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Nehemiah 10:30

28 And the rest of the people, the priests, the Levites, the porters, the singers, the Nethinims, and all they that had separated themselves from the people of the lands unto the law of God, their wives, their sons, and their daughters, every one having knowledge, and having understanding;

29 They clave to their brethren, their nobles, and entered into a curse, and into an oath, to walk in God’s law, which was given by Moses the servant of God, and to observe and do all the commandments of the LORD our Lord, and his judgments and his statutes;

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

31 And if the people of the land bring ware or any victuals on the sabbath day to sell, that we would not buy it of them on the sabbath, or on the holy day: and that we would leave the seventh year, and the exaction of every debt.

32 Also we made ordinances for us, to charge ourselves yearly with the third part of a shekel for the service of the house of our God;

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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,

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Cross references

  • Deuteronomy 7:3

    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.

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  • Exodus 34:16

    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.

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  • Ezra 9:1–3

    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.

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  • Ezra 10:10–12

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

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  • Ezra 9:12–14

    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.

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