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Intermarriage Forbidden

Nehemiah 13:30

In 11 translations

BSB
Thus I purified the priests and Levites from everything foreign, and I assigned specific duties to each of the priests and Levites.
KJV
Thus cleansed I them from all strangers, and appointed the wards of the priests and the Levites, every one in his business;
WEB
Thus I cleansed them from all foreigners and appointed duties for the priests and for the Levites, everyone in his work;
ASV
Thus cleansed I them from all foreigners, and appointed charges for the priests and for the Levites, every one in his work;
LSV
And I have cleansed them from every stranger, and appoint charges to priests and to Levites, each in his work,
YLT
And I have cleansed them from every stranger, and appoint charges to priests and to Levites, each in his work,
DBY
And I purified them from all foreigners, and appointed the charges of the priests and the Levites, every one in his service;
DRC
So I separated from them all strangers, and I appointed the courses of the priests and the Levites, every man in his ministry:
GNV
Then cleansed I them from all strangers, and appoynted the wardes of the Priestes and of the Leuites, euery one in his office,
JPS
Thus cleansed I them from everything foreign, and appointed wards for the priests and for the Levites, every one in his work;
LXXE
So I purged them from all foreign connection, and established courses for the priests and the Levites, every man according to his work.

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Original-language editions

WLC
וְטִֽהַרְתִּ֖ים מִכָּל־נֵכָ֑ר וָאַעֲמִ֧ידָה מִשְׁמָר֛וֹת לַכֹּהֲנִ֥ים וְלַלְוִיִּ֖ם אִ֥ישׁ בִּמְלַאכְתּֽוֹ׃
LXX-Br23:30
Καὶ ἐκαθάρισα αὐτοὺς ἀπὸ πάσης ἀλλοτριώσεως, καὶ ἔστησα ἐφημερίας τοῖς ἱερεῦσι καὶ τοῖς Λευίταις, ἀνὴρ ὡς τὸ ἔργον αὐτοῦ.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Nehemiah 10:30We will not give our daughters in marriage to the people of the land, and we will not take their daughters for our sons.
  • Nehemiah 12:1–26Now these are the priests and Levites who went up with Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel and with Jeshua: Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra, Amariah, Malluch, Hattush, Shecaniah, Rehum, Meremoth, Iddo, Ginnethon, Abijah,
  • 1 Chronicles 23:1–26When David was old and full of years, he installed his son Solomon as king over Israel. Then he gathered all the leaders of Israel, as well as the priests and Levites. The Levites thirty years of age or older were…

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