Old Testament · SCRIPTURE
Nehemiah 13:3
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As soon as the people heard this law, they excluded from Israel all of foreign descent.
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Now it came to pass, when they had heard the law, that they separated from Israel all the mixed multitude.
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It came to pass, when they had heard the law, that they separated all the mixed multitude from Israel.
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And 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
1 At that time the Book of Moses was read aloud in the hearing of the people, and in it they found the passage stating that no Ammonite or Moabite should ever enter the assembly of God,
2 because they had not met the Israelites with food and water, but had hired Balaam to call down a curse against them (although our God had turned the curse into a blessing).
3 As soon as the people heard this law, they excluded from Israel all of foreign descent.
4 Now before this, Eliashib the priest, a relative of Tobiah, had been put in charge of the storerooms of the house of our God
5 and had prepared for Tobiah a large room where they had previously stored the grain offerings, the frankincense, the temple articles, and the tithes of grain, new wine, and oil prescribed for the Levites, singers, and gatekeepers, along with the contributions for the priests.
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