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Nehemiah 13:2-4
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2 This was because they had not given the Israelites food and water. Instead, they had paid Balaam to curse the Israelites. But God did not agree to curse them. He blessed them instead.[a]

3 When the Israelite people heard this law, they sent away all the people who had foreign ancestors.

4 Before this happened, I had given Eliashib the priest authority over the temple rooms where they stored special things. Eliashib was a friend of Tobiah.[b]

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  1. 13:2 This was at the time when the Israelites had left Egypt. They were travelling to the land that God had promised to give them. See Deuteronomy 23:3-5; Numbers 22:1-6.
  2. 13:4 ‘a friend’ or ‘a relative’
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