Nehemiah 10:30
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“We will not give our daughters in marriage to the people of the land, and we will not take their daughters for our sons.”
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“We will not give our daughters in marriage to the people of the land, and we will not take their daughters for our sons.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And that we would not give our daughters unto the people of the land, nor take their daughters for our sons:”
King James Version · Public Domain“and that we would not give our daughters unto the peoples of the land, nor take their daughters for our sons;”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“and that we give not our daughters to the peoples of the land, and their daughters we take not to our sons;”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Nehemiah 10:30 — 12 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Exodus 34:16And 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.
- Deuteronomy 7:3Do not intermarry with them. Do not give your daughters to their sons or take their daughters for your sons,
- Deuteronomy 29:11your children and wives, and the foreigners in your camps who cut your wood and draw your water—
- 2 Kings 23:3So the king stood by the pillar and made a covenant before the LORD to follow the LORD and to keep His commandments, decrees, and statutes with all his heart and all his soul, and to carry out the words of this covenant that were written in this book. And all the people entered into the covenant.
- 2 Kings 23:25Neither before nor after Josiah was there any king like him, who turned to the LORD with all his heart and with all his soul and with all his strength, according to all the Law of Moses.
- 2 Chronicles 34:31So the king stood by the pillar and made a covenant before the LORD to follow the LORD and to keep His commandments, decrees, and statutes with all his heart and all his soul, and to carry out the words of this covenant that were written in this book.
- Ezra 9:1After 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.
- Ezra 9:12Now, 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.’
- Ezra 10:10Then Ezra the priest stood up and said to them, “You have been unfaithful by marrying foreign women, adding to the guilt of Israel.
- Nehemiah 5:12“We will restore it,” they replied, “and will require nothing more from them. We will do as you say.” So I summoned the priests and required of the nobles and officials an oath that they would do what they had promised.
- Nehemiah 10:1Now these were the ones who sealed the document: Nehemiah the governor, son of Hacaliah, and also Zedekiah,
- Psalms 119:106I have sworn and confirmed that I will keep Your righteous judgments.
Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).