Deuteronomy 7:3
1 When the LORD thy God shall bring thee into the land whither thou goest to possess it, and hath cast out many nations before thee, the Hittites, and the Girgashites, and the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, seven nations greater and mightier than thou;
2 And when the LORD thy God shall deliver them before thee; thou shalt smite them, and utterly destroy them; thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor shew mercy unto them:
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.
4 For they will turn away thy son from following me, that they may serve other gods: so will the anger of the LORD be kindled against you, and destroy thee suddenly.
5 But thus shall ye deal with them; ye shall destroy their altars, and break down their images, and cut down their groves, and burn their graven images with fire.
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Do not intermarry with them. Do not give your daughters to their sons or take their daughters for your sons,
- KJV
- 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.
- WEB
- You shall not make marriages with them. You shall not give your daughter to his son, nor shall you take his daughter for your son.
- ASV
- 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.
- DARBY
- And thou shalt make no marriages with them: thy daughter thou shalt not give unto his son, nor take his daughter for thy son;
- BLB
- And you shall not join in marriage with them; your daughter you shall not give to their son, and their daughter you shall not take for your son.
- ÅB
- Du skal ikke inngå svogerskap med dem; du skal ikke gi dine døtre til hans sønner og ikke ta hans døtre til hustruer for dine sønner;
- OTB
- Unngå å inngå ekteskap med dem. Ikke gi dine døtre til deres sønner, og ikke ta deres døtre til dine sønner,
- B1930
- Du skal ikke inngå svogerskap med dem; du skal ikke gi dine døtre til hans sønner og ikke ta hans døtre til hustruer for dine sønner;
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
1 Kings 11:2
Of the nations concerning which the LORD said unto the children of Israel, Ye shall not go in to them, neither shall they come in unto you: for surely they will turn away your heart after their gods: Solomon clave unto these in love.
Read in contextJoshua 23:12–13
Else if ye do in any wise go back, and cleave unto the remnant of these nations, even these that remain among you, and shall make marriages with them, and go in unto them, and they to you:
Read in contextExodus 34:15–16
Lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, and they go a whoring after their gods, and do sacrifice unto their gods, and one call thee, and thou eat of his sacrifice;
Read in contextNehemiah 13:23–27
In those days also saw I Jews that had married wives of Ashdod, of Ammon, and of Moab:
Read in contextJudges 3:6–7
And they took their daughters to be their wives, and gave their daughters to their sons, and served their gods.
Read in context2 Corinthians 6:14–17
Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?
Read in contextEzra 9:1–2
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.
Read in contextGenesis 6:2–3
That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose.
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