Nehemiah 13:1, Upon the reading of the law, separation is made from the mixed multitude; Nehemiah 13:4, Nehemiah, at his return, causes the chambers to be cleansed; Nehemiah 13:10, He reforms the offices in the house of God; Nehemiah 13:15, the violation of the sabbath; Nehemiah 13:23, and the marriages with the strange wives.
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themselves, and not to mingle with the nations, nor suffer any of them
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