KJV King James Version
Now it came to pass, when they had heard the law, that they separated from Israel all the mixed multitude.
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Nehemiah 13:3
Now it came to pass, when they had heard the law, that they separated from Israel all the mixed multitude.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
As soon as the people heard this law, they excluded from Israel all of foreign descent.
WEB World English Bible
It came to pass, when they had heard the law, that they separated from Israel all the mixed multitude.
ASV American Standard Version
And it came to pass, when they had heard the law, that they separated from Israel all the mixed multitude.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And it cometh to pass, at their hearing the law, that they separate all the mixed people from Israel.
Surrounding context — Nehemiah 13
1 On that day they read in the book of Moses in the audience of the people; and therein was found written, that the Ammonite and the Moabite should not come into the congregation of God for ever;
2 Because they met not the children of Israel with bread and with water, but hired Balaam against them, that he should curse them: howbeit our God turned the curse into a blessing.
3 Now it came to pass, when they had heard the law, that they separated from Israel all the mixed multitude.
4 And before this, Eliashib the priest, having the oversight of the chamber of the house of our God, [was] allied unto Tobiah:
5 And he had prepared for him a great chamber, where aforetime they laid the meat offerings, the frankincense, and the vessels, and the tithes of the corn, the new wine, and the oil, which was commanded [to be given] to the Levites, and the singers, and the porters; and the offerings of the priests.
6 But in all this [time] was not I at Jerusalem: for in the two and thirtieth year of Artaxerxes king of Babylon came I unto the king, and after certain days obtained I leave of the king:
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Nehemiah 9:2And the seed of Israel separated themselves from all strangers, and stood and confessed their sins, and the iniquities of their fathers.Exodus 12:38And a mixed multitude went up also with them; and flocks, and herds, [even] very much cattle.Nehemiah 10:28And the rest of the people, the priests, the Levites, the porters, the singers, the Nethinims, and all they that had separated themselves from the people of the lands unto the law of God, their wives, their sons, and their daughters, every one having knowledge, and having understanding;Numbers 11:4And the mixt multitude that [was] among them fell a lusting: and the children of Israel also wept again, and said, Who shall give us flesh to eat?James 1:27Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, [and] to keep himself unspotted from the world.Psalm 19:7-11The law of the LORD [is] perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the LORD [is] sure, making wise the simple.Romans 3:20Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law [is] the knowledge of sin.Psalm 119:9BETH. Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed [thereto] according to thy word.Psalm 119:11Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.Ezra 10:11Now therefore make confession unto the LORD God of your fathers, and do his pleasure: and separate yourselves from the people of the land, and from the strange wives.Proverbs 6:23For the commandment [is] a lamp; and the law [is] light; and reproofs of instruction [are] the way of life:
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