Nehemiah 13:2-4

Expanded Bible

² The Ammonites and Moabites had not ·welcomed [^Lmet] the Israelites with ·food [^Lbread] and water. Instead, they had hired Balaam to put a curse on Israel [Num. 22–24]. (But our God turned the curse into a blessing.) ³ When the people heard this ·teaching [law; instruction; ^LTorah], they ·separated [excluded; removed] all foreigners [^Cincluding people of mixed ancestry] from Israel.

Nehemiah Returns to Jerusalem

⁴ Before that happened, Eliashib the priest, who was ·in charge of [appointed over] the ·Temple [^Lhouse] storerooms, was ·friendly with [or a relative of] Tobiah.