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Nehemiah 13:2-4
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2 for they had not met the Israelites with food[a] and water, but instead had hired Balaam to curse them. (Our God, however, turned the curse into blessing.) 3 When they heard the law, they removed from Israel all who were of mixed ancestry.

4 But before this time, Eliashib the priest, a relative of Tobiah, had been appointed over the storerooms[b] of the temple of our God.

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Footnotes

  1. Nehemiah 13:2 tn Heb “bread.” The Hebrew term is generic here, however, referring to more than bread alone.
  2. Nehemiah 13:4 tc The translation reads the plural rather than the singular of the MT.
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