Nehemiah 10:30

New Century Version

They said: We promise not to let our daughters marry foreigners nor to let our sons marry their daughters.

Cross References

2 Kings 23:25

There was no king like Josiah before or after him. He obeyed the Lord with all his heart, soul, and strength, following all the Teachings of Moses.

2 Kings 23:3

The king stood by the pillar and made an agreement in the presence of the Lord to follow the Lord and obey his commands, rules, and laws with his whole being, and to obey the words of the agreement written in this book. Then all the people promised to obey the agreement.

2 Chronicles 34:31

The king stood by his pillar and made an agreement in the presence of the Lord to follow the Lord and obey his commands, rules, and laws with his whole being and to obey the words of the agreement written in this book.

Nehemiah 10:1

These are the men who sealed the agreement: Nehemiah the governor, son of Hacaliah. Zedekiah,

Nehemiah 13:23

In those days I saw men of Judah who had married women from Ashdod, Ammon, and Moab.

Nehemiah 13:25

I argued with those people, put curses on them, hit some of them, and pulled out their hair. I forced them to make a promise to God, saying, “Do not let your daughters marry the sons of foreigners, and do not take the daughters of foreigners as wives for your sons or yourselves.

Nehemiah 13:30

So I purified them of everything that was foreign. I appointed duties for the priests and Levites, giving each man his own job.

Nehemiah 5:12

They said, “We will give it back and not demand anything more from them. We will do as you say.” Then I called for the priests, and I made the important people and leaders take an oath to do what they had said.

Psalm 119:106

I will do what I have promised and obey your fair laws.

Exodus 34:16

If you choose some of their daughters as wives for your sons and those daughters worship gods, they will lead your sons to do the same thing.

Deuteronomy 29:11

your wives and children and the foreigners who live among you, who chop your wood and carry your water.

Deuteronomy 7:3

Do not marry any of them, or let your daughters marry their sons, or let your sons marry their daughters.