Nehemiah 13:27 BSB — MannaFest

Nehemiah 13:27

Must we now hear that you too are doing all this terrible evil and acting unfaithfully against our God by marrying foreign women?”

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

Shall we then hearken unto you to do all this great evil, to trespass against our God in marrying foreign women?

KJV

Shall we then hearken unto you to do all this great evil, to transgress against our God in marrying strange wives?

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Commentary

1 voice

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

Shall we then hearken unto you to do all this great evil,.... To suffer it to be done, and connive at it, and not punish for it: to transgress against our God; his law, his mind, and will: in marrying strange wives? forbidden by him, Deu 7:1.

Voices on this verse

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Original language & word study

13 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וְלָכֶ֣ם	ve.la.Khem	and to you
הֲנִשְׁמַ֗ע	ha.nish.Ma'	¿ is it heard	H8085 →
לַעֲשֹׂת֙	la.'a.Sot	to do	H6213 →
אֵ֣ת	'et	<obj.>	H853 →
כָּל־	kol-	all	H3605 →
הָרָעָ֤ה	ha.ra.'Ah	the evil	H7451 →
הַגְּדוֹלָה֙	ha.ge.do.Lah	<the> great	H1419 →
הַזֹּ֔את	ha.Zot	<the> this	H2063 →
לִמְעֹ֖ל	lim.'Ol	to act unfaithfully	H4603 →
בֵּֽאלֹהֵ֑ינוּ	be.lo.Hei.nu	against God our	H430 →
לְהֹשִׁ֖יב	le.ho.Shiv	by marrying	H3427 →
נָשִׁ֥ים	na.Shim	wives	H802 →
נָכְרִיּֽוֹת׃	na.khe.ri.Yot	foreign	H5237 →

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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
1 Samuel 30:24
Who will listen to your proposal? The share of the one who went to battle will match the share of the one who stayed with the supplies. They will share alike.”
leads to
- Numbers 31:27
  Then divide the captives between the troops who went out to battle and the rest of the congregation.
- Joshua 22:8
  saying, “Return to your homes with your great wealth, with immense herds of livestock, with silver, gold, bronze, iron, and very many clothes. Divide with your brothers the spoil of your enemies.”
- Psalms 68:12
  “Kings and their armies flee in haste; she who waits at home divides the plunder.
Through
Ezra 10:2
Then Shecaniah son of Jehiel, an Elamite, said to Ezra: “We have been unfaithful to our God by marrying foreign women from the people of the land, yet in spite of this, there is…
leads 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…
- Exodus 34:12
  Be careful not to make a treaty with the inhabitants of the land you are entering, lest they become a snare in your midst.
- Jeremiah 3:12–13
  Go, proclaim this message toward the north: ‘Return, O faithless Israel,’ declares the LORD. ‘I will no longer look on you with anger, for I am merciful,’ declares the LORD. ‘I will not be…
- Nehemiah 3:29
  Next to them, Zadok son of Immer made repairs opposite his house, and next to him, Shemaiah son of Shecaniah, the guard of the East Gate, made repairs.
- Exodus 34:6–7

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06About Nehemiah

Where the connections lead

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