign religious practices. The specific reference to the children of these marriages speaking the language of Ashdod and not the language of Judah indicates the erosion of Jewish linguistic and cultural identity through foreign marriage. The violation appears despite the explicit covenant commitment against intermarriage, indicating that the temptation toward foreign marriage persists despite solemn pledges. This verse demonstrates the emergence of violations regarding the covenant commitment to separation from foreigners through prohibition of intermarriage.

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