(Exodus 12:37 KJV)
"And the children of Israel journeyed from Rameses to Succoth,
about six hundred thousand on foot that were men, beside children."
(Exodus 12:38 KJV)
"And a mixed multitude went up also with them; and flocks, and herds, even very much cattle."
(Numbers 11:4 KJV)
"And the mixed multitude that was among them fell a lusting:
and the children of Israel also wept again, and said, Who shall give us flesh to eat?"
(Nehemiah 13:3 KJV)
"Now it came to pass, when they had heard the law,
that they separated from Israel all the mixed multitude."
What Differentiated Israel From The Others Who Were "The Mixed Multitude"
Was Faith In Humanity's One Creator God :
(Hebrews 4:2 KJV)
"For unto us was the gospel preached, as well as unto them:
but the word preached did not profit them,
not being mixed with faith in them that heard it."
When A Resolution Cannot Be Found Between
- Those Who Are Committed To The Fact That All Humanity Shares The Same Creator,
And
- Those Who Fight Against The Knowledge Of His Existence,
The Bible Advises A Physical Separation :
(2 Corinthians 6:15 KJV)
"And what concord [ agreement ] hath Christ with Belial?
or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel [ non-believer ] ?"
(2 Corinthians 6:16 KJV)
"And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols?
for ye are the temple of the living God;
as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them;
and I will be their God, and they shall be my people."
(2 Corinthians 6:17 KJV)
"Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord,
and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you,"
(2 Corinthians 6:18 KJV)
"And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty."
Other Old Testament Examples Of The Problems That Resulted
When Israel's Enemies Were Able To Mix In Among The People,
Or Infiltrated Their Ranks,
Are These :
(Nehemiah 4:11 KJV)
"And our adversaries said,
They shall not know, neither see, till we come in the midst among them,
and slay them, and cause the work to cease."
(Psalms 55:12 KJV)
"For it was not an enemy that reproached me; then I could have borne it:
neither was it he that hated me that did magnify himself against me;
then I would have hid myself from him:"
(Psalms 55:13 KJV)
"But it was thou, a man mine equal, my guide, and mine acquaintance."
(Psalms 55:14 KJV)
"We took sweet counsel together, and walked unto the house of God in company."
(Psalms 74:4 KJV)
"Thine enemies roar in the midst of thy congregations;
they set up their ensigns for signs."
(Ecclesiastes 3:16 KJV)
"And moreover I saw under the sun the place of judgment, that wickedness was there;
and the place of righteousness, that iniquity was there."
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(Ezekiel 22:25 KJV)
"There is a conspiracy of her prophets in the midst thereof,
like a roaring lion ravening the prey;
they have devoured souls; they have taken the treasure and precious things;
they have made her many widows in the midst thereof."
(Ezekiel 22:26 KJV)
"Her priests have violated my law, and have profaned mine holy things:
they have put no difference between the holy and profane,
neither have they showed difference between the unclean and the clean,
and have hid their eyes from my sabbaths, and I am profaned among them."
(Ezekiel 22:27 KJV)
"Her princes in the midst thereof are like wolves ravening the prey,
to shed blood, and to destroy souls, to get dishonest gain."
(Ezekiel 22:28 KJV)
"And her prophets have daubed them with untempered mortar,
seeing vanity, and divining lies unto them,
saying, Thus saith the Lord GOD, when the LORD hath not spoken."
(Ezekiel 22:29 KJV)
"The people of the land have used oppression, and exercised robbery,
and have vexed the poor and needy: yea, they have oppressed the stranger wrongfully."
(Ezekiel 22:30 KJV)
"And I sought for a man among them, that should make up the hedge,
and stand in the gap before me for the land, that I should not destroy it: but I found none."
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(Daniel 11:33 KJV)
"And they that understand among the people shall instruct many:
yet they shall fall by the sword, and by flame, by captivity, and by spoil, many days."
(Daniel 11:34 KJV)
"Now when they shall fall, they shall be holpen with a little help:
but many shall cleave to them with flatteries."
(Daniel 11:35 KJV)
"And some of them of understanding shall fall, to try them, and to purge,
and to make them white, even to the time of the end: because it is yet for a time appointed."
(Habakkuk 1:4 KJV)
"Therefore the law is slacked, and judgment doth never go forth:
for the wicked doth compass about the righteous; therefore wrong judgment proceedeth."
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(Psalms 17:8 KJV)
"Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow of thy wings,"
(Psalms 17:9 KJV)
"From the wicked that oppress me, from my deadly enemies, who compass me about."
(Psalms 17:10 KJV)
"They are enclosed in their own fat: with their mouth they speak proudly."
(Psalms 17:11 KJV)
"They have now compassed us in our steps: they have set their eyes bowing down to the earth;"
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New Testament Examples Of The Problems That Resulted
When Israel's Enemies Infiltrated, Or Mixed In Among, The Nation's People
Are These :
(Acts 20:29 KJV)
"For I know this,
that after my departing shall grievous wolves enter in among you,
not sparing the flock."
(2 Corinthians 11:13 KJV)
"For such are false apostles, deceitful workers,
transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ."
(2 Corinthians 11:14 KJV)
"And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light."
(2 Corinthians 11:15 KJV)
"Therefore it is no great thing
if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness;
whose end shall be according to their works."
(Galatians 2:4 KJV)
"And that because of false brethren unawares brought in, who came in privily [ privately ]
to spy out our liberty [ freedom ] which we have in Christ Jesus,
that they might bring us into bondage:"
(Galatians 2:5 KJV)
"To whom we gave place by subjection, no, not for an hour;
that the truth of the gospel might continue with you."
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(2 Timothy 3:1 KJV)
"This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come."
(2 Timothy 3:2 KJV)
"For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers,
disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,"
(2 Timothy 3:3 KJV)
"Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce,
despisers of those that are good,"
(2 Timothy 3:4 KJV)
"Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God;"
(2 Timothy 3:5 KJV)
"Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away."
(2 Timothy 3:6 KJV)
"For of this sort are they which creep into houses [ trespass ] ,
and lead captive silly women [ and gain control over weakened women ]
laden with sins, led away with divers lusts,"
(2 Timothy 3:7 KJV)
"Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth."
(2 Timothy 3:8 KJV)
"Now as Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses, so do these also resist the truth:
men of corrupt minds, reprobate concerning the faith."
(2 Timothy 3:9 KJV)
"But they shall proceed no further: for their folly shall be manifest unto all men, as theirs also was."
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(2 Peter 2:1 KJV)
"But there were false prophets also among the people,
even as there shall be false teachers among you,
who privily [ privately ] shall bring in damnable heresies,
even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction."
(2 Peter 2:2 KJV)
"And many shall follow their pernicious ways;
by reason of whom the way of truth shall be evil spoken of."
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(1 John 2:18 KJV)
"Little children, it is the last time:
and as ye have heard that antichrist shall come, even now are there many antichrists;
whereby we know that it is the last time."
(1 John 2:19 KJV)
"They went out from us, but they were not of us;
for if they had been of us, they would no doubt have continued with us:
but they went out, that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us."
Beware Impostors Who Use Deception
In Order To Gain Positions Of Influence Within The Church,
So They Can Discourage Faith In, & Obedience To, The Biblical Counsels :
(Revelation 2:9 KJV)
"I know thy works, and tribulation, and poverty, (but thou art rich)
and I know the blasphemy of them which say they are Jews, and are not,
but are the synagogue of Satan."
(Revelation 3:9 KJV)
"Behold, I will make them of the synagogue of Satan,
which say they are Jews, and are not, but do lie;
behold, I will make them to come and worship before thy feet, and to know that I have loved thee."
(Revelation 2:2 KJV)
"I know thy works, and thy labour, and thy patience,
and how thou canst not bear them which are evil:
and thou hast tried them which say they are apostles, and are not,
and hast found them liars:"
(Jude 1:4 KJV)
"For there are certain men crept in unawares,
who were before of old ordained to this condemnation,
ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness,
and denying the only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ."
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