Nehemiah 13:3

And it came to pass, when they heard the law, that they were separated, even every alien in Israel.

Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

Now it came to pass, when they had heard the law, that they separated from Israel all the mixed multitude.

In Context

2because they met not the children of Israel with bread and water, but hired Balaam against them to curse them: but our God turned the curse into a blessing.

4And before this time Eliasib the priest dwelt in the treasury of the house of our God, connected with Tobias;

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Cross References

Numbers 11:4And the mixed multitude among them lusted + 11:4 Gr. lusted a lust.exceedingly; and they and the children of Israel sat down and wept and said, Who shall give us flesh to eat?

Nehemiah 9:2And the children of Israel separated themselves from every stranger, and stood and confessed their sins, and the iniquities of their fathers.

Psalms 19:7Now I know that the Lord has saved his Christ: he shall hear him from his holy heaven: the salvation of his right hand is mighty.

Matthew Henry on Nehemiah 13:2-10

The People's Attention to Their Duty. ( b. c. 444.) 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… Read the whole commentary →

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