Therefore, make a confession to the Lord, the God of your ancestors, and do his will. Separate yourselves from the surrounding peoples and your foreign wives.’
Nehemiah 13:3 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised When they heard the law, they separated all those of mixed descent from Israel. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Now it came to pass, when they had heard the law, that they separated from Israel all the mixed multitude. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition When [the Jews] heard the law, they separated from Israel all who were of foreign descent. American Standard Version (1901) And it came to pass, when they had heard the law, that they separated from Israel all the mixed multitude. Common English Bible When the people heard this law, they separated out from Israel all those of mixed descent. Catholic Public Domain Version Now it happened that, when they had heard the law, they separated every foreigner from Israel. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And it came to pass, when they had heard the law, that they separated every stranger from Israel. |
Therefore, make a confession to the Lord, the God of your ancestors, and do his will. Separate yourselves from the surrounding peoples and your foreign wives.’
Indeed, the Israelite men have taken some of their daughters as wives for themselves and their sons, so that the holy seed has become mixed with the surrounding peoples. The leaders and officials have taken the lead in this unfaithfulness! ’
The rest of the people #– #the priests, Levites, gatekeepers, singers, and temple servants, along with their wives, sons, and daughters, everyone who is able to understand and who has separated themselves from the surrounding peoples to obey the law of God #– #
Those of Israelite descent separated themselves from all foreigners, and they stood and confessed their sins and the iniquities of their ancestors.
A mixed crowd also went up with them, along with a huge number of livestock, both flocks and herds.
For a command is a lamp, teaching is a light, and corrective discipline is the way to life.
The rabble among them had a strong craving for other food. The Israelites wept again and said, ‘Who will feed us meat?
For no one will be justified in his sight by the works of the law, because the knowledge of sin comes through the law.
Pure and undefiled religion before God the Father is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself unstained from the world.