because they had not met the children of Israel with bread and water, but (A)hired Balaam against them to curse them. (B)However, our God turned the curse into a blessing. So it was, when they had heard the Law, (C)that they separated all the mixed multitude from Israel.

The Reforms of Nehemiah

Now before this, (D)Eliashib the priest, having authority over the storerooms of the house of our God, was allied with (E)Tobiah.

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