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Scripture Analysis

Ezra 9:2

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For they have taken of their daughters for themselves and for their sons, so that the holy offspring have mixed themselves with the peoples of the lands. Yes, the hand of the princes and rulers has been chief in this trespass.”

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Contradictions (1)

Questions where the Bible appears to say two different things, with the passages on each side set together.

  • Is it OK to marry a Moabite?

    Deuteronomy 23:3 bars Moabites from the assembly of Yahweh to the tenth generation, and Ezra 9-10 commands the forced divorce of foreign wives including Moabites. The book of Ruth celebrates the marriage of Boaz to the Moabite Ruth as the source of the Davidic line.

    Critical scholarship: Widely regarded as a genuine contradiction.

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