NASB Lexicon
KJV Lexicon Now it came to pass when they had heardshama` (shaw-mah') to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.) the law towrah (to-raw') a precept or statute, especially the Decalogue or Pentateuch -- law. that they separated badal (baw-dal') to divide (in variation senses literally or figuratively, separate, distinguish, differ, select, etc.) from Israel Yisra'el (yis-raw-ale') he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity: --Israel. all the mixed multitude `ereb (ay'-reb) the web (or transverse threads of cloth); also a mixture, (or mongrel race) -- Arabia, mingled people, mixed (multitude), woof. Parallel Verses New American Standard Bible So when they heard the law, they excluded all foreigners from Israel. King James Bible Now it came to pass, when they had heard the law, that they separated from Israel all the mixed multitude. Holman Christian Standard Bible When they heard the law, they separated all those of mixed descent from Israel. International Standard Version When they heard the Law, they separated all those of foreign descent from Israel. NET Bible When they heard the law, they removed from Israel all who were of mixed ancestry. GOD'S WORD® Translation After the people heard this Teaching, they separated the non-Israelites from the Israelites. King James 2000 Bible Now it came to pass, when they had heard the law, that they separated from Israel all the mixed multitude. Links Nehemiah 13:3Nehemiah 13:3 NIV Nehemiah 13:3 NLT Nehemiah 13:3 ESV Nehemiah 13:3 NASB Nehemiah 13:3 KJV |
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