Lexicon :: Strong's H914 - bāḏal

And God said, “Let there be an [fn]expanse [of the sky] in the midst of the waters, and let it separate the waters [below the expanse] from the waters [above the expanse].”

Then God said, “Let there be light-bearers (sun, moon, stars) in the expanse of the heavens to separate the day from the night, and let them be useful for signs (tokens) [of God’s provident care], and for marking seasons, days, and years;

“Thus you shall separate the Levites from among the Israelites, and the Levites shall be Mine [in a very special sense].

Then Moses set apart three cities [of refuge] beyond the Jordan toward the rising of the sun (eastward),

Courageous men from the Gadites came over to David in the stronghold in the wilderness, men trained for war, who could handle shield and spear, whose faces were like the faces of lions, and who were swift as gazelles on the mountains.

Moreover, David and the commanders of the army selected for the [temple] service some of the sons of Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun, who were to [fn]prophesy with lyres, harps, and cymbals. The list of the musicians who performed their service was as follows:

Then I set apart twelve leading priests, Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and ten of their brothers (relatives),

When these things were completed, the officials came to me and said, “The people of Israel and the priests and Levites have not separated themselves from the peoples of the lands, but have committed the repulsive acts of the Canaanites, Hittites, Perizzites, Jebusites, Ammonites, Moabites, Egyptians, and Amorites.

Then the [former] exiles did so. Ezra the priest and men who were heads of fathers’ households were selected, according to their fathers’ households, each of them by name; and they sat down on the first day of the tenth month to investigate the matter.

Now the rest of the people—the priests, the Levites, the gatekeepers, the singers, the temple servants, and all those who had separated themselves from the peoples of the lands to the Law of God, their wives, their sons, their daughters, all those who had knowledge and understanding—

Do not let the foreigner who has joined himself to the LORD say,

“The LORD will most certainly separate me from His people.”

And do not let the eunuch say, “Look, I am a dry tree.”

But your wickedness has separated you from your God,

And your sins have hidden His face from you so that He does not hear.