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Nehemiah 13:3

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When they heard the Law, they separated from Israel all the racially mixed.

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Now therefore make confession to the Lord God of your fathers and do what pleases Him: Sever your relationships with the people of the land, especially from the foreign women.”

Specifically, they have taken some of their daughters as wives for themselves, as well as for their sons, so that the holy seed has been mingled with the people of the lands. In fact, the involvement of the leaders and rulers has been foremost in this vile behavior.”

The remainder of the people, the priests, the Levites, the gatekeepers, the singers, the temple servants, and all who separated themselves from the people of the lands to the Law of God —their wives, their sons, and their daughters, that is, everyone who had knowledge and understanding—

The offspring of Israel separated themselves from all the foreigners and then stood and confessed their sins and the iniquities of their fathers.

Your word have I hidden in my heart, that I might not sin against You.

How can a young man keep his way pure? By guarding it according to Your word.

A mixed multitude also went up with them along with flocks and herds, a large amount of livestock.

For the commandment is a lamp and the teaching is light, and the reproofs of discipline are the way of life,

The mixed multitude that was among them lusted, and the Israelites wept again and said, “Who will give us meat to eat?

Therefore by the works of the law no flesh will be justified in His sight, for through the law comes the knowledge of sin.

Religion that is pure and undefiled before God, the Father, is this: to visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction and to keep oneself unstained by the world.




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