Ezra 9:1

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Later the Jewish leaders came to me and said: Many Israelites, including priests and Levites, are living just like the people around them. They are even guilty of some of the horrible sins of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites, the Ammonites, the Moabites, the Egyptians, and the Amorites.

Cross References

Genesis 15:16

Four generations later, your descendants will return here and take this land, because only then will the people who live here be so sinful that they deserve to be punished.

1 Kings 11:1

The LORD did not want the Israelites to worship foreign gods, so he had warned them not to marry anyone who was not from Israel. Solomon loved his wife, the daughter of the king of Egypt. But he also loved some women from Moab, Ammon, and Edom, and others from Sidon and the land of the Hittites.

2 Chronicles 33:2

Manasseh disobeyed the LORD by following the disgusting customs of the nations that the LORD had forced out of Israel.

2 Chronicles 8:7

Solomon did not force the Israelites to do his work. Instead, they were his soldiers, officers, army commanders, and cavalry troops. But he did make slaves of the Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites who were living in Israel. These were the descendants of those foreigners the Israelites did not destroy, and they remained Israel's slaves.

Ezra 10:2

Shecaniah son of Jehiel from the family of Elam said: Ezra, we have disobeyed God by marrying these foreign women. But there is still hope for the people of Israel,

Nehemiah 13:23

I discovered that some Jewish men had married women from Ashdod, Ammon, and Moab.

Nehemiah 4:3

Tobiah from Ammon was standing beside Sanballat and said, “Look at the wall they are building! Why, even a fox could knock over this pile of stones.”

Nehemiah 4:7

But Sanballat, Tobiah, the Arabs, the Ammonites, and the people from the city of Ashdod saw the walls going up and the holes being repaired. So they became angry

Nehemiah 9:2

They refused to let foreigners join them, as they met to confess their sins and the sins of their ancestors.

Psalm 106:35

Instead they were friendly with those foreigners and followed their customs.

Exodus 13:5

The LORD promised your ancestors that he would bring you into the land of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Hivites, and Jebusites. It is a land rich with milk and honey. Each year during the month of Abib, celebrate these events in the following way:

Exodus 23:23

My angel will lead you into the land of the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Canaanites, Hivites, and Jebusites, and I will wipe them out.

Exodus 33:16

But if you do go with us, everyone will know that you are pleased with your people and with me. That way, we will be different from the rest of the people on earth.”

Isaiah 52:11

Leave the city of Babylon! Don't touch anything filthy. Wash yourselves. Be ready to carry back everything sacred that belongs to the LORD.

Jeremiah 26:10

The royal officers heard what had happened, and they came from the palace to the new gate of the temple to be the judges at my trial.

Jeremiah 26:16

The judges and the other people told the priests and prophets, “Since Jeremiah only told us what the LORD our God had said, we don't think he deserves to die.”

Leviticus 18:3

So don't follow the customs of Egypt where you used to live or those of Canaan where I am bringing you.

Malachi 2:11

You people in Judah and Jerusalem have been unfaithful to the LORD. You have disgraced the temple that he loves, and you have committed the disgusting sin of worshipping other gods.

Numbers 23:9

“From the mountain peaks, I look down and see Israel, the obedient people of God.

Numbers 25:6

Later, Moses and the people were at the sacred tent, crying, when one of the Israelite men brought a Midianite woman to meet his family.

Deuteronomy 18:9

Soon you will go into the land that the LORD your God is giving you. The nations that live there do things that are disgusting to the LORD, and you must not follow their example.

Deuteronomy 23:8

and let their great-grandchildren become part of Israel, the LORD's people.

Deuteronomy 7:1

People of Israel, the LORD your God will help you take the land of the Hittites, the Girgashites, the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites. These seven nations have more people and are stronger than Israel, but when you attack them,

Joshua 23:12

Don't ever turn your backs on him by marrying people from the nations that are left in the land. Don't even make friends with them. I tell you that if you are friendly with those nations, the LORD won't chase them away when you attack. Instead, they'll be like a trap for your feet, a whip on your back, and thorns in your eyes. And finally, none of you will be left in this good land that the LORD has given you.