Nehemiah 10:30

30 and that we would not give our daughters unto the peoples of the land nor take their daughters for our sons.

Nehemiah 10:30 Meaning and Commentary

Nehemiah 10:30

And that we would not give our daughters unto the people of
the land, nor take their daughters for our sons
Intermarry with them as they had done, and were prone to do, and even did after this, ( Nehemiah 13:23 ) .

Nehemiah 10:30 In-Context

28 And the rest of the people, the priests, the Levites, the porters, the singers, the Nethinims, and all those that had separated themselves from the peoples of the lands unto the law of God, their wives, their sons, and their daughters, every one having knowledge and having understanding;
29 Strengthened with their brethren, their nobles, they came forward in an oath with a curse that they would walk in God’s law, which was given by the hand of Moses, the slave of God, and observe and do all the commandments of the LORD our Lord, and his judgments and his statutes;
30 and that we would not give our daughters unto the peoples of the land nor take their daughters for our sons.
31 Likewise that if the peoples of the land bring merchandise or any food on the sabbath day to sell, that we would not take anything from them on the sabbath or on the holy day, and that we would leave the seventh year and remit every debt.
32 Also we made ordinances for us, to charge ourselves yearly with the third part of a shekel for the service of the house of our God,
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