Ezra 9:1-4

Mixed Marriages

1 Now when these things had been completed, the princes approached me, saying, "The people of Israel and the priests and the Levites have not 1separated themselves from the peoples of the lands, 2according to their abominations, those of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites, the Ammonites, the Moabites, the Egyptians and the Amorites.
2 "For 3they have taken some of their daughters as wives for themselves and for their sons, so that 4the holy race has 5intermingled with the peoples of the lands; indeed, the hands of the princes and the rulers have been foremost in this unfaithfulness."
3 When I heard about this matter, I 6tore my garment and my robe, and pulled some of the hair from my head and my beard, and 7sat down appalled.
4 Then 8everyone who trembled at the words of the God of Israel on account of the unfaithfulness of the exiles gathered to me, and I sat appalled until 9the evening offering.

Cross References 9

  • 1. Ezra 6:21; Nehemiah 9:2
  • 2. Leviticus 18:24-30
  • 3. Deuteronomy 7:3; Ezra 10:2, 18
  • 4. Exodus 22:31; Deuteronomy 14:2; 2 Corinthians 6:14
  • 5. Nehemiah 13:3
  • 6. 2 Kings 18:37
  • 7. Nehemiah 1:4
  • 8. Ezra 10:3; Isaiah 66:2
  • 9. Exodus 29:39

Footnotes 1

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