Before him there was no king like him who turned to the Lord with all his heart and with all his soul and with all his strength according to all the law of Moses, and no one like him arose after him.
Nehemiah 10:30 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised We will not give our daughters in marriage to the surrounding peoples and will not take their daughters as wives for our sons. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 and that we would not give our daughters unto the people of the land, nor take their daughters for our sons: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition We shall not give our daughters to the peoples of the land or take their daughters for our sons. American Standard Version (1901) and that we would not give our daughters unto the peoples of the land, nor take their daughters for our sons; Common English Bible We won’t give our daughters in marriage to the neighboring peoples, nor take their daughters in marriage for our sons. Catholic Public Domain Version and that we would not give our daughters to the people of the land, and that we would not accept their daughters for our sons, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And that we would not give our daughters to the people of the land, not take their daughters for our sons. |
Before him there was no king like him who turned to the Lord with all his heart and with all his soul and with all his strength according to all the law of Moses, and no one like him arose after him.
Next, the king stood by the pillar , and made a covenant in the Lord’s presence to follow the Lord and to keep his commands, his decrees, and his statutes with all his heart and with all his soul in order to carry out the words of this covenant that were written in this book; all the people agreed to the covenant.
Then the king stood at his post and made a covenant in the Lord’s presence to follow the Lord and to keep his commands, his decrees, and his statutes with all his heart and with all his soul in order to carry out the words of the covenant written in this book.
Those whose seals were on the document were the governor Nehemiah son of Hacaliah, and Zedekiah,
In those days I also saw Jews who had married women from Ashdod, Ammon, and Moab.
I rebuked them, cursed them, beat some of their men, and pulled out their hair. I forced them to take an oath before God and said, ‘You must not give your daughters in marriage to their sons or take their daughters as wives for your sons or yourselves!
So I purified them from everything foreign and assigned specific duties to each of the priests and Levites.
They responded, ‘We will return these things and require nothing more from them. We will do as you say.’ So I summoned the priests and made everyone take an oath to do this.
Then you will take some of their daughters as brides for your sons. Their daughters will prostitute themselves with their gods and cause your sons to prostitute themselves with their gods.
your dependents, your wives, and the resident foreigners in your camps who cut your wood and draw your water #– #
You must not intermarry with them, and you must not give your daughters to their sons or take their daughters for your sons,