Nehemiah 9:2
descent <02233> [the seed.]
foreigners <01121> [strangers. Heb. strange children.]
confessing <03034> [confessed.]
Nehemiah 13:3
heard <08085> [when they.]
removed from <0914> [that they.]
mixed ancestry <06154> [the mixed.]
Leviticus 20:24
said <0559> [But I. See on]
land <0776> [a land.]
Milk and honey were the chief dainties of the ancients as they are now among the Arabs, particularly the Bedouins. Hence not only the Hebrews, but also the Greeks and Romans, painted the highest pleasantness and fertility by an abundance of milk and honey. The image used in the text, and frequently by ancient authors on similar subjects, is a metaphor, derived from a breast, producing copious streams of milk.
apart <0914> [which.]
Ezra 9:1-2
leaders <08269> [the princes.]
separated <0914> [have not separated.]
detestable <08441> [doing according.]
Canaanites <03669> [of the Canaanites.]
Ammonites <05984> [Ammonites.]
Moabites <04125> [Moabites.]
taken ..... daughters <05375 01323> [taken of their.]
holy race <02233 06944> [the holy seed.]
intermingled <06148> [mingled.]
<03027> [the hand.]
Ezra 10:11-19
give praise <08426 05414> [make confession.]
do ... will <06213 07522> [do his.]
Separate <0914> [separate.]
foreign <05237> [and from the.]
just as .... said <01697> [As thou hast said.]
They all resolved to do what Ezra had commanded; and they did put away their wives, even those by whom they had children, (ver. 44,) each of whom doubtless received a portion according to the circumstances of her husband, and was not turned away desolate. Humanity must have dictated this, and no law of God is contrary to humanity.
do <06213> [so must we do.]
people <05971> [the people.]
numerous ............................. sinned greatly .... matter <07227 06586 01697 07235> [we are many that have transgressed in this thing. or, we have greatly offended in this thing.]
leaders <08269> [our rulers.]
hot <02740> [the fierce.]
matter <01697 07725> [for this matter be turned from us. or, be turned from us, till this matter be dispatched.]
<05975> [were employed. Heb. stood. Meshullam.]
Shabbethai <07678> [Shabbethai.]
consider ... matter <01875 01697> [to examine the matter.]
on .... day .... first <03117 0259> [A.M. 3548. B.C. 456. the first day.]
The cases brought before the council were either so many, or so complicated, that, though they separated themselves from other employments, yet they were three whole months in examining into their affairs, and making the necessary separations required by the law.
descendants ............. descendants .... son <01121> [the sons.]
Jeshua <03442> [Jeshua.]
[Joshua. Maaseiah.]
gave ... word <03027 05414> [gave their hands.]
They bound themselves in the most solemn manner to do as the rest of the delinquents had done, and make and acknowledgment to God of their iniquity, by offering each a ram for a trespass offering.
ram <0352> [a ram.]
Ezra 10:2
Shecaniah <07935> [Shechaniah.]
Elam <05867> [Elam.]
unfaithful <04603> [We have trespassed.]
Shechaniah here speaks in the name of the people, not acknowledging himself culpable; for he is not in the following list.
[Compare.]
Nonetheless there is ... hope <03426 04723> [yet now there is hope.]
Colossians 1:14-17
whom <3739> [whom.]
forgiveness <859> [the.]
image <1504> [the image.]
invisible <517> [the invisible.]
firstborn <4416> [the firstborn.]
all <3956> [of every.]
in ...... were created by him .................. were created through him .... him <1722 846 2936 1223> [by him were.]
in heaven ....... by <3772 1722> [in heaven.]
thrones <2362> [thrones.]
in ........ by ..................... through <1722 1223> [by.]
himself ............. him <846> [he.]
He ....... and ....... in <2532 1722> [and by.]
