Nehemiah 10:30

And that we would not give our daughters unto the people of the land, nor take their daughters for our sons:

And that we would not give {H5414} our daughters {H1323} unto the people {H5971} of the land {H776}, nor take {H3947} their daughters {H1323} for our sons {H1121}:

"We will not give our daughters as wives to the peoples of the land or take their daughters as wives for our sons.

We will not give our daughters in marriage to the people of the land, and we will not take their daughters for our sons.

and that we would not give our daughters unto the peoples of the land, nor take their daughters for our sons;

Commentary

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Cross-References

  • Deuteronomy 7:3 (7 votes)

    Neither shalt thou make marriages with them; thy daughter thou shalt not give unto his son, nor his daughter shalt thou take unto thy son.

  • Exodus 34:16 (6 votes)

    And thou take of their daughters unto thy sons, and their daughters go a whoring after their gods, and make thy sons go a whoring after their gods.

  • Ezra 9:1 (4 votes)

    ¶ Now when these things were done, the princes came to me, saying, The people of Israel, and the priests, and the Levites, have not separated themselves from the people of the lands, [doing] according to their abominations, [even] of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites, the Ammonites, the Moabites, the Egyptians, and the Amorites.

  • Ezra 9:3 (4 votes)

    And when I heard this thing, I rent my garment and my mantle, and plucked off the hair of my head and of my beard, and sat down astonied.

  • Ezra 9:12 (3 votes)

    Now therefore give not your daughters unto their sons, neither take their daughters unto your sons, nor seek their peace or their wealth for ever: that ye may be strong, and eat the good of the land, and leave [it] for an inheritance to your children for ever.

  • Ezra 9:14 (3 votes)

    Should we again break thy commandments, and join in affinity with the people of these abominations? wouldest not thou be angry with us till thou hadst consumed [us], so that [there should be] no remnant nor escaping?

  • Ezra 10:10 (3 votes)

    And Ezra the priest stood up, and said unto them, Ye have transgressed, and have taken strange wives, to increase the trespass of Israel.