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After these things had been done ,
the officials approached me and said , "
The people of Israel and the priests and the Levites have not separated themselves from the peoples of the lands with their abominations ,
from the Canaanites ,
the Hittites ,
the Per '
izzites ,
the Jeb '
usites ,
the Ammonites ,
the Moabites ,
the Egyptians ,
and the Amorites .
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For they have taken some of their daughters to be wives for themselves and for their sons ;
so that the holy race has mixed itself with the peoples of the lands .
And in this faithlessness the hand of the officials and chief men has been foremost ."