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Alliance and Society with the Enemies of God: Examples of Forsaking: Israelites Numbers 16:27

So they moved away from the dwellings of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram. Meanwhile, Dathan and Abiram had come out and stood at the entrances to their tents with their wives and children and infants.

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Alliance and Society with the Enemies of God: Examples of Forsaking: Israelites Ezra 6:21, 22

The Israelites who had returned from exile ate it, together with all who had separated themselves from the uncleanness of the peoples of the land to seek the LORD, the God of Israel. / For seven days they kept the Feast of Unleavened Bread with joy, because the LORD had made them joyful and turned the heart of the king of Assyria toward them to strengthen their hands in the work on the house of the God of Israel.

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Alliance and Society with the Enemies of God: Examples of Forsaking: Israelites Ezra 10:3, 4, 16, 17

So now let us make a covenant before our God to send away all the foreign wives and their children, according to the counsel of my lord and of those who tremble at the command of our God. Let it be done according to the Law. / Get up, for this matter is your responsibility, and we will support you. Be strong and take action!” / So the exiles did as proposed. Ezra the priest selected men who were family heads, each of them identified by name, to represent their families. On the first day of the tenth month they launched the investigation,

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