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When The Cat’s Away The Mice Will Play
Have you ever heard it said, “When the cat’s away, the mice will play,” If you like stories with happy endings you probably will not like Chapter 13 of Nehemiah. You will probably feel that the prophet should have quit with the great celebration, recorded in Chapt …

Nehemiah Institutes Biblical Separation
The final problem that Nehemiah faces was the tendency so common in Israel to ignore the prohibitions against intermarriage with pagan peoples. When he returned to Jerusalem, he found the people again disobeying the Law (vv. 23-24). It was true then as it is today that when the f …