and that we would not give our daughters to the peoples of the land, nor take their daughters for our sons;
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and that we would not give our daughters to the peoples of the land, nor take their daughters for our sons;
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And that we would not give our daughters unto the people of the land, nor take their daughters for our sons:
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(10-31) and that we would not give our daughters unto the peoples of the land, nor take their daughters for our sons;
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Passages linked to Nehemiah 10:30 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Deuteronomy 7:3 You shall not make marriages with them. You shall not give your daughter to his son, nor shall you take his daughter for your son.
- Exodus 34:16 and you take of their daughters to your sons, and their daughters play the prostitute after their gods, and make your sons play the prostitute after their gods.
- Ezra 9:1-3 Now when these things were done, the princes came near to me, saying, “The people of Israel, the priests, and the Levites, have not separated themselves from the peoples of the lands, following their abominations, even those of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites, the Ammonites, the Moabites, the Egyptians, and the Amorites. 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.” When I heard this thing, I tore my garment and my robe, and pulled the hair out of my head and of my beard, and sat down confounded.
- Ezra 9:12-14 Now therefore don’t give your daughters to their sons. Don’t take their daughters to your sons, nor seek their peace or their prosperity forever; that you may be strong, and eat the good of the land, and leave it for an inheritance to your children forever.’ “After all that has come on us for our evil deeds, and for our great guilt, since you, our God, have punished us less than our iniquities deserve, and have given us such a remnant, shall we again break your commandments, and join ourselves with the peoples that do these abominations? Wouldn’t you be angry with us until you had consumed us, so that there would be no remnant, nor any to escape?
- Ezra 10:10-12 Ezra the priest stood up and said to them, “You have trespassed, and have married foreign women, to increase the guilt of Israel. Now therefore make confession to Yahweh, the God of your fathers, and do his pleasure; and separate yourselves from the peoples of the land, and from the foreign women.” Then all the assembly answered with a loud voice, “We must do as you have said concerning us.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Neh 10:30 And that we would not give our…
Neh 10:30 And that we would not give our daughters unto the people of the land, nor take their daughters for our sons:
Ver. 30. And that we would not give our daughters] This is the first particular branch of the covenant, that they would make no inter-marriages with the heathen; as knowing the snare that herein Satan laid for their souls. In the first sentence against man, this cause is expressed, Because you obeyed the voice of your wife, &c. By the rib, as by a ladder, Satan oft climbs to the heart, and corrupts it, as Gregory hath it. O wives (saith another)! the most sweet poison, the most desired evil in the world, &c. Make a wise choice, therefore. The heathen well saith, that every man, when he marrieth, brings either a good or an evil spirit into his house, and so makes it either a heaven or a hell.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain We would not give our daughters, to wit, in…
We would not give our daughters, to wit, in marriage. Having sworn obedience to God’s laws in the general, they now do so to some particulars, wherein they had lately transgressed, or were most prone to transgress.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And that we would not give our daughters unto…
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, Neh 13:23.
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Nehemiah 10:31
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neh 10:31And if the people of the land bring ware,.... Any thing to be sold, any sort of goods, that being sold might be taken away, as the word signifies:
or any victuals on the sabbath day to sell; anything to make food of; wheat or barley, as Aben Ezra interprets it; the same word is rendered corn; see Gill on Gen 42:1; to sell which was not lawful on the sabbath day, see Amo 8:5
that we would not buy it of them on the sabbath, or on the holy day; any festival, as the feast of the passover, pentecost, and tabernacles:
and that we would leave the seventh year: the ground untilled in that year, the vines unpruned, and the fruits of the earth, which sprung of themselves, for the poor to gather, Lev 25:4,
and the exaction of every debt; that they would not demand the payment of any debt on the seventh year, as the law required they should not, Deu 15:2.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 30. Not give our daughters] Make no affinity…
Verse 30. Not give our daughters] Make no affinity with the people of the land.
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain Neh 10:30. And that we would not give our…
Neh 10:30. And that we would not give our daughters — Namely, in marriage. Having sworn obedience to God’s laws in the general, they now specify some particular instances, wherein they had lately transgressed, or were most prone to transgress. In our covenants with God, we should engage particularly against those sins that we have been most frequently overtaken in and injured by.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain And. In all covenants, the articles which have been…
And. In all covenants, the articles which have been chiefly broken, are specified. (Worthington)
George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 30. Prohibition of Intermarriage with the Heathen
30. Prohibition of Intermarriage with the Heathen
we] Observe the first person plural here introduced and maintained to Neh_10:39 throughout the rest of the Covenant details.
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people] R.V. peoples.
This prohibition of intermarriage with the people of the land had been strenuously upheld by Ezr_9:2. (See note.) The difficulty of enforcing it appears from Neh_13:23-28. The words of the prohibition seem to be based on Deu_7:3 ‘Neither shalt thou make marriages with them; thy daughter thou shalt not give unto his son, nor his daughter shalt thou take unto thy son.’ Cf. Exo_34:16; Jos_23:12; Jdg_3:6.
It is to be noticed that the so-called Priestly Code gives no such prohibition unless it is implied in Gen_26:35; nor is it found in the central legislative portion of Deut. (12–26).
The Covenant introduces no new enactment, but affirms the Deuteronomic teaching which itself appears to be an expansion of the oldest law in Exo_23:32-33, ‘Thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor with their gods. They shall not dwell in thy land, lest they make thee sin against me.’
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain That we would not give our daughters, etc. On…
That we would not give our daughters, etc. On the recurrence of the mixed marriages so soon after the reformation of Ezra, see the comment on Neh_13:23.
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 General Information:
General Information:
In these verses, the people describe the content of the oath they were making in Nehemiah 10:29.
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would not give our daughters to the people of the land or take their daughters for our sons
This means that they would not allow their sons and daughters to marry them. AT: "would not give our daughters to marry the people of the land or take their daughters to marry our sons" (See: Assumed Knowledge and Implicit Information)
the people of the land
This refers to the people who live in their land who do not worship Yahweh. AT: "the people of this land who do not worship Yahweh" (See: Assumed Knowledge and Implicit Information)
We promised ... we would not give ... we would not buy ... we will let ... we will cancel
The pronoun "we" here includes Nehemiah and the Jewish people, but not the reader of this book. (See: Exclusive and Inclusive "We")
seventh year
"year 7" (See: Ordinal Numbers)
we will let our fields rest
This is an idiom. AT: "we will not plow our fields" or "we will not grow anything in our fields" (See: Idiom)
we will cancel all debts
This means that they will not require that people pay them what they owe. AT: "we will cancel all debts that people owe us" or "we will tell people that they no longer have to pay us back"
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people group
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grain
Sabbath
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 10:30-39 Although the community had committed itself broadly to…
10:30-39 Although the community had committed itself broadly to all the instructions in the law of Moses, some specific issues were being addressed in this commitment. These issues related to maintaining the purity of the community and worship at the Temple.
10:30 Cp. Ezra 9–10.
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