Nehemiah 13:3
Now it came to pass, when they had heard the law, that they separated from Israel all the mixed multitude.
Nehemiah 13:3 in other translations
| BSB | As soon as the people heard this law, they excluded from Israel all of foreign descent. |
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| WEB | It came to pass, when they had heard the law, that they separated all the mixed multitude from Israel. |
| ASV | And it came to pass, when they had heard the law, that they separated from Israel all the mixed multitude. |
| YLT | And it cometh to pass, at their hearing the law, that they separate all the mixed people from Israel. |
| DARBY | And it came to pass, when they heard the law, that they separated from Israel all the mixed multitude. |
| BBE | So after hearing the law, they took out of Israel all the mixed people. |
| Webster | Now it came to pass, when they had heard the law, that they separated from Israel all the mixed multitude. |
What does Nehemiah 13:3 mean?
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Nehemiah 13:1-9
Sabbath-breaking restrained. (15-22) The dismissal of strange wives. (23-31) Verses 1-9 Israel was a peculiar people, and not to mingle with the nations. See the benefit of publicly reading the word of God; when it is duly attended to, it discovers to us sin and duty, good and evil, and shows wherein we have erred. We profit, when we are thus wrought upon to separate from evil. Those that would drive sin out of…
Nehemiah 13:3 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Nehemiah 13:3
- 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.
- 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 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;
- 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?
- James 1:27
Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.
- 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.
- Psalms 19:7-11
The law of the Lord is perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple. The statutes of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart: the commandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes. The fear of the Lord is clean, enduring for ever: the judgments of the Lord are true and righteous altogether. More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold: sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb. …
- Proverbs 6:23
For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:
- Romans 3:20
Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin.
- Psalms 119:9
ב BETH. Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed thereto according to thy word.
- Psalms 119:11
Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Context
- Nehemiah 13:2
Because they met not the children of Israel with bread and with water, but hired Balaam against them, that he should curse them: howbeit our God turned the curse into a blessing.
- Nehemiah 13:3
Now it came to pass, when they had heard the law, that they separated from Israel all the mixed multitude.
- Nehemiah 13:4
And before this, Eliashib the priest, having the oversight of the chamber of the house of our God, was allied unto Tobiah:
Nehemiah 13:3 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y fué que, como oyeron la ley, apartaron de Israel toda mistura. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et il arriva que, lorsqu’ils eurent entendu la loi, ils séparèrent d’Israël tout le peuple mélangé. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und es geschah, als sie das Gesetz hörten, da sonderten sie alles Mischvolk von Israel ab. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Factum est autem, cum audissent legem, separaverunt omnem alienigenam ab Israël. |