Verse 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.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Da disse tingene var fullført, kom lederne til meg og sa: Folkene i Israel, prestene og levittene har ikke holdt seg atskilt fra de omkringliggende nasjonene med deres avskyelige skikker, fra kanaaneerne, hetittene, perisittene, jebusittene, ammonittene, moabittene, egypterne og amorittene.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Da disse tingene var gjort, kom høvdingene til meg og sa: Israels folk, prestene og levittene har ikke skilt seg fra landenes folk, men har fulgt deres avskyeligheter, selv de fra kanaanittene, hetittene, perisittene, jebusittene, ammonittene, moabittene, egypterne og amorittene.

• Norsk King James

  Da disse lederne kom til meg og sa: Folket i Israel, prestene og levittene har ikke adskilt seg fra de andre folkeslagene, men har fulgt deres avskyeligheter og blitt blandet med kana’anittene, hittittene, perisittene, jebusittene, ammonittene, moabittene, egyptierne og amorittene.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Da dette var fullført, kom lederne fram til meg og sa: Israels folk, prestene og levittene har ikke skilt seg fra landets folk med deres avskyelige handlinger, nemlig kanaaneerne, hetittene, perisittene, jebusittene, ammonittene, moabittene, egypterne og amorittene.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Da disse tingene var over, kom fyrstene til meg og sa: "Folket Israel, prestene og levittene har ikke holdt seg adskilt fra folkene i landene som følger de avskyelige skikkene til kanaanittene, hetittene, perisittene, jebusittene, ammonittene, moabittene, egypterne og amorittene.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Da alt dette var gjort, kom lederne til meg og sa: Israels folk, prestene og levittene har ikke skilt seg fra de andre folkene i landene rundt, og de har tatt etter deres avskyelige skikker, inkludert de til kanaaneerne, hetittene, perisittene, jebusittene, ammonittene, moabittene, egypterne og amorittene.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Da alt dette var fullført, kom de ledende herrene til meg og sa: Israels folk, prestene og levittene har ikke holdt seg adskilt fra de folk som bor i landet, men lever etter deres avguder, slik det er hos kana'anittene, hittittene, perisittene, jebusittene, ammonittene, moabittene, egypterne og amorittene.

• En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611 (mar 2025)

  Da alt dette var gjort, kom lederne til meg og sa: Israels folk, prestene og levittene har ikke skilt seg fra de andre folkene i landene rundt, og de har tatt etter deres avskyelige skikker, inkludert de til kanaaneerne, hetittene, perisittene, jebusittene, ammonittene, moabittene, egypterne og amorittene.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Da disse tingene var ferdige, kom lederne til meg og sa: "Israels folk, prestene og levittene har ikke skilt seg fra landenes folkeslag med sine avskyelige handlinger, som kanaanittene, hetittene, perisittene, jebusittene, ammonittene, moabittene, egypterne og amorittene."

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  When these things were completed, the officials approached me and said, 'The people of Israel, including the priests and Levites, have not separated themselves from the surrounding peoples and their detestable practices, like those of the Canaanites, Hittites, Perizzites, Jebusites, Ammonites, Moabites, Egyptians, and Amorites.'

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Da dette var fullført, nærmet lederne seg meg og sa: 'Israels folk, prestene og levittene har ikke skilt seg fra folkene i landene omkring med deres avskyelige skikker, som kanaaneerne, hetittene, perisittene, jebusittene, ammonittene, moabittene, egypterne og amorittene.'

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Og der dette var fuldendt, gik de Øverste frem til mig og sagde: Israels Folk og Præsterne og Leviterne ere ikke adskilte fra Folkene i Landene efter deres Vederstyggeligheder, nemlig Cananiternes, Hethiternes, Pheresiternes, Jebusiternes, Ammoniternes, Moabiternes, Ægypternes og Amoriternes.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

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

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Da dette var gjort, kom fyrstene til meg og sa: «Israels folk, prestene og levittene har ikke skilt seg fra folkene i landene, men praktiserer de samme avskyelige skikkene som kanaaneerne, hetittene, perisittene, jebusittene, ammonittene, moabittene, egypterne og amorittene.»

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Da dette var gjort, kom lederne til meg og sa: Israels folk, prestene og levittene har ikke holdt seg atskilt fra folkene i landene, men har fulgt deres avskyeligheter, slik som kanaanittene, hetittene, perisittene, jebusittene, ammonittene, moabittene, egypterne og amorittene.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Da alt dette var fullført, kom lederne til meg og sa: 'Israels folk, prestene og levittene har ikke skilt seg fra landets folk og deres avskyeligheter, som kanaaneerne, hetittene, perisittene, jebusittene, ammonittene, moabittene, egypterne og amorittene.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Når dette var gjort, kom lederne til meg og sa: Israels folk, prestene og levittene har ikke skilt seg fra folkene i landene, men fulgt deres avskyelige skikker, som kanaaneerne, hetittene, perisittene, jebusittene, ammonittene, moabittene, egypterne og amorittene.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Da dette var gjort, kom lederne til meg og sa: Israels folk, prestene og levittene har ikke holdt seg adskilt fra landenes folk, men har deltatt i de avskyelige skikkene til kanaaneerne, hetittene, perisittene, jebusittene, ammonittene, moabittene, egypterne og amorittene.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Whan all this was perfourmed, the rulers came to me, and sayde: The people of Israel, and the prestes, & Leuites are not separated from the nacions in the londes as touchinge their abhominacions, namely of the Cananites, Hethites, Pheresites, Iebusites, Ammonites, Moabites, Egipcians, and Amorites.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  When as these things were done, the rulers came to me, saying, The people of Israel, and the Priestes, and the Leuites are not separated from the people of the lands (as touching their abominations) to wit, of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Iebusites, the Ammonites, the Moabites, the Egyptians, and the Amorites.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  When these thinges were done, the rulers came to me, and sayde: The people of Israel, and the priestes & Leuites are not separated from the people of the landes, as touching their abhominations: namely of the Chanaanites, Hethites, Pherezites, Iebusites, Ammonites, Moabites, Egyptians, and Amorites.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

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

• Webster's Bible (1833)

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

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And at the completion of these things, drawn nigh unto me have the heads, saying, `The people of Israel, and the priests, and the Levites, have not been separated from the peoples of the lands, as to their abominations, even the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Perizzite, the Jebusite, the Ammonite, the Moabite, the Egyptian, and the Amorite,

• American Standard Version (1901)

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

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Now after these things were done, the captains came to me and said, The people of Israel and the priests and Levites have not kept themselves separate from the people of the lands, but have taken part in the disgusting ways of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites, the Ammonites, the Moabites, the Egyptians, and the Amorites.

• World English Bible (2000)

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

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  A Prayer of Ezra Now when these things had been completed, the leaders approached me and said,“The people of Israel, the priests, and the Levites have not separated themselves from the local residents who practice detestable things similar to those of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites, the Ammonites, the Moabites, the Egyptians, and the Amorites.

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.
• Lev 18:24-30 : 24 Do not defile yourselves in any of these things: for in all these the nations are defiled, which I cast out before you. 25 And the land is defiled: therefore I visit the iniquity upon it, and the land itself vomits out its inhabitants. 26 You shall therefore keep my statutes and my judgments, and shall not commit any of these abominations; neither any of your own nation, nor any stranger who sojourns among you: 27 For all these abominations have the men of the land done, who were before you, and the land is defiled; 28 That the land not spew you out also, when you defile it, as it spewed out the nations that were before you. 29 For whoever commits any of these abominations, even the souls that commit them shall be cut off from among their people. 30 Therefore you shall keep my ordinance, that you do not commit any of these abominable customs, which were committed before you, and that you do not defile yourselves by them: I am the LORD your God.
• Exod 33:16 : 16 For wherein shall it be known here that I and your people have found grace in your sight? is it not in that you go with us? so shall we be separate, I and your people, from all the people that are upon the face of the earth.
• Deut 12:30-31 : 30 Take heed to yourself that you are not ensnared to follow them, after they are destroyed from before you; and that you do not enquire after their gods, asking, How did these nations serve their gods? I will do likewise. 31 You shall not do so to the LORD your God, for every abomination to the LORD which He hates they have done to their gods; for they have even burned their sons and daughters in the fire to their gods.
• Deut 18:9 : 9 When you come into the land which the LORD your God gives you, you shall not learn to do after the abominations of those nations.
• Deut 20:17-18 : 17 But you shall utterly destroy them; namely, the Hittites, and the Amorites, the Canaanites, and the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites; as the LORD your God has commanded you: 18 That they teach you not to do according to all their abominations, which they have done for their gods; so you would sin against the LORD your God.
• Deut 23:3-5 : 3 An Ammonite or Moabite shall not enter into the congregation of the LORD; even to their tenth generation shall they not enter into the congregation of the LORD forever: 4 Because they did not meet you with bread and water on the way, when you came out of Egypt; and because they hired against you Balaam the son of Beor of Pethor of Mesopotamia, to curse you. 5 Nevertheless the LORD your God would not listen to Balaam; but the LORD your God turned the curse into a blessing for you, because the LORD your God loved you.
• 1 Kgs 11:1 : 1 But King Solomon loved many foreign women, together with the daughter of Pharaoh: women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Zidonians, and Hittites.
• 1 Kgs 11:5-7 : 5 For Solomon went after Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians, and after Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites. 6 And Solomon did evil in the sight of the LORD, and did not fully follow the LORD, as David his father did. 7 Then Solomon built a high place for Chemosh, the abomination of Moab, on the hill before Jerusalem, and for Molech, the abomination of the children of Ammon.
• 2 Chr 33:2 : 2 But he did what was evil in the sight of the LORD, like the abominations of the nations whom the LORD had cast out before the children of Israel.
• Ezra 6:21-22 : 21 And the children of Israel who had returned from captivity, and all those who had separated themselves unto them from the impurity of the heathen of the land, to seek the Lord God of Israel, ate, 22 And kept the Feast of Unleavened Bread seven days with joy, for the Lord had made them joyful and turned the heart of the king of Assyria toward them, to strengthen their hands in the work of the house of God, the God of Israel.
• Ezra 10:8 : 8 and 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.
• Ezra 10:10-11 : 10 And Ezra the priest stood up and said to them, You have transgressed and have taken foreign wives, adding to the guilt of Israel. 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.
• Neh 4:3 : 3 Now Tobiah the Ammonite was beside him, and he said, Even what they build, if a fox goes up, he will break down their stone wall.
• Neh 4:7 : 7 But it happened, when Sanballat, Tobiah, the Arabians, the Ammonites, and the Ashdodites heard that the walls of Jerusalem were repaired, and the breaches began to be stopped, they were very angry,
• Lev 18:3 : 3 You shall not do according to the practices of the land of Egypt, where you lived; and you shall not do according to the practices of the land of Canaan, where I bring you; you shall not walk in their ordinances.
• Num 23:9 : 9 For from the top of the rocks I see him and from the hills I behold him; behold, the people shall dwell alone and shall not be reckoned among the nations.
• Num 25:1-3 : 1 And Israel stayed in Shittim, and the people began to commit immorality with the daughters of Moab. 2 And they called the people to the sacrifices of their gods, and the people ate and bowed down to their gods. 3 And Israel joined himself to Baal of Peor, and the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel.
• Gen 15:16 : 16 But in the fourth generation they shall come here again: for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet complete.
• Gen 15:19-21 : 19 The Kenites, and the Kenizzites, and the Kadmonites, 20 And the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Rephaim, 21 And the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Girgashites, and the Jebusites.
• Exod 13:5 : 5 And it shall be when the LORD brings you into the land of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, which he swore to your fathers to give you, a land flowing with milk and honey, that you shall keep this service in this month.
• Exod 23:23 : 23 For my angel will go before you and bring you to the Amorites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Canaanites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites; and I will cut them off.
• Neh 13:1-3 : 1 On that day they read from the book of Moses in the hearing of the people; and it was found written that the Ammonite and the Moabite should never enter the assembly of God forever, 2 because they did not meet the children of Israel with bread and water, but hired Balaam against them to curse them; however, our God turned the curse into a blessing. 3 So it happened, when they heard the law, that they separated all the mixed multitude from Israel.
• Ps 106:35 : 35 But they were mingled among the heathen, and learned their works.
• Isa 52:11 : 11 Depart, depart, go out from there, touch no unclean thing; go out from the midst of her; be clean, you who bear the vessels of the LORD.
• Jer 26:10 : 10 When the princes of Judah heard these things, they came up from the king's house to the house of the LORD, and sat down in the entry of the new gate of the LORD's house.
• Jer 26:16 : 16 Then the princes and all the people said to the priests and to the prophets, This man is not worthy to die, for he has spoken to us in the name of the LORD our God.
• Rom 2:17-25 : 17 Behold, you are called a Jew, and rest in the law, and make your boast of God, 18 And know His will, and approve the things that are more excellent, being instructed out of the law; 19 And are confident that you yourself are a guide of the blind, a light to those who are in darkness, 20 An instructor of the foolish, a teacher of infants, who have the form of knowledge and of the truth in the law. 21 You therefore who teach another, do you not teach yourself? You who preach that a man should not steal, do you steal? 22 You who say a man should not commit adultery, do you commit adultery? You who abhor idols, do you commit sacrilege? 23 You who make your boast of the law, through breaking the law do you dishonor God? 24 For the name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you, as it is written. 25 For circumcision truly profits if you keep the law: but if you are a breaker of the law, your circumcision is made uncircumcision.
• 2 Cor 6:14-18 : 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. 18 And I will be a Father to you, and you shall be My sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty.