Nehemiah 10:28

KJV1611 – Modern English

And the rest of the people, the priests, the Levites, the gatekeepers, the singers, the Nethinims, and all those who had separated themselves from the people of the lands to the law of God, their wives, their sons, and their daughters, everyone having knowledge and understanding;

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  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    And the rest of the people, the priests, the Levites, the porters, the singers, the thinims, and all they that had separated themselves from the people of the lands unto the law of God, their wives, their sons, and their daughters, every o having knowledge, and having understanding;

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    And the rest of the people, the priests, the Levites, the porters, the singers, the Nethinim, and all they that had separated themselves from the peoples of the lands unto the law of God, their wives, their sons, and their daughters, every one that had knowledge, and understanding;

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    And the rest of the people, the priests, the Levites, the porters, the singers, the Nethinims, and all they that had separated themselves from the people of the lands unto the law of God, their wives, their sons, and their daughters, every one having knowledge, and having understanding;

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    And the other people, the prestes, Leuites, Porters, syngers. Nethinims, & all they that had separated them selues from ye people in the lodes vnto the lawe of God, with their wyues, sonnes and daughters, as many as coulde vnderstonde it,

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    And the rest of the people, the Priestes, the Leuites, the porters, the singers, the Nethinims, and all that were separated from the people of the landes vnto the Lawe of God, their wiues, their sonnes, and their daughters, all that coulde vnderstande.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    And the other people, the priestes, Leuites, porters, singers, Nethinims, and all they that had separated them selues from the people of the landes vnto the law of God, with their wyues, their sonnes, and their daughters, & as many as could vnderstand,

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    And the rest of the people, the priests, the Levites, the porters, the singers, the Nethinims, and all they that had separated themselves from the people of the lands unto the law of God, their wives, their sons, and their daughters, every one having knowledge, and having understanding;

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    The rest of the people, the priests, the Levites, the porters, the singers, the Nethinim, and all those who had separated themselves from the peoples of the lands to the law of God, their wives, their sons, and their daughters, everyone who had knowledge, and understanding;

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    And the rest of the people, the priests, the Levites, the gatekeepers, the singers, the Nethinim, and every one who hath been separated from the peoples of the lands unto the law of God, their wives, their sons, and their daughters, every knowing intelligent one,

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And the rest of the people, the priests, the Levites, the porters, the singers, the Nethinim, and all they that had separated themselves from the peoples of the lands unto the law of God, their wives, their sons, and their daughters, every one that had knowledge, and understanding;

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And the rest of the people, the priests, the Levites, the porters, the singers, the Nethinim, and all they that had separated themselves from the peoples of the lands unto the law of God, their wives, their sons, and their daughters, every one that had knowledge, and understanding;

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    And the rest of the people, the priests, the Levites, the door-keepers, the music-makers, the Nethinim, and all those who had made themselves separate from the peoples of the lands, to keep the law of God, their wives, their sons, and their daughters, everyone who had knowledge and wisdom;

  • World English Bible (2000)

    The rest of the people, the priests, the Levites, the porters, the singers, the Nethinim, and all those who had separated themselves from the peoples of the lands to the law of God, their wives, their sons, and their daughters, everyone who had knowledge, and understanding--

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    “Now the rest of the people– the priests, the Levites, the gatekeepers, the singers, the temple attendants, and all those who have separated themselves from the neighboring peoples because of the law of God, along with their wives, their sons, and their daughters, all of whom are able to understand–

Referenced Verses

  • Neh 9:2 : 2 The descendants of Israel separated themselves from all foreigners and stood and confessed their sins and the iniquities of their ancestors.
  • Neh 13:3 : 3 So it happened, when they heard the law, that they separated all the mixed multitude from Israel.
  • Ps 47:7 : 7 For God is the King of all the earth; sing praises with understanding.
  • Eccl 5:2 : 2 Do not be rash with your mouth, and do not let your heart be hasty to utter anything before God, for God is in heaven, and you are on earth; therefore, let your words be few.
  • Jer 4:2 : 2 And you shall swear, The LORD lives, in truth, in judgment, and in righteousness; and the nations shall bless themselves in him, and in him shall they glory.
  • Rom 1:1 : 1 Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, set apart for the gospel of God,
  • 2 Cor 6:14-17 : 14 Do not be unequally yoked together with unbelievers. For what fellowship has righteousness with lawlessness? And what communion has light with darkness? 15 And what agreement has Christ with Belial? Or what part has he who believes with an unbeliever? 16 And what agreement has the temple of God with idols? For you are the temple of the living God; as God has said: I will dwell in them and walk among them. I will be their God, and they shall be My people. 17 Therefore come out from among them and be separate, says the Lord. Do not touch what is unclean, and I will receive you.
  • Lev 20:24 : 24 But I have said to you, You shall inherit their land, and I will give it to you to possess it, a land flowing with milk and honey: I am the LORD your God, who has separated you from other people.
  • Ezra 2:36-54 : 36 The priests: the children of Jedaiah, of the house of Jeshua, nine hundred seventy-three. 37 The children of Immer, one thousand fifty-two. 38 The children of Pashur, one thousand two hundred forty-seven. 39 The children of Harim, one thousand seventeen. 40 The Levites: the children of Jeshua and Kadmiel, of the children of Hodaviah, seventy-four. 41 The singers: the children of Asaph, one hundred twenty-eight. 42 The children of the porters: the children of Shallum, the children of Ater, the children of Talmon, the children of Akkub, the children of Hatita, the children of Shobai, a total of one hundred thirty-nine. 43 The Nethinims: the children of Ziha, the children of Hasupha, the children of Tabbaoth, 44 The children of Keros, the children of Siaha, the children of Padon, 45 The children of Lebanah, the children of Hagabah, the children of Akkub, 46 The children of Hagab, the children of Shalmai, the children of Hanan, 47 The children of Giddel, the children of Gahar, the children of Reaiah, 48 The children of Rezin, the children of Nekoda, the children of Gazzam, 49 The children of Uzza, the children of Paseah, the children of Besai, 50 The children of Asnah, the children of Mehunim, the children of Nephusim, 51 The children of Bakbuk, the children of Hakupha, the children of Harhur, 52 The children of Bazluth, the children of Mehida, the children of Harsha, 53 The children of Barkos, the children of Sisera, the children of Thamah, 54 The children of Neziah, the children of Hatipha.
  • Ezra 2:70 : 70 So the priests, the Levites, some of the people, the singers, the porters, and the Nethinims, dwelt in their cities, and all Israel in their cities.
  • Ezra 9:1-2 : 1 Now when these things were done, the princes came to me, saying, The people of Israel, the priests, and the Levites, have not separated themselves from the peoples of the lands, doing according to their abominations, even those of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites, the Ammonites, the Moabites, the Egyptians, and the Amorites. 2 For they have taken some of their daughters for themselves and for their sons, so that the holy seed has mingled with the peoples of those lands. Indeed, the hand of the princes and rulers has been chief in this trespass.
  • Ezra 10:11-19 : 11 Now therefore make confession to the LORD, the God of your fathers, and do His will; separate yourselves from the peoples of the land and from the foreign wives. 12 Then all the assembly answered with a loud voice, As you have said, so must we do. 13 But there are many people, and it is a time of heavy rain, and we are not able to stand outside. Nor is this a task that can be accomplished in a day or two, for we have greatly transgressed in this matter. 14 Let our leaders of the entire assembly stand, and let all those in our cities who have taken foreign wives come at appointed times, together with the elders and judges of each city, until the fierce wrath of our God concerning this matter is turned away from us. 15 Only Jonathan the son of Asahel and Jahaziah the son of Tikvah opposed this, and Meshullam and Shabbethai the Levite supported them. 16 So the descendants of the captivity did accordingly. And Ezra the priest, along with certain heads of the fathers' households, each of them by name, were designated, and they sat down on the first day of the tenth month to examine the matter. 17 By the first day of the first month, they finished questioning all the men who had taken foreign wives. 18 Among the sons of the priests who had taken foreign wives were found among the sons of Jeshua, the son of Jozadak, and his brothers: Maaseiah, Eliezer, Jarib, and Gedaliah. 19 They gave their promise that they would put away their wives. Being guilty, they presented a ram of the flock for their guilt offering.
  • Neh 7:72-73 : 72 And that which the rest of the people gave was twenty thousand drams of gold, and two thousand pounds of silver, and sixty-seven priests' garments. 73 So the priests, the Levites, the gatekeepers, the singers, some of the people, the Nethinim, and all Israel, dwelt in their cities. And when the seventh month came, the children of Israel were in their cities.
  • Neh 8:2 : 2 And Ezra the priest brought the law before the assembly of men and women, and all who could hear with understanding, on the first day of the seventh month.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Neh 10:29-30
    2 verses
    81%

    29They joined with their brethren, their nobles, and entered into a curse and into an oath, to walk in God's law, which was given by Moses the servant of God, and to observe and do all the commandments of the LORD our Lord, and His judgments and His statutes;

    30And that we would not give our daughters to the people of the land, nor take their daughters for our sons:

  • 27Malluch, Harim, Baanah.

  • Neh 8:7-9
    3 verses
    77%

    7Also Jeshua, Bani, Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodijah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah, and the Levites helped the people to understand the law; and the people stood in their place.

    8So they read in the book of the law of God distinctly, and gave the sense, and helped them to understand the reading.

    9And Nehemiah, who is the governor, and Ezra the priest and scribe, and the Levites who taught the people, said to all the people, This day is holy to the LORD your God; do not mourn or weep. For all the people wept when they heard the words of the law.

  • Ezra 10:2-3
    2 verses
    76%

    2And Shechaniah the son of Jehiel, one of the sons of Elam, answered and said to Ezra, We have sinned against our God and have taken foreign wives from the peoples of the land, yet now there is hope for Israel in this matter.

    3Therefore, let us make a covenant with our God to put away all these wives and their children, according to the advice of my lord and those who tremble at the command of our God. Let it be done according to the law.

  • 70So the priests, the Levites, some of the people, the singers, the porters, and the Nethinims, dwelt in their cities, and all Israel in their cities.

  • 74%

    14Let our leaders of the entire assembly stand, and let all those in our cities who have taken foreign wives come at appointed times, together with the elders and judges of each city, until the fierce wrath of our God concerning this matter is turned away from us.

    15Only Jonathan the son of Asahel and Jahaziah the son of Tikvah opposed this, and Meshullam and Shabbethai the Levite supported them.

    16So the descendants of the captivity did accordingly. And Ezra the priest, along with certain heads of the fathers' households, each of them by name, were designated, and they sat down on the first day of the tenth month to examine the matter.

    17By the first day of the first month, they finished questioning all the men who had taken foreign wives.

    18Among the sons of the priests who had taken foreign wives were found among the sons of Jeshua, the son of Jozadak, and his brothers: Maaseiah, Eliezer, Jarib, and Gedaliah.

  • Neh 8:12-13
    2 verses
    74%

    12And all the people went their way to eat and drink, and to send portions, and to make great rejoicing, because they had understood the words that were declared to them.

    13And on the second day, the heads of the fathers' houses of all the people, the priests, and the Levites gathered to Ezra the scribe to study the words of the law.

  • Neh 13:29-30
    2 verses
    73%

    29Remember them, O my God, because they have defiled the priesthood and the covenant of the priesthood and the Levites.

    30Thus I cleansed them of everything foreign, and I assigned duties to the priests and the Levites, each to his service,

  • 73So the priests, the Levites, the gatekeepers, the singers, some of the people, the Nethinim, and all Israel, dwelt in their cities. And when the seventh month came, the children of Israel were in their cities.

  • 18And to the genealogy of their little ones, their wives, and their sons, and their daughters, through all the congregation, for in their set office they sanctified themselves in holiness:

  • Ezra 9:1-2
    2 verses
    72%

    1Now when these things were done, the princes came to me, saying, The people of Israel, the priests, and the Levites, have not separated themselves from the peoples of the lands, doing according to their abominations, even those of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites, the Ammonites, the Moabites, the Egyptians, and the Amorites.

    2For they have taken some of their daughters for themselves and for their sons, so that the holy seed has mingled with the peoples of those lands. Indeed, the hand of the princes and rulers has been chief in this trespass.

  • 72%

    13The family of the house of Levi apart, and their wives apart; the family of Shimei apart, and their wives apart;

    14All the families that remain, every family apart, and their wives apart.

  • 44All these had taken foreign wives, and some of them had wives by whom they had children.

  • 10I also realized that the portions for the Levites had not been given to them, so the Levites and the singers, who did the work, had each fled to his field.

  • 3Now these are the chiefs of the province who lived in Jerusalem: but in the cities of Judah everyone lived in his own possession, in their cities, namely, Israel, the priests, the Levites, the Nethinims, and the children of Solomon's servants.

  • 3So it happened, when they heard the law, that they separated all the mixed multitude from Israel.

  • 15And I gathered them together by the river that flows to Ahava; and there we stayed in tents three days: and I viewed the people, and the priests, and found there none of the sons of Levi.

  • Ezra 10:8-11
    4 verses
    72%

    8and that whoever would not come within three days, according to the counsel of the leaders and elders, all his property would be forfeited, and he himself would be separated from the congregation of those who had been carried away.

    9Then all the men of Judah and Benjamin gathered at Jerusalem within three days. It was the ninth month, on the twentieth day of the month. All the people sat in the street of the house of God, trembling because of this matter and because of the heavy rain.

    10And Ezra the priest stood up and said to them, You have transgressed and have taken foreign wives, adding to the guilt of Israel.

    11Now therefore make confession to the LORD, the God of your fathers, and do His will; separate yourselves from the peoples of the land and from the foreign wives.

  • 24Also we certify you, that concerning any of the priests and Levites, singers, gatekeepers, Nethinims, or ministers of this house of God, it shall not be lawful to impose toll, tribute, or custom, upon them.

  • Neh 8:1-3
    3 verses
    72%

    1And all the people gathered themselves together as one person in the street before the Water Gate; and they spoke to Ezra the scribe to bring the book of the law of Moses, which the LORD had commanded to Israel.

    2And Ezra the priest brought the law before the assembly of men and women, and all who could hear with understanding, on the first day of the seventh month.

    3And he read from it in the street before the Water Gate from morning until midday, before the men and the women, and those who could understand; and the ears of all the people were attentive to the book of the law.

  • 24Then I separated twelve of the chief of the priests, Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and ten of their brethren with them,

  • 20And the rest of Israel, of the priests, and the Levites, were in all the cities of Judah, every one in his inheritance.

  • 14The leaders of the people; Parosh, Pahath-moab, Elam, Zatthu, Bani,

  • 4Moreover, he commanded the people who dwelt in Jerusalem to give the portion of the priests and the Levites, that they might be encouraged in the law of the LORD.

  • 27Shall we then listen to you to do all this great evil, transgressing against our God by marrying pagan women?

  • 2Now the first inhabitants who lived in their possessions in their cities were the Israelites, the priests, the Levites, and the Nethinim.

  • 1Now these are the children of the province who went up out of the captivity, of those who had been carried away, whom Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, had carried away to Babylon, and came again to Jerusalem and Judah, every one to his city;

  • Ezra 8:17-18
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    17And I sent them with orders to Iddo the chief at the place Casiphia, and I told them what they should say to Iddo, and to his brothers the Nethinims, at the place Casiphia, that they should bring us ministers for the house of our God.

    18And by the good hand of our God upon us they brought us a man of understanding, of the sons of Mahli, the son of Levi, the son of Israel; and Sherebiah, with his sons and his brothers, eighteen;

  • Neh 7:5-6
    2 verses
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    5And my God put into my heart to gather together the nobles, the rulers, and the people, that they might be registered by genealogy. And I found a register of the genealogy of those who had come up at the first and found written in it,

    6These are the children of the province, who went up out of the captivity, of those who had been carried away, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away, and came again to Jerusalem and to Judah, every one to his city;

  • 3They stood in their place and read from the book of the law of the LORD their God for a fourth of the day; and for another fourth they confessed and worshiped the LORD their God.

  • 10And their brethren, Shebaniah, Hodijah, Kelita, Pelaiah, Hanan,