Nehemiah 13:3

3 When the people heard this law, they excluded from Israel all who were of foreign descent.

Nehemiah 13:3 in Other Translations

3 Now it came to pass, when they had heard the law, that they separated from Israel all the mixed multitude.

3 As soon as the people heard the law, they separated from Israel all those of foreign descent.

3 When this passage of the Law was read, all those of foreign descent were immediately excluded from the assembly.

3 When they heard the reading of The Revelation, they excluded all foreigners from Israel.

3 And it came to pass, when they had heard the law, that they separated from Israel all the mixed multitude.

3 After the people heard this Teaching, they separated the non-Israelites from the Israelites.

3 When they heard the law, they separated all those of mixed descent from Israel.

3 When that law was read, the people of Judah obeyed it. They put out of Israel everyone who was from another nation.

Nehemiah 13:3 Meaning and Commentary

Nehemiah 13:3

Now it came to pass, when they had heard the law
Or the law concerning the Ammonite and the Moabite, and which included other nations also, and forbad marriage with them:

that they separated from Israel all the mixed multitude;
all of these, and other nations, they had contracted affinity with.

Nehemiah 13:3 In-Context

1 On that day the Book of Moses was read aloud in the hearing of the people and there it was found written that no Ammonite or Moabite should ever be admitted into the assembly of God,

2 because they had not met the Israelites with food and water but had hired Balaam to call a curse down on them. (Our God, however, turned the curse into a blessing.)

3 When the people heard this law, they excluded from Israel all who were of foreign descent.

4 Before this, Eliashib the priest had been put in charge of the storerooms of the house of our God. He was closely associated with Tobiah,

5 and he had provided him with a large room formerly used to store the grain offerings and incense and temple articles, and also the tithes of grain, new wine and olive oil prescribed for the Levites, musicians and gatekeepers, as well as the contributions for the priests.

Cross References

• 1. ver 23; S Nehemiah 9:2