Verse 1

Now when these things were done{H3615}{(H8763)}, the princes{H8269} came{H5066}{(H8738)} to me, saying{H559}{(H8800)}, The people{H5971} of Israel{H3478}, and the priests{H3548}, and the Levites{H3881}, have not separated{H914}{(H8738)} themselves from the people{H5971} of the lands{H776}, doing according to their abominations{H8441}, even of the Canaanites{H3669}, the Hittites{H2850}, the Perizzites{H6522}, the Jebusites{H2983}, the Ammonites{H5984}, the Moabites{H4125}, the Egyptians{H4713}, and the Amorites{H567}.

Referenced Verses

  • Neh 9:2 : 2 And the seed{H2233} of Israel{H3478} separated{H914}{(H8735)} themselves from all strangers{H1121}{H5236}, and stood{H5975}{(H8799)} and confessed{H3034}{(H8691)} their sins{H2403}, and the iniquities{H5771} of their fathers{H1}.
  • Lev 18:24-30 : 24 Defile{H2930}{(H8691)} not ye yourselves in any of these things{H428}: for in all these the nations{H1471} are defiled{H2930}{(H8738)} which I cast out{H7971}{(H8764)} before{H6440} you: 25 And the land{H776} is defiled{H2930}{(H8799)}: therefore I do visit{H6485}{(H8799)} the iniquity{H5771} thereof upon it, and the land{H776} itself vomiteth out{H6958}{(H8686)} her inhabitants{H3427}{(H8802)}. 26 Ye shall therefore keep{H8104}{(H8804)} my statutes{H2708} and my judgments{H4941}, and shall not commit{H6213}{(H8799)} any of these abominations{H8441}; neither any of your own nation{H249}, nor any stranger{H1616} that sojourneth{H1481}{(H8802)} among{H8432} you: 27 (For all these{H411} abominations{H8441} have the men{H582} of the land{H776} done{H6213}{(H8804)}, which were before{H6440} you, and the land{H776} is defiled{H2930}{(H8799)};) 28 That the land{H776} spue not you out{H6958}{(H8686)} also, when ye defile{H2930}{(H8763)} it, as it spued out{H6958}{(H8804)} the nations{H1471} that were before{H6440} you. 29 For whosoever shall commit{H6213}{(H8799)} any of these abominations{H8441}, even the souls{H5315} that commit{H6213}{(H8802)} them shall be cut off{H3772}{(H8738)} from among{H7130} their people{H5971}. 30 Therefore shall ye keep{H8104}{(H8804)} mine ordinance{H4931}, that ye commit{H6213}{(H8800)} not any one of these abominable{H8441} customs{H2708}, which were committed{H6213}{(H8738)} before{H6440} you, and that ye defile{H2930}{(H8691)} not yourselves therein: I am the LORD{H3068} your God{H430}.
  • Exod 33:16 : 16 For wherein shall it be known{H3045}{(H8735)} here{H645} that I and thy people{H5971} have found{H4672}{(H8804)} grace{H2580} in thy sight{H5869}? is it not in that thou goest{H3212}{(H8800)} with us? so shall we be separated{H6395}{(H8738)}, I and thy people{H5971}, from all the people{H5971} that are upon the face{H6440} of the earth{H127}.
  • Deut 12:30-31 : 30 Take heed{H8104}{(H8734)} to thyself that thou be not snared{H5367}{(H8735)} by following{H310} them, after{H310} that they be destroyed{H8045}{(H8736)} from before{H6440} thee; and that thou enquire{H1875}{(H8799)} not after their gods{H430}, saying{H559}{(H8800)}, How did these nations{H1471} serve{H5647}{(H8799)} their gods{H430}? even so will I do{H6213}{(H8799)} likewise{H1571}. 31 Thou shalt not do{H6213}{(H8799)} so unto the LORD{H3068} thy God{H430}: for every abomination{H8441} to the LORD{H3068}, which he hateth{H8130}{(H8804)}, have they done{H6213}{(H8804)} unto their gods{H430}; for even their sons{H1121} and their daughters{H1323} they have burnt{H8313}{(H8799)} in the fire{H784} to their gods{H430}.
  • Deut 18:9 : 9 When thou art come{H935}{(H8802)} into the land{H776} which the LORD{H3068} thy God{H430} giveth{H5414}{(H8802)} thee, thou shalt not learn{H3925}{(H8799)} to do{H6213}{(H8800)} after the abominations{H8441} of those nations{H1471}.
  • Deut 20:17-18 : 17 But thou shalt utterly{H2763}{(H8687)} destroy{H2763}{(H8686)} them; namely, the Hittites{H2850}, and the Amorites{H567}, the Canaanites{H3669}, and the Perizzites{H6522}, the Hivites{H2340}, and the Jebusites{H2983}; as the LORD{H3068} thy God{H430} hath commanded{H6680}{(H8765)} thee: 18 That they teach{H3925}{(H8762)} you not to do{H6213}{(H8800)} after all their abominations{H8441}, which they have done{H6213}{(H8804)} unto their gods{H430}; so should ye sin{H2398}{(H8804)} against the LORD{H3068} your God{H430}.
  • Deut 23:3-5 : 3 An Ammonite{H5984} or Moabite{H4125} shall not enter{H935}{(H8799)} into the congregation{H6951} of the LORD{H3068}; even to their tenth{H6224} generation{H1755} shall they not enter{H935}{(H8799)} into the congregation{H6951} of the LORD{H3068} for{H5704} ever{H5769}: 4 Because{H1697} they met{H6923}{(H8765)} you not with bread{H3899} and with water{H4325} in the way{H1870}, when ye came forth{H3318}{(H8800)} out of Egypt{H4714}; and because they hired{H7936}{(H8804)} against thee Balaam{H1109} the son{H1121} of Beor{H1160} of Pethor{H6604} of Mesopotamia{H763}, to curse{H7043}{(H8763)} thee. 5 Nevertheless the LORD{H3068} thy God{H430} would{H14}{(H8804)} not hearken{H8085}{(H8800)} unto Balaam{H1109}; but the LORD{H3068} thy God{H430} turned{H2015}{(H8799)} the curse{H7045} into a blessing{H1293} unto thee, because the LORD{H3068} thy God{H430} loved{H157}{(H8804)} thee.
  • 1 Kgs 11:1 : 1 But king{H4428} Solomon{H8010} loved{H157}{(H8804)} many{H7227} strange{H5237} women{H802}, together with the daughter{H1323} of Pharaoh{H6547}, women of the Moabites{H4125}, Ammonites{H5984}, Edomites{H130}, Zidonians{H6722}, and Hittites{H2850};
  • 1 Kgs 11:5-7 : 5 For Solomon{H8010} went{H3212}{(H8799)} after{H310} Ashtoreth{H6253} the goddess{H430} of the Zidonians{H6722}, and after{H310} Milcom{H4445} the abomination{H8251} of the Ammonites{H5984}. 6 And Solomon{H8010} did{H6213}{(H8799)} evil{H7451} in the sight{H5869} of the LORD{H3068}, and went not fully{H4390}{(H8765)} after{H310} the LORD{H3068}, as did David{H1732} his father{H1}. 7 Then did Solomon{H8010} build{H1129}{(H8799)} an high place{H1116} for Chemosh{H3645}, the abomination{H8251} of Moab{H4124}, in the hill{H2022} that is before{H6440} Jerusalem{H3389}, and for Molech{H4432}, the abomination{H8251} of the children{H1121} of Ammon{H5983}.
  • 2 Chr 33:2 : 2 But did{H6213}{(H8799)} that which was evil{H7451} in the sight{H5869} of the LORD{H3068}, like unto the abominations{H8441} of the heathen{H1471}, whom the LORD{H3068} had cast out{H3423}{(H8689)} before{H6440} the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478}.
  • Ezra 6:21-22 : 21 And the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478}, which were come again{H7725}{(H8802)} out of captivity{H1473}, and all such as had separated{H914}{(H8737)} themselves unto them from the filthiness{H2932} of the heathen{H1471} of the land{H776}, to seek{H1875}{(H8800)} the LORD{H3068} God{H430} of Israel{H3478}, did eat{H398}{(H8799)}, 22 And kept{H6213}{(H8799)} the feast{H2282} of unleavened bread{H4682} seven{H7651} days{H3117} with joy{H8057}: for the LORD{H3068} had made them joyful{H8055}{(H8765)}, and turned{H5437}{(H8689)} the heart{H3820} of the king{H4428} of Assyria{H804} unto them, to strengthen{H2388}{(H8763)} their hands{H3027} in the work{H4399} of the house{H1004} of God{H430}, the God{H430} of Israel{H3478}.
  • Ezra 10:8 : 8 And that whosoever would not come{H935}{(H8799)} within three{H7969} days{H3117}, according to the counsel{H6098} of the princes{H8269} and the elders{H2205}, all his substance{H7399} should be forfeited{H2763}{(H8714)}, and himself separated{H914}{(H8735)} from the congregation{H6951} of those that had been carried away{H1473}.
  • Ezra 10:10-11 : 10 And Ezra{H5830} the priest{H3548} stood up{H6965}{(H8799)}, and said{H559}{(H8799)} unto them, Ye have transgressed{H4603}{(H8804)}, and have taken{H3427}{(H8686)} strange{H5237} wives{H802}, to increase{H3254}{(H8687)} the trespass{H819} of Israel{H3478}. 11 Now therefore make{H5414}{(H8798)} confession{H8426} unto the LORD{H3068} God{H430} of your fathers{H1}, and do{H6213}{(H8798)} his pleasure{H7522}: and separate{H914}{(H8734)} yourselves from the people{H5971} of the land{H776}, and from the strange{H5237} wives{H802}.
  • Neh 4:3 : 3 Now Tobiah{H2900} the Ammonite{H5984} was by him{H681}, and he said{H559}{(H8799)}, Even that which they build{H1129}{(H8802)}, if a fox{H7776} go up{H5927}{(H8799)}, he shall even break down{H6555}{(H8804)} their stone{H68} wall{H2346}.
  • Neh 4:7 : 7 But it came to pass, that when Sanballat{H5571}, and Tobiah{H2900}, and the Arabians{H6163}, and the Ammonites{H5984}, and the Ashdodites{H796}, heard{H8085}{(H8804)} that the walls{H2346} of Jerusalem{H3389} were made up{H724}{H5927}{(H8804)}, and that the breaches{H6555}{(H8803)} began{H2490}{(H8689)} to be stopped{H5640}{(H8736)}, then they were very{H3966} wroth{H2734}{(H8799)},
  • Lev 18:3 : 3 After the doings{H4639} of the land{H776} of Egypt{H4714}, wherein ye dwelt{H3427}{(H8804)}, shall ye not do{H6213}{(H8799)}: and after the doings{H4639} of the land{H776} of Canaan{H3667}, whither I bring{H935}{(H8688)} you, shall ye not do{H6213}{(H8799)}: neither shall ye walk{H3212}{(H8799)} in their ordinances{H2708}.
  • Num 23:9 : 9 For from the top{H7218} of the rocks{H6697} I see{H7200}{(H8799)} him, and from the hills{H1389} I behold{H7789}{(H8799)} him: lo, the people{H5971} shall dwell{H7931}{(H8799)} alone{H910}, and shall not be reckoned{H2803}{(H8691)} among the nations{H1471}.
  • Num 25:1-3 : 1 And Israel{H3478} abode{H3427}{(H8799)} in Shittim{H7851}, and the people{H5971} began{H2490}{(H8686)} to commit whoredom{H2181}{(H8800)} with the daughters{H1323} of Moab{H4124}. 2 And they called{H7121}{(H8799)} the people{H5971} unto the sacrifices{H2077} of their gods{H430}: and the people{H5971} did eat{H398}{(H8799)}, and bowed down{H7812}{(H8691)} to their gods{H430}. 3 And Israel{H3478} joined{H6775}{(H8735)} himself unto Baalpeor{H1187}: and the anger{H639} of the LORD{H3068} was kindled{H2734}{(H8799)} against Israel{H3478}.
  • Gen 15:16 : 16 But in the fourth{H7243} generation{H1755} they shall come hither{H2008} again{H7725}{(H8799)}: for the iniquity{H5771} of the Amorites{H567} is not yet{H2008} full{H8003}.
  • Gen 15:19-21 : 19 The Kenites{H7017}, and the Kenizzites{H7074}, and the Kadmonites{H6935}, 20 And the Hittites{H2850}, and the Perizzites{H6522}, and the Rephaims{H7497}, 21 And the Amorites{H567}, and the Canaanites{H3669}, and the Girgashites{H1622}, and the Jebusites{H2983}.
  • Exod 13:5 : 5 And it shall be when the LORD{H3068} shall bring{H935}{(H8686)} thee into the land{H776} of the Canaanites{H3669}, and the Hittites{H2850}, and the Amorites{H567}, and the Hivites{H2340}, and the Jebusites{H2983}, which he sware{H7650}{(H8738)} unto thy fathers{H1} to give{H5414}{(H8800)} thee, a land{H776} flowing{H2100}{(H8802)} with milk{H2461} and honey{H1706}, that thou shalt keep{H5647}{(H8804)} this service{H5656} in this month{H2320}.
  • Exod 23:23 : 23 For mine Angel{H4397} shall go{H3212}{(H8799)} before{H6440} thee, and bring{H935}{(H8689)} thee in unto the Amorites{H567}, and the Hittites{H2850}, and the Perizzites{H6522}, and the Canaanites{H3669}, the Hivites{H2340}, and the Jebusites{H2983}: and I will cut them off{H3582}{(H8689)}.
  • Neh 13:1-3 : 1 On that day{H3117} they read{H7121}{(H8738)} in the book{H5612} of Moses{H4872} in the audience{H241} of the people{H5971}; and therein was found{H4672}{(H8738)} written{H3789}{(H8803)}, that the Ammonite{H5984} and the Moabite{H4125} should not come{H935}{(H8799)} into the congregation{H6951} of God{H430} for{H5704} ever{H5769}; 2 Because they met{H6923}{(H8765)} not the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478} with bread{H3899} and with water{H4325}, but hired{H7936}{(H8799)} Balaam{H1109} against them, that he should curse{H7043}{(H8763)} them: howbeit our God{H430} turned{H2015}{(H8799)} the curse{H7045} into a blessing{H1293}. 3 Now it came to pass, when they had heard{H8085}{(H8800)} the law{H8451}, that they separated{H914}{(H8686)} from Israel{H3478} all the mixed multitude{H6154}.
  • Ps 106:35 : 35 But were mingled{H6148}{(H8691)} among the heathen{H1471}, and learned{H3925}{(H8799)} their works{H4639}.
  • Isa 52:11 : 11 Depart{H5493}{(H8798)} ye, depart{H5493}{(H8798)} ye, go ye out{H3318}{(H8798)} from thence, touch{H5060}{(H8799)} no unclean{H2931} thing; go ye out{H3318}{(H8798)} of the midst{H8432} of her; be ye clean{H1305}{(H8734)}, that bear{H5375}{(H8802)} the vessels{H3627} of the LORD{H3068}.
  • Jer 26:10 : 10 When the princes{H8269} of Judah{H3063} heard{H8085}{(H8799)} these things{H1697}, then they came up{H5927}{(H8799)} from the king's{H4428} house{H1004} unto the house{H1004} of the LORD{H3068}, and sat down{H3427}{(H8799)} in the entry{H6607} of the new{H2319} gate{H8179} of the LORD'S{H3068} house.
  • Jer 26:16 : 16 Then said{H559}{(H8799)} the princes{H8269} and all the people{H5971} unto the priests{H3548} and to the prophets{H5030}; This man{H376} is not worthy{H4941} to die{H4194}: for he hath spoken{H1696}{(H8765)} to us in the name{H8034} of the LORD{H3068} our God{H430}.
  • Rom 2:17-25 : 17 Behold{G2396}, thou{G4771} art called{G2028}{(G5743)} a Jew{G2453}, and{G2532} restest{G1879}{(G5736)} in the law{G3551}, and{G2532} makest thy boast{G2744}{(G5736)} of{G1722} God{G2316}, 18 And{G2532} knowest{G1097}{(G5719)} his will{G2307}, and{G2532} approvest{G1381}{(G5719)} the things that are more excellent{G1308}{(G5723)}, being instructed{G2727}{(G5746)} out of{G1537} the law{G3551}; 19 And{G5037} art confident{G3982}{(G5754)} that thou thyself{G4572} art{G1511}{(G5750)} a guide{G3595} of the blind{G5185}, a light{G5457} of them which are in{G1722} darkness{G4655}, 20 An instructor{G3810} of the foolish{G878}, a teacher{G1320} of babes{G3516}, which hast{G2192}{(G5723)} the form{G3446} of knowledge{G1108} and{G2532} of the truth{G225} in{G1722} the law{G3551}. 21 Thou therefore{G3767} which{G3588} teachest{G1321}{(G5723)} another{G2087}, teachest thou{G1321}{(G5719)} not{G3756} thyself{G4572}? thou that preachest{G2784}{(G5723)} a man should{G2813} not{G3361} steal{G2813}{(G5721)}, dost thou steal{G2813}{(G5719)}? 22 Thou that sayest{G3004}{(G5723)} a man should{G3431} not{G3361} commit adultery{G3431}{(G5721)}, dost thou commit adultery{G3431}{(G5719)}? thou that abhorrest{G948}{(G5740)} idols{G1497}, dost thou commit sacrilege{G2416}{(G5719)}? 23 Thou{G3739} that makest thy boast{G2744}{(G5736)} of{G1722} the law{G3551}, through{G1223} breaking{G3847} the law{G3551} dishonourest thou{G818}{(G5719)} God{G2316}? 24 For{G1063} the name{G3686} of God{G2316} is blasphemed{G987}{(G5743)} among{G1722} the Gentiles{G1484} through{G1223} you{G5209}, as{G2531} it is written{G1125}{(G5769)}. 25 For{G1063} circumcision{G4061} verily{G3303} profiteth{G5623}{(G5719)}, if{G1437} thou keep{G4238}{(G5725)} the law{G3551}: but{G1161} if{G1437} thou be{G5600}{(G5753)} a breaker{G3848} of the law{G3551}, thy{G4675} circumcision{G4061} is made{G1096}{(G5754)} uncircumcision{G203}.
  • 2 Cor 6:14-18 : 14 Be ye{G1096}{(G5737)} not{G3361} unequally yoked together{G2086}{(G5723)} with unbelievers{G571}: for{G1063} what{G5101} fellowship{G3352} hath righteousness{G1343} with{G2532} unrighteousness{G458}? and{G1161} what{G5101} communion{G2842} hath light{G5457} with{G4314} darkness{G4655}? 15 And{G1161} what{G5101} concord{G4857} hath Christ{G5547} with{G4314} Belial{G955}? or{G2228} what{G5101} part{G3310} hath he that believeth{G4103} with{G3326} an infidel{G571}? 16 And{G1161} what{G5101} agreement{G4783} hath the temple{G3485} of God{G2316} with{G3326} idols{G1497}? for{G1063} ye{G5210} are{G2075}{(G5748)} the temple{G3485} of the living{G2198}{(G5723)} God{G2316}; as{G2531} God{G2316} hath said{G2036}{(G5627)},{G3754} I will dwell{G1774}{(G5692)} in{G1722} them{G846}, and{G2532} walk in{G1704}{(G5692)} them; and{G2532} I will be{G2071}{(G5704)} their{G846} God{G2316}, and{G2532} they{G846} shall be{G2071}{(G5704)} my{G3427} people{G2992}. 17 Wherefore{G1352} come out{G1831}{(G5628)} from{G1537} among{G3319} them{G846}, and{G2532} be ye separate{G873}{(G5682)}, saith{G3004}{(G5719)} the Lord{G2962}, and{G2532} touch{G680}{(G5732)} not{G3361} the unclean{G169} thing; and{G2504} I will receive{G1523}{(G5695)} you{G5209}, 18 And{G2532} will be{G2071}{(G5704)}{G1519} a Father{G3962} unto you{G5213}, and{G2532} ye{G5210} shall be{G2071}{(G5704)} my{G3427} sons{G5207}{G1519} and{G2532} daughters{G2364}, saith{G3004}{(G5719)} the Lord{G2962} Almighty{G3841}.