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Ezra 9:1

After these things had been accomplished, the leaders approached me and said, “The people of Israel, including the priests and Levites, have not kept themselves separate from the surrounding peoples whose abominations are like those of the Canaanites, Hittites, Perizzites, Jebusites, Ammonites, Moabites, Egyptians, and Amorites.

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ASV

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.

KJV

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.

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23 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וּכְכַלּ֣וֹתu.khe.kha.Lotand just as finishedH3615 →
אֵ֗לֶּה'E.lehthese [things]H428 →
נִגְּשׁ֨וּni.ge.Shuthey drew nearH5066 →
אֵלַ֤י'e.Laito meH413 →
הַשָּׂרִים֙ha.sa.Rimthe leadersH8269 →
לֵאמֹ֔רle.Mor<to> sayingH559 →
לֹֽא־lo'-notH3808 →
נִבְדְּל֞וּniv.de.Luthey have separated themselvesH914 →
הָעָ֤םha.'Amthe peopleH5971 →
יִשְׂרָאֵל֙Yis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478 →
וְהַכֹּהֲנִ֣יםve.ha.ko.ha.Nimand the priestsH3548 →
וְהַלְוִיִּ֔םve.hal.vi.Yimand the LevitesH3881 →
מֵעַמֵּ֖יme.'a.Meifrom [the] peoples ofH5971 →
הָאֲרָצ֑וֹתha.'a.ra.Tzotthe landsH776 →
כְּ֠תוֹעֲבֹֽתֵיהֶםKe.to.'a.vo.tei.hemaccording to abominations theirH8441 →
לַכְּנַעֲנִ֨יla.ke.na.'a.Nito the Canaanite[s]H3669 →
הַחִתִּ֜יha.chi.Tithe Hittite[s]H2850 →
הַפְּרִזִּ֣יha.pe.ri.Zithe Perizzite[s]H6522 →
הַיְבוּסִ֗יhay.vu.Sithe Jebusite[s]H2983 →
הָֽעַמֹּנִי֙ha.'a.mo.Nithe Ammonite[s]H5984 →
הַמֹּ֣אָבִ֔יha.Mo.'a.Vithe Moabite[s]H4125 →
הַמִּצְרִ֖יha.mitz.Rithe Egyptian[s]H4713 →
וְהָאֱמֹרִֽי׃ve.ha.'e.mo.Riand the Amorite[s]H567 →

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Leviticus 18:24–30Do not defile yourselves by any of these practices, for by all these things the nations I am driving out before you have defiled themselves.Hosea 7:8Ephraim mixes with the nations; Ephraim is an unturned cake.Nehemiah 9:2Those of Israelite descent separated themselves from all the foreigners, and they stood and confessed their sins and the iniquities of their fathers.Ezra 6:21The Israelites who had returned from exile ate it, together with all who had separated themselves from the uncleanness of the peoples of the land to seek the LORD, the God of Israel.Ezra 10:10–11Then Ezra the priest stood up and said to them, “You have been unfaithful by marrying foreign women, adding to the guilt of Israel.Ezekiel 16:3and tell her that this is what the Lord GOD says to Jerusalem: Your origin and your birth were in the land of the Canaanites. Your father was an Amorite and your mother a Hittite.Deuteronomy 12:30–31be careful not to be ensnared by their ways after they have been destroyed before you. Do not inquire about their gods, asking, “How do these nations serve their gods? I will do likewise.”Romans 2:17–25Now you, if you call yourself a Jew; if you rely on the law and boast in God;Exodus 33:16For how then can it be known that Your people and I have found favor in Your sight, unless You go with us? How else will we be distinguished from all the other people on the face of the earth?”Jeremiah 26:10When the officials of Judah heard these things, they went up from the king’s palace to the house of the LORD and sat there at the entrance of the New Gate.Nehemiah 4:3Then Tobiah the Ammonite, who was beside him, said, “If even a fox were to climb up on what they are building, it would break down their wall of stones!”Jeremiah 26:16Then the officials and all the people told the priests and prophets, “This man is not worthy of death, for he has spoken to us in the name of the LORD our God!”2 Corinthians 6:14–18Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership can righteousness have with wickedness? Or what fellowship does light have with darkness?Genesis 15:16In the fourth generation your descendants will return here, for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet complete.”Genesis 15:19–21the land of the Kenites, Kenizzites, Kadmonites,Deuteronomy 23:3–5No Ammonite or Moabite or any of their descendants may enter the assembly of the LORD, even to the tenth generation.Ezra 10:8Whoever failed to appear within three days would forfeit all his property, according to the counsel of the leaders and elders, and would himself be expelled from the assembly of the exiles.Leviticus 18:3You must not follow the practices of the land of Egypt, where you used to live, and you must not follow the practices of the land of Canaan, into which I am bringing you. You must not walk in their customs.

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