Nehemiah 13:27

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

And now, we hear that you also are doing this terrible sin. You are not being true to our God. You are marrying foreign women.”

Cross References

Ezra 10:2

Then Shecaniah son of Jehiel, one of the descendants of Elam, spoke to Ezra and said, “We have not been faithful to our God. We have married the people living around us. But, even though we have done this, there is still hope for Israel.

1 Samuel 30:24

No one will listen to what you say. The share will be the same for the man who stayed with the supplies and for the man who went into battle. Everyone will share alike.”

Nehemiah 13:23

In those days I also noticed that some Jewish men had married women from the countries of Ashdod, Ammon, and Moab.

Ezra 9:14

So we know that we must not break your commands. We must not marry those people. They do very bad things. God, if we continue to marry these bad people, we know you will destroy us. Then there would be no one from the Israelites left alive.

Nehemiah 10:31

“We promise not to work on the Sabbath day. If the people living around us bring grain or other things to sell on the Sabbath, we will not buy them on that special day or on any other festival. Every seventh year, we will not plant or work the land. And every seventh year, we will cancel every debt that other people owe to us.