Nehemiah 10:30 BSB — MannaFest

Nehemiah 10:30

We will not give our daughters in marriage to the people of the land, and we will not take their daughters for our sons.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

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

KJV

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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Commentary

2 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

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.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Many of them had been guilty of this, Ezra ix. In our covenants with God we should engage particularly against those sins that we have been most frequently overtaken in and damaged by.

Voices on this verse

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Original language & word study

11 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַאֲשֶׁ֛ר	va.'a.Sher	and that	H834 →
לֹא־	lo'-	not	H3808 →
נִתֵּ֥ן	ni.Ten	we will give	H5414 →
בְּנֹתֵ֖ינוּ	be.no.Tei.nu	daughters our	H1323 →
לְעַמֵּ֣י	le.'a.Mei	to [the] peoples of	H5971 →
הָאָ֑רֶץ	ha.'A.retz	the land	H776 →
וְאֶת־	ve.'Et	and <obj.>	H853 →
בְּנֹ֣תֵיהֶ֔ם	be.No.tei.Hem	daughters their	H1323 →
לֹ֥א	lo'	not	H3808 →
נִקַּ֖ח	ni.Kach	we will take	H3947 →
לְבָנֵֽינוּ׃	le.va.Nei.nu	for sons our	H1121 →

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Deuteronomy 7:3
Do not intermarry with them. Do not give your daughters to their sons or take their daughters for your sons,
leads to
- 1 Kings 11:2
  These women were from the nations about which the LORD had told the Israelites, “You must not intermarry with them, for surely they will turn your hearts after their gods.” Yet Solomon clung to…
- Joshua 23:12–13
  For if you turn away and cling to the rest of these nations that remain among you, and if you intermarry and associate with them,
- Exodus 34:15–16
  Do not make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, for when they prostitute themselves to their gods and sacrifice to them, they will invite you, and you will eat their sacrifices.
- Nehemiah 13:23–27
  In those days I also saw Jews who had married women from Ashdod, Ammon, and Moab.
- Judges 3:6–7
  And they took the daughters of these people in marriage, gave their own daughters to their sons, and served their gods.
Through
Exodus 34:16
And when you take some of their daughters as brides for your sons, their daughters will prostitute themselves to their gods and cause your sons to do the same.
leads to
- Deuteronomy 7:3–4
  Do not intermarry with them. Do not give your daughters to their sons or take their daughters for your sons,
- 1 Kings 11:2–4
  These women were from the nations about which the LORD had told the Israelites, “You must not intermarry with them, for surely they will turn your hearts after their gods.” Yet Solomon clung to…
- Ezra 9:2
  Indeed, the Israelites have taken some of their daughters as wives for themselves and their sons, so that the holy seed has been mixed with the people of the land. And the leaders and…

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01Commentary

The record, by era

Voices on this verse

02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

06About Nehemiah

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

About Nehemiah