For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the LORD, to do justice and judgment; that the LORD may bring on Abraham that which he has spoken of him.
These sought their register among those that were reckoned by genealogy, but they were not found: therefore were they, as polluted, removed from the priesthood.
For they have taken of their daughters for themselves, and for their sons: so that the holy descendents have mingled themselves with the people of those lands: yea, the hand of the princes and rulers has been chief in this trespass.
Judah has dealt treacherously, and an abomination is committed in Israel and in Jerusalem; for Judah has profaned the holiness of the LORD which he loved, and has married the daughter of a strange god.
And did he not make one? Yet had he much more of the spirit. And why one? That he might seek a godly offspring. Therefore be careful of your spirit, and let none deal treacherously against the wife of his youth.
For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the husband: otherwise your children would be unclean; but now are they holy.