Nehemiah 10:30
28 “The rest of the people—the priests, Levites, gatekeepers, singers, temple servants, and all who had separated themselves from the people of the land to obey the Law of God—along with their wives and all their sons and daughters who are able to understand,
29 hereby join with their noble brothers and commit themselves with a sworn oath to follow the Law of God given through His servant Moses and to carefully obey all the commandments, ordinances, and statutes of the LORD our Lord.
We will not give our daughters in marriage to the people of the land, and we will not take their daughters for our sons.
31 When the people of the land bring merchandise or any kind of grain to sell on the Sabbath day, we will not buy from them on a Sabbath or holy day. Every seventh year we will let the fields lie fallow, and will cancel every debt.
32 We also place ourselves under the obligation to contribute a third of a shekel yearly for the service of the house of our God:
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- We will not give our daughters in marriage to the people of the land, and we will not take their daughters for our sons.
- KJV
- And that we would not give our daughters unto the people of the land, nor take their daughters for our sons:
- WEB
- and that we would not give our daughters to the peoples of the land, nor take their daughters for our sons;
- ASV
- and that we would not give our daughters unto the peoples of the land, nor take their daughters for our sons;
- DARBY
- and that we would not give our daughters to the peoples of the land, nor take their daughters for our sons:
- BLB
- and that we would not give our daughters to the peoples of the land, and their daughters we would not take for our sons.
- ÅB
- at vi ikke skulle gi våre døtre til de fremmede folk, ei heller ta deres døtre til hustruer for våre sønner,
- OTB
- Og at vi ikke vil gi våre døtre til folkene i landet eller ta deres døtre til våre sønner.
- B1930
- at vi ikke skulde gi våre døtre til de fremmede folk, ei heller ta deres døtre til hustruer for våre sønner,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Deuteronomy 7:3
Do not intermarry with them. Do not give your daughters to their sons or take their daughters for your sons,
Read in contextExodus 34:16
And when you take some of their daughters as brides for your sons, their daughters will prostitute themselves to their gods and cause your sons to do the same.
Read in contextEzra 9:1–3
After these things had been accomplished, the leaders approached me and said, “The people of Israel, including the priests and Levites, have not kept themselves separate from the surrounding peoples whose abominations are like those of the Canaanites, Hittites, Perizzites, Jebusites, Ammonites, Moabites, Egyptians, and Amorites.
Read in contextEzra 10:10–12
Then Ezra the priest stood up and said to them, “You have been unfaithful by marrying foreign women, adding to the guilt of Israel.
Read in contextEzra 9:12–14
Now, therefore, do not give your daughters in marriage to their sons or take their daughters for your sons. Never seek their peace or prosperity, so that you may be strong and may eat the good things of the land, leaving it as an inheritance to your sons forever.’
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