Nehemiah 13:3

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Summary

Nehemiah 13:3

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

When they

That they

The mixed

Exodus 12:38

Numbers 11:4

Bible References

When they

The law of Jehovah is blameless, turning back the soul; the testimonies of Jehovah being faithful, making wise the simple.

In what shall a youth cleanse his way? To watch according to thy word.

For the command is a lamp, and the law a light; and the way of life the reproof of instruction:

Therefore from the works of the law shall no flesh be justified before him: for by the law the knowledge of sin.

That they

And the seed of Israel will be separated from all the sons of the stranger, and they will stand and confess over their sins, and the iniquities of their fathers.

And the rest of the people, the priests, the Levites, the gate-keepers, those singing, the Nethinims, and all being separated from the people of the lands to the law of God, their wives, their sons, and their daughters, all knowing understanding;

And now ye shall give praise to Jehovah the God of your fathers, and do acceptance: and separate from the people of the land and from the strange wives.

Religion pure and unpolluted before God and the Father is this, To take a view of the orphans and widows in their pressure, to keep himself free from stain from the world.

The mixed

And also a great mixture went up with them; and sheep and oxen, very much cattle.

And the scraped together which in its midst will long a longing; and the sons of Israel also will turn back and weep, and they will say, Who will feed us with flesh?