Nehemiah 13:25

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And I contended with them, and cursed them, and smote certain of them, and plucked off their hair, and made them swear by God, saying, Ye shall not give your daughters unto their sons, nor take their daughters unto your sons, or for yourselves.

I contended

Nehemiah 13:11

Proverbs 28:4

Cursed

Nehemiah 5:13

Deuteronomy 27:14

Luke 11:45

Smote

Deuteronomy 25:2

Ezra 7:26

Plucked

Isaiah 50:6

Made them

Ye shall not

Exodus 34:16

Deuteronomy 7:3

General references

Bible References

I contended

Then I made protests to the chiefs, and said, Why has the house of God been given up? And I got them together and put them in their places.

Those who have no respect for the law give praise to the evil-doer; but such as keep the law are against him.

Cursed

And shaking out the folds of my robe, I said, So may God send out from his house and his work every man who does not keep this agreement; even so let him be sent out and made as nothing. And all the meeting of the people said, So be it, and gave praise to the Lord. And the people did as they had said.

Then the Levites are to say in a loud voice to all the men of Israel,

And one of the teachers of the law, answering, said to him, Master, in saying this, you give a bad name to us as to them.

Smote

And if the wrongdoer is to undergo punishment by whipping, the judge will give orders for him to go down on his face and be whipped before him, the number of the blows being in relation to his crime.

And if anyone does not keep the law of your God and the law of the king, take care that punishment is given to him, by death or by driving him from his country or by taking away his goods or by putting him in prison.

Plucked

I was offering my back to those who gave me blows, and my face to those who were pulling out my hair: I did not keep my face covered from marks of shame.

Made them

They were united with their brothers, their rulers, and put themselves under a curse and an oath, to keep their steps in the way of God's law, which was given by Moses, the servant of God, and to keep and do all the orders of the Lord, our Lord, and his decisions and his rules;

Let the fear of the Lord your God be in your hearts, and be his servants, taking your oaths by his name.

And they made an agreement to be true to the Lord, the God of their fathers, with all their heart and all their soul;

Then Ezra got up, and made the chiefs of the priests and the Levites and all Israel take an oath that they would do this. So they took an oath.

Ye shall not

Or take their daughters for your sons; for when their daughters give worship before their gods, they will make your sons take part with them.

Do not take wives or husbands from among them; do not give your daughters to their sons, or take their daughters for your sons.

General references

Or take their daughters for your sons; for when their daughters give worship before their gods, they will make your sons take part with them.

Do not take wives or husbands from among them; do not give your daughters to their sons, or take their daughters for your sons.

And they took as wives the daughters of these nations and gave their daughters to their sons, and became servants to their gods.

And on hearing their outcry and what they said I was very angry.