Nehemiah 13:23 References
a Exodus 34:11-16, Deuteronomy 7:1-5, Ezra 9:2, Nehemiah 10:30
Exodus 34
11
"Be sure to observe what I am commanding you this day: behold, aI am going to drive out the Amorite before you, and the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Perizzite, the Hivite and the Jebusite.
12
"aWatch yourself that you make no covenant with the inhabitants of the land into which you are going, or it will become a snare in your midst.
13
"aBut rather, you are to tear down their altars and smash their sacred pillars and cut down their bAsherim
14
--for ayou shall not worship any other god, for the Lord, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God--
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,
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
1
"aWhen the Lord your God brings you into the land where you are entering to possess it, and clears away many nations before you, the Hittites and the Girgashites and the Amorites and the Canaanites and the Perizzites and the Hivites and the Jebusites, bseven nations greater and stronger than you,
2
and when the Lord your God delivers them before you and you defeat them, athen you shall utterly destroy them. bYou shall make no covenant with them cand show no favor to them.
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.
4
"For they will turn your sons away from following Me to serve other gods; then the anger of the Lord will be kindled against you and aHe will quickly destroy you.
5
"But thus you shall do to them: ayou shall tear down their altars, and smash their sacred pillars, and hew down their Asherim, and burn their graven images with fire.
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."