Nehemiah 13:3
What does Nehemiah 13:3 mean?
A plain-English look at Nehemiah 13:3 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000And it came to pass, when they had heard the law, that they separated from Israel all the mixed multitude.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Now it came to pass, when they had heard the law, that they separated from Israel all the mixed multitude.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And it came to pass, when they had heard the law, that they separated from Israel all the mixed multitude.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949So after hearing the law, they took out of Israel all the mixed people.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862And it cometh to pass, at their hearing the law, that they separate all the mixed people from Israel.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And it came to pass, when they had heard the law, that they separated every stranger from Israel.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And it came to pass, when they heard the law, that they separated from Israel all the mixed multitude.
Context
v.2because they met not the children of Israel with bread and with water, but hired Balaam against them, to curse them: howbeit our God turned the curse into a blessing.
v.3This passage
v.4Now before this, Eliashib the priest, who was appointed over the chambers of the house of our God, being allied unto Tobiah,
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Proverbs 6:23
For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; And reproofs of instruction are the way of life:
- Exodus 12:38
And a mixed multitude went up also with them; and flocks, and herds, even very much cattle.
- Nehemiah 10:28
And the rest of the people, the priests, the Levites, the porters, the singers, the Nethinim, and all they that had separated themselves from the peoples of the lands unto the law of God, their wives, their sons, and their daughters, every one that had knowledge, and understanding;
- Ezra 10:11
Now therefore make confession unto Jehovah, the God of your fathers, and do his pleasure; and separate yourselves from the peoples of the land, and from the foreign women.
- Psalms 119:11
Thy word have I laid up in my heart, That I might not sin against thee.
- Psalms 119:9
Wherewith shall a young man cleanse his way? By taking heed thereto according to thy word.
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