Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
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Depart from me, evildoers, that I may observe the commandments of my God.
The children of Israel, who had come back, and all those who were joined to them, after separating themselves from the evil ways of the people of the land to become the servants of Jehovah, the God of Israel, ate together.
But Zerubbabel and Jeshua and the rest of the heads of families in Israel said to them: You have no part with us in the building of a house for our God. We will do the work for Jehovah, the God of Israel, as Cyrus, king of Persia, has given us orders.
That way we would not give our daughters to the peoples of the lands, or take their daughters for our sons;
The seed of Israel made themselves separate from all the men of other nations. They publicly requested forgiveness for their sins and the wrongdoing of their fathers.
So after hearing the law, they took out of Israel all the mixed people.