Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version When the people heard this law, they excluded from Israel all who were of foreign descent. New Living Translation When this passage of the Law was read, all those of foreign descent were immediately excluded from the assembly. English Standard Version As soon as the people heard the law, they separated from Israel all those of foreign descent. Berean Standard Bible As soon as the people heard this law, they excluded from Israel all of foreign descent. King James Bible Now it came to pass, when they had heard the law, that they separated from Israel all the mixed multitude. New King James Version So it was, when they had heard the Law, that they separated all the mixed multitude from Israel. New American Standard Bible So when they heard the Law, they excluded all foreigners from Israel. NASB 1995 So when they heard the law, they excluded all foreigners from Israel. NASB 1977 So it came about, that when they heard the law, they excluded all foreigners from Israel. Legacy Standard Bible So when they heard the law, they separated all foreigners from Israel. Amplified Bible When the Jews heard the law, they separated from Israel all who were of foreign descent. Christian Standard Bible When they heard the law, they separated all those of mixed descent from Israel. Holman Christian Standard Bible When they heard the law, they separated all those of mixed descent from Israel. American Standard Version And it came to pass, when they had heard the law, that they separated from Israel all the mixed multitude. Contemporary English Version Following the reading of the Law of Moses, the people of Israel started sending away anyone who had any foreign ancestors. English Revised Version And it came to pass, when they had heard the law, that they separated from Israel all the mixed multitude. GOD'S WORD® Translation After the people heard this Teaching, they separated the non-Israelites from the Israelites. Good News Translation When the people of Israel heard this law read, they excluded all foreigners from the community. International Standard Version When they heard the Law, they separated all those of foreign descent from Israel. Majority Standard Bible As soon as the people heard this law, they excluded from Israel all of foreign descent. NET Bible When they heard the law, they removed from Israel all who were of mixed ancestry. New Heart English Bible It came to pass, when they had heard the law, that they separated from Israel all the mixed multitude. Webster's Bible Translation Now it came to pass, when they had heard the law, that they separated from Israel all the mixed multitude. World English Bible It came to pass, when they had heard the law, that they separated all the mixed multitude from Israel. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionAnd it comes to pass, at their hearing the Law, that they separate all the mixed people from Israel. Young's Literal Translation And it cometh to pass, at their hearing the law, that they separate all the mixed people from Israel. Smith's Literal Translation And it will be in their hearing the law, and they will separate all the mixture from Israel. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleAnd it came to pass, when they had heard the law, that they separated every stranger from Israel. Catholic Public Domain Version Now it happened that, when they had heard the law, they separated every foreigner from Israel. New American Bible When they had heard the law, they separated all those of mixed descent from Israel. New Revised Standard Version When the people heard the law, they separated from Israel all those of foreign descent. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleNow when they had heard the words of the law, they separated from Israel all the mixed multitude. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated Then when they heard the words of the Torah, they set apart all the mixed multitude from Israel. OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917And it came to pass, when they had heard the law, that they separated from Israel all the alien mixture. Brenton Septuagint Translation And it came to pass, when they heard the law, that they were separated, even every alien in Israel. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Foreigners Excluded…2because they had not met the Israelites with food and water, but had hired Balaam to call down a curse against them (although our God had turned the curse into a blessing). 3As soon as the people heard this law, they excluded from Israel all of foreign descent. Cross References Deuteronomy 23:3-6 No Ammonite or Moabite or any of their descendants may enter the assembly of the LORD, even to the tenth generation. / For they did not meet you with food and water on your way out of Egypt, and they hired Balaam son of Beor from Pethor in Aram-naharaim to curse you. / Yet the LORD your God would not listen to Balaam, and the LORD your God turned the curse into a blessing for you, because the LORD your God loves you. ... Ezra 9:1-2 After these things had been accomplished, the leaders approached me and said, “The people of Israel, including the priests and Levites, have not kept themselves separate from the surrounding peoples whose abominations are like those of the Canaanites, Hittites, Perizzites, Jebusites, Ammonites, Moabites, Egyptians, and Amorites. / Indeed, the Israelites have taken some of their daughters as wives for themselves and their sons, so that the holy seed has been mixed with the people of the land. And the leaders and officials have taken the lead in this unfaithfulness!” Nehemiah 9:2 Those of Israelite descent separated themselves from all the foreigners, and they stood and confessed their sins and the iniquities of their fathers. Exodus 12:38 And a mixed multitude also went up with them, along with great droves of livestock, both flocks and herds. Numbers 11:4 Meanwhile, the rabble among them had a strong craving for other food, and again the Israelites wept and said, “Who will feed us meat? 1 Kings 11:1-2 King Solomon, however, loved many foreign women along with the daughter of Pharaoh—women of Moab, Ammon, Edom, and Sidon, as well as Hittite women. / These women were from the nations about which the LORD had told the Israelites, “You must not intermarry with them, for surely they will turn your hearts after their gods.” Yet Solomon clung to these women in love. Judges 3:5-6 Thus the Israelites continued to live among the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites. / And they took the daughters of these people in marriage, gave their own daughters to their sons, and served their gods. 2 Kings 17:33-34 They worshiped the LORD, but they also served their own gods according to the customs of the nations from which they had been carried away. / To this day they are still practicing their former customs. None of them worship the LORD or observe the statutes, ordinances, laws, and commandments that the LORD gave the descendants of Jacob, whom He named Israel. Isaiah 52:11 Depart, depart, go out from there! Touch no unclean thing; come out from it, purify yourselves, you who carry the vessels of the LORD. Ezekiel 20:38 And I will purge you of those who rebel and transgress against Me. I will bring them out of the land in which they dwell, but they will not enter the land of Israel. Then you will know that I am the LORD. Matthew 25:32-33 All the nations will be gathered before Him, and He will separate the people one from another, as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. / He will place the sheep on His right and the goats on His left. 2 Corinthians 6:14-17 Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership can righteousness have with wickedness? Or what fellowship does light have with darkness? / What harmony is there between Christ and Belial? Or what does a believer have in common with an unbeliever? / What agreement can exist between the temple of God and idols? For we are the temple of the living God. As God has said: “I will dwell with them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they will be My people.” ... Revelation 18:4 Then I heard another voice from heaven say: “Come out of her, My people, so that you will not share in her sins or contract any of her plagues. Acts 10:28 He said to them, “You know how unlawful it is for a Jew to associate with a foreigner or visit him. But God has shown me that I should not call any man impure or unclean. John 4:9 “You are a Jew,” said the woman. “How can You ask for a drink from me, a Samaritan woman?” (For Jews do not associate with Samaritans.) Treasury of Scripture Now it came to pass, when they had heard the law, that they separated from Israel all the mixed multitude. when they. Psalm 19:7-11 The law of the LORD is perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple… Psalm 119:9,11 BETH. Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed thereto according to thy word… Proverbs 6:23 For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life: that they. Nehemiah 9:2 And the seed of Israel separated themselves from all strangers, and stood and confessed their sins, and the iniquities of their fathers. Nehemiah 10:28 And the rest of the people, the priests, the Levites, the porters, the singers, the Nethinims, and all they that had separated themselves from the people of the lands unto the law of God, their wives, their sons, and their daughters, every one having knowledge, and having understanding; Ezra 10:11 Now therefore make confession unto the LORD God of your fathers, and do his pleasure: and separate yourselves from the people of the land, and from the strange wives. the mixed. Exodus 12:38 And a mixed multitude went up also with them; and flocks, and herds, even very much cattle. Numbers 11:4 And the mixt multitude that was among them fell a lusting: and the children of Israel also wept again, and said, Who shall give us flesh to eat? Jump to Previous Alien Descent Excluded Foreign Foreigners Heard Hearing Israel Law Mixed Mixture Multitude Separate SeparatedJump to Next Alien Descent Excluded Foreign Foreigners Heard Hearing Israel Law Mixed Mixture Multitude Separate SeparatedNehemiah 13 1. Upon the reading of the law, separation is made from the mixed multitude.4. Nehemiah, at his return, causes the chambers to be cleansed. 10. He reforms the offices in the house of God; 15. the violation of the Sabbath; 23. and the marriages with the strange wives. As soon as the people heard This phrase indicates the immediacy and urgency with which the people responded to the reading of the law. The Hebrew root for "heard" is "שָׁמַע" (shama), which implies not just hearing but understanding and obeying. This reflects a deep reverence for God's Word, highlighting the importance of being attentive and responsive to divine instruction. Historically, this moment underscores the communal commitment to align with God's statutes, a theme prevalent throughout the Old Testament. this law they excluded from Israel all of foreign descent Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew As soon asוַיְהִ֖י (way·hî) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be [the people] heard כְּשָׁמְעָ֣ם (kə·šā·mə·‘ām) Preposition-k | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | third person masculine plural Strong's 8085: To hear intelligently this law, הַתּוֹרָ֑ה (hat·tō·w·rāh) Article | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 8451: Direction, instruction, law they excluded וַיַּבְדִּ֥ילוּ (way·yaḇ·dî·lū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 914: To be divided, separate from Israel מִיִּשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ (mî·yiś·rā·’êl) Preposition-m | Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3478: Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc all כָל־ (ḵāl) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every of foreign descent. עֵ֖רֶב (‘ê·reḇ) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 6154: Arabia -- mixture, mixed company Links Nehemiah 13:3 NIVNehemiah 13:3 NLT Nehemiah 13:3 ESV Nehemiah 13:3 NASB Nehemiah 13:3 KJV Nehemiah 13:3 BibleApps.com Nehemiah 13:3 Biblia Paralela Nehemiah 13:3 Chinese Bible Nehemiah 13:3 French Bible Nehemiah 13:3 Catholic Bible OT History: Nehemiah 13:3 It came to pass when they had (Neh Ne) |
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