Nehemiah 13:3 - Exposition

They separated from Israel all the mixed multitude . Some lengthy process, like that pursued by Ezra ( Ezra 10:10-19 ), is probably glanced at in these words, and again in the opening words of verse 30—"Thus cleansed I them from all strangers." The rebukes of Nehemiah (verses 25-27) did not suffice to produce a voluntary putting away of the foreign wives. Judicial proceedings had to be taken, and the "mixed multitude" separated off by authority.