1 Esdras 8:83-85

83 the land we were to occupy was an impure land because the heathen people who lived in it filled it with their disgusting deeds.

84 They told us that we should never intermarry with those people ¹

85 and never seek peaceful relations with them if we wanted to be strong and enjoy the land and pass it on to our descendants forever.

Cross References

• 1. 8.84, 85Exodus 34.11-16;Deuteronomy 7.1-5.