21 So the Israelites who had returned from the exile ate it, together with all who had separated themselves(A) from the unclean practices(B) of their Gentile neighbors in order to seek the Lord,(C) the God of Israel.

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28 “The rest of the people—priests, Levites, gatekeepers, musicians, temple servants(A) and all who separated themselves from the neighboring peoples(B) for the sake of the Law of God, together with their wives and all their sons and daughters who are able to understand—

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When the people heard this law, they excluded from Israel all who were of foreign descent.(A)

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30 So I purified the priests and the Levites of everything foreign,(A) and assigned them duties, each to his own task.

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