So when they heardthe law,they excludedallforeignersfrom Israel.
"Nowtherefore, makeconfessionto the LORDGodof your fathersand doHis will;and separateyourselves from the peoplesof the landand from the foreignwives."
"For they have takensomeof their daughters[as wives] for themselves and for their sons,so that the holyracehas intermingledwith the peoplesof the lands;indeed, the handsof the princesand the rulershave beenforemostin thisunfaithfulness."
Now the restof the people,the priests,the Levites,the gatekeepers,the singers,the templeservantsand allthose who had separatedthemselves from the peoplesof the landsto the lawof God,their wives,their sonsand their daughters,allthose who hadknowledgeand understanding,
The descendantsof Israelseparatedthemselves from allforeigners,and stoodand confessedtheir sinsand the iniquitiesof their fathers.
Your wordI have treasuredin my heart,That I may not sinagainst You.
Howcan a youngmankeephis waypure?By keeping[it] according to Your word.
A mixedmultitudealsowentup with them, along with flocksand herds,a verylargenumberof livestock.
For the commandmentis a lampand the teachingis light;And reproofsfor disciplineare the wayof life
The rabblewhowere amongthem hadgreedydesires;and alsothe sonsof Israelweptagainand said,"Whowill give us meatto eat?
becauseby the worksof the Lawnofleshwill be justifiedin His sight;for throughthe Law[comes] the knowledgeof sin.
Pureand undefiledreligionin the sightof [our] Godand Fatheris this:to visitorphansand widowsin their distress,[and] to keeponeselfunstainedby the world.
