Ezra 9:12 References

12 'So now do not agive your daughters to their sons nor take their daughters to your sons, and bnever seek their peace or their prosperity, that you may be strong and eat the good things of the land and cleave it as an inheritance to your sons forever.'

a Exodus 34:15, Exodus 34:16, Deuteronomy 7:3, Ezra 9:2


Exodus 34

15 otherwise you might make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land and they would play the harlot with their gods and asacrifice to their gods, and someone bmight invite you to eat of his sacrifice,

Exodus 34

16 and ayou might take some of his daughters for your sons, and his daughters might play the harlot with their gods and cause your sons also to play the harlot with their gods.

Deuteronomy 7

3 "Furthermore, ayou shall not intermarry with them; you shall not give your daughters to their sons, nor shall you take their daughters for your sons.

Ezra 9

2 "For athey have taken some of their daughters as wives for themselves and for their sons, so that bthe holy race has cintermingled with the peoples of the lands; indeed, the hands of the princes and the rulers have been foremost in this unfaithfulness."

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