Nehemiah 13:2-4

Amplified Bible, Classic Edition

² For they met not the Israelites with food and drink but hired Balaam to curse them; yet our God turned the curse into a blessing.^(A)

³ When [the Jews] heard the law, they separated from Israel all who were of foreign descent.

⁴ Now before this, Eliashib the priest, who was appointed over the chambers of the house of our God, and was related [by marriage] to Tobiah [our adversary],