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Nehemiah 13:27

25 I rebuked them and called down curses on them. I beat some of these men and pulled out their hair. Then I made them take an oath before God and said, “You must not give your daughters in marriage to their sons or take their daughters as wives for your sons or for yourselves!

26 Did not King Solomon of Israel sin in matters like this? There was not a king like him among many nations, and he was loved by his God, who made him king over all Israel—yet foreign women drew him into sin.

Must we now hear that you too are doing all this terrible evil and acting unfaithfully against our God by marrying foreign women?”

28 Even one of the sons of Jehoiada son of Eliashib the high priest had become a son-in-law to Sanballat the Horonite. Therefore I drove him away from me.

29 Remember them, O my God, because they have defiled the priesthood and the covenant of the priesthood and of the Levites.

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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
Must we now hear that you too are doing all this terrible evil and acting unfaithfully against our God by marrying foreign women?”
KJV
Shall we then hearken unto you to do all this great evil, to transgress against our God in marrying strange wives?
WEB
Shall we then listen to you to do all this great evil, to trespass against our God in marrying foreign women?”
ASV
Shall we then hearken unto you to do all this great evil, to trespass against our God in marrying foreign women?
DARBY
And should we hearken to you to do all this great evil, to act unfaithfully to our God by marrying foreign wives?
BLB
And to you⁺ shall we listen to do all this great evil, to transgress against our God by settling [with] foreign women?”
ÅB
Og dere skulle det være tillatt å gjøre denne store ondskap og vise troløshet mot vår Gud ved å ta fremmede kvinner til hustruer!
OTB
Må vi nå høre at også dere begår all denne store ondskapen og er utro mot vår Gud ved å gifte dere med utenlandske kvinner?"
B1930
Og eder skulde det være tillatt å gjøre denne store ondskap og vise troløshet mot vår Gud ved å ta fremmede kvinner til hustruer!

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Cross references

  • Ezra 10:2

    Then Shecaniah son of Jehiel, an Elamite, said to Ezra: “We have been unfaithful to our God by marrying foreign women from the people of the land, yet in spite of this, there is hope for Israel.

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  • 1 Samuel 30:24

    Who will listen to your proposal? The share of the one who went to battle will match the share of the one who stayed with the supplies. They will share alike.”

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