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Nehemiah 13:27

25 And I contended with them, and cursed them, and smote certain of them, and plucked off their hair, and made them swear by God, saying, Ye shall not give your daughters unto their sons, nor take their daughters unto your sons, or for yourselves.

26 Did not Solomon king of Israel sin by these things? yet among many nations was there no king like him, who was beloved of his God, and God made him king over all Israel: nevertheless even him did outlandish women cause to sin.

Shall we then hearken unto you to do all this great evil, to transgress against our God in marrying strange wives?

28 And one of the sons of Joiada, the son of Eliashib the high priest, was son in law to Sanballat the Horonite: therefore I chased him 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

    And Shechaniah the son of Jehiel, one of the sons of Elam, answered and said unto Ezra, We have trespassed against our God, and have taken strange wives of the people of the land: yet now there is hope in Israel concerning this thing.

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  • 1 Samuel 30:24

    For who will hearken unto you in this matter? but as his part is that goeth down to the battle, so shall his part be that tarrieth by the stuff: they shall part alike.

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