Ezra 9:2

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

For they have taken of their daughters for themselves, and for their sons: so that the holy seed have mingled themselves with the people of those lands: yea, the hand of the princes and rulers hath been chief in this trespass.

Taken of their

Malachi 2:11

The holy seed

1 Corinthians 7:14

Mingled

Genesis 6:2

Nehemiah 13:3

2 Corinthians 6:14

The hand

Ezra 10:18

Nehemiah 13:4

General references

Exodus 34:16

Deuteronomy 7:3

Nehemiah 10:30

Bible References

Taken of their

And among the children of the priests there were men found that had taken strange wives, namely among the children of Jeshua the son of Jozadak and of his brethren, Maaseiah, and Eliezer, and Jarib, and Gedaliah.

And thou take of their daughters unto thy sons, and when their daughters go a whoring after their gods,

When the LORD thy God hath brought thee into the land whither thou goest to possess it, and hath cast out many nations before thee: the Hittites, the Girgashites, the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Perezites, the Hivites and the Jebusites; seven nations more in number and mightier than thou:

And at the same time saw I Jews, that married wives of Ashdod, Ammon, and of Moab;

Now hath Judah offended: yea the abomination is done in Israel and in Jerusalem, for Judah hath defiled the Sanctuary of the LORD, which he loved, and hath kept the daughter of a strange God.

The holy seed

Ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests and a holy people.' These are the words which thou shalt say unto the children of Israel."

Ye shall be holy people unto me, and therefore shall ye eat no flesh that is torn of beasts in the field. But shall cast it to dogs."

For thou art a holy nation unto the LORD thy God: the LORD thy God hath chosen thee to be a several people unto himself of all nations that are upon the earth.

For thou art a holy people unto the LORD thy God, and the LORD hath chosen thee to be a several people unto himself, of all the nations that are upon the earth.

Nevertheless, the tenth part shall remain therein, for it shall convert and be fruitful. And likewise as the Terebinths and Oak trees in winter cast their leaves and yet have their sap in them, so shall the holy seed continue in their substance."

So did not the one, and yet had he an excellent spirit. What did then the one? He sought the seed promised of God. Therefore look well to your spirit, and let no man despise the wife of his youth.

For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the wife: and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the husband. Or else were your children unclean: but now are they pure.

Mingled

the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair, and took unto them wives, which they best liked among them all.

Now when they heard the Law, they separated from Israel everyone that had mixed himself therein.

Set yourselves therefore at large, and bear not a stranger's yoke with the unbelievers. For what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? What company hath light with darkness?

The hand

And before this had the Priest Eliashib delivered the chest of the house of our God unto his kinsman Tobiah:

General references

And thou take of their daughters unto thy sons, and when their daughters go a whoring after their gods,

Also thou shalt make no marriages with them, neither give thy daughter unto his son nor take his daughter unto thy son.

and that we would not give our daughters unto the people in the land, neither to take their daughters for our sons.