Lexicon :: Strong's H914 - bāḏal

God saw that the light was good, and God separated the light from the darkness.

Then God said, “Let there be an expanse between the waters, separating water from water.”

Then God said, “Let there be lights in the expanse of the sky to separate the day from the night. They will serve as signs for seasons[fn] and for days and years.

to rule the day and the night, and to separate light from darkness. And God saw that it was good.

“Hang the curtain under the clasps[fn] and bring the ark of the testimony there behind the curtain, so the curtain will make a separation for you between the holy place and the most holy place.

“He will tear it open by its wings without dividing the bird. Then the priest is to burn it on the altar on top of the burning wood. It is a burnt offering, a food offering, a pleasing aroma to the LORD.

“He is to bring them to the priest, who will first present the one for the sin offering. He is to twist its head at the back of the neck without severing it.

“You must distinguish between the holy and the common, and the clean and the unclean,

“in order to distinguish between the unclean and the clean, between the animals that may be eaten and those that may not be eaten.”

“And I promised you: You will inherit their land, since I will give it to you to possess, a land flowing with milk and honey. I am the LORD your God who set you apart from the peoples.

“In this way you are to separate the Levites from the rest of the Israelites so that the Levites will belong to me.

“Isn’t it enough for you that the God of Israel has separated you from the Israelite community to bring you near to himself, to perform the work at the LORD’s tabernacle, and to stand before the community to minister to them?

“Separate yourselves from this community so I may consume them instantly.”

Then Moses set apart three cities across the Jordan to the east.

“At that time the LORD set apart the tribe of Levi to carry the ark of the LORD’s covenant, to stand before the LORD to serve him, and to pronounce blessings in his name, as it is today.

“you are to set apart three cities for yourselves within the land the LORD your God is giving you to possess.

“This is why I am commanding you to set apart three cities for yourselves.

“and single him out for harm from all the tribes of Israel, according to all the curses of the covenant written in this book of the law.

For you, Lord GOD, have set them apart as your inheritance

from all peoples of the earth,

as you spoke through your servant Moses

when you brought our ancestors out of Egypt.

Some Gadites defected to David at his stronghold in the desert. They were valiant warriors, trained for battle, expert with shield and spear. Their faces were like the faces of lions, and they were as swift as gazelles on the mountains.

Amram’s sons: Aaron and Moses.

Aaron, along with his descendants, was set apart forever to consecrate the most holy things, to burn incense in the presence of the LORD, to minister to him, and to pronounce blessings in his name forever.

David and the officers of the army also set apart some of the sons of Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun, who were to prophesy accompanied by lyres, harps, and cymbals. This is the list of the men who performed their service:

So Amaziah released the division that came to him from Ephraim to go home. But they got very angry with Judah and returned home in a fierce rage.

The Israelites who had returned from exile ate it, together with all who had separated themselves from the uncleanness of the Gentiles of the land[fn] in order to worship the LORD, the God of Israel.

I selected twelve of the leading priests, along with Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and ten of their brothers.

After these things had been done, the leaders approached me and said, “The people of Israel, the priests, and the Levites have not separated themselves from the surrounding peoples whose detestable practices are like those of the Canaanites, Hethites, Perizzites, Jebusites, Ammonites, Moabites, Egyptians, and Amorites.

Whoever did not come within three days would forfeit all his possessions,[fn] according to the decision of the leaders and elders, and would be excluded from the assembly of the exiles.

“Therefore, make a confession to the LORD, the God of your ancestors, and do his will. Separate yourselves from the surrounding peoples and your foreign wives.”

The exiles did what had been proposed. The priest Ezra selected men[fn] who were family heads, all identified by name, to represent[fn] their ancestral families.[fn] They convened on the first day of the tenth month to investigate the matter,

Those of Israelite descent separated themselves from all foreigners, and they stood and confessed their sins and the iniquities of their ancestors.

The rest of the people ​— ​the priests, Levites, gatekeepers, singers, and temple servants, along with their wives, sons, and daughters, everyone who is able to understand and who has separated themselves from the surrounding peoples to obey the law of God ​— ​

When they heard the law, they separated all those of mixed descent from Israel.

No foreigner who has joined himself to the LORD

should say,

“The LORD will exclude me from his people,”

and the eunuch should not say,

“Look, I am a dried-up tree.”

But your iniquities are separating you

from your God,

and your sins have hidden his face from you

so that he does not listen.

“Her priests do violence to my instruction and profane my holy things. They make no distinction between the holy and the common, and they do not explain the difference between the clean and the unclean. They close their eyes to my Sabbaths, and I am profaned among them.

“ ‘They will appoint men on a full-time basis to pass through the land and bury the invaders[fn] who remain on the surface of the ground, in order to cleanse it. They will make their search at the end of the seven months.

He measured the temple complex on all four sides. It had a wall all around it, 875 feet long and 875 feet wide, to separate the holy from the common.