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Ezra 9:2

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Canne, Browne, Blayney, Scott, and others · Public Domain

taken of their: Ezra 10:18-44; Exodus 34:16; Deuteronomy 7:1-4; Nehemiah 13:23-24; Malachi 2:11

the holy seed: Exodus 19:6, Exodus 22:31; Deuteronomy 7:6, Deuteronomy 14:2; Isaiah 6:13; Malachi 2:15; 1 Corinthians 7:14

mingled: Genesis 6:2; Nehemiah 13:3, Nehemiah 13:23-24; 2 Corinthians 6:14

the hand: Ezra 10:18-44; Nehemiah 13:4, Nehemiah 13:17, Nehemiah 13:28

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