Nehemiah 13:25

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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

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

Therefore contended I with the deputies, and said, Wherefore is the house of God, forsaken? So I gathered them together, and set them in their place.

They who forsake instruction, praise one who is lawless, while, they who keep instruction, are at strife with them.

Cursed

Also, my lap, shook I out, and said - Thus and thus, may God shake out every man who shall not confirm this promise, out of his house and out of his labour, yea, thus and thus, let him be shaken out and empty, - And all the convocation said, Amen! and praised Yahweh, and the people did according to this promise.

Then shall the Levites respond and say unto every man of Israel with voice uplifted: -

Despised in his sight, is the reprobate, but, them who revere Yahweh, he doth honour, he hath sworn to his neighbour, and will not change;

And, making answer, one of the Lawyers saith unto him, Teacher! these things, saying, us also, dost thou insult!

Smote

And it shall be - if the lawless man be, worthy of stripes, then shall the judge cause him to lie down and he beaten before him, according to the measure of his lawlessness, by number:

But, whosoever shall not do the law of thy God and the law of the king, speedily, let, penalty, be exacted from him, - whether to death, or to banishment, or to confiscation of goods, or to imprisonment.

Plucked

My back, gave I to smiters, and My cheeks, to them who pulled out the beard, - My face, hid I not from insult and spitting.

Made them

were holding fast unto their distinguished brethren, and were entering into a curse and into an oath, to walk in the law of God, which was given through Moses the servant of God, - and to observe and do, all the commandments of Yahweh our Lord, and his regulations, and his statutes;

Yahweh thy God, shalt thou revere And him, shalt thou serve, - And by his name, shalt thou swear.

And they entered into a covenant, to seek Yahweh, God of their fathers, - with all their heart, and with all their soul;

Then arose Ezra and made the rulers of the priests, the Levites, and all Israel, swear to do according to this word - and they sware.

Ye shall not

And thou wilt take of his daughters for thy sons, - And his daughters will go unchastely after their gods, And will cause thy sons to go unchastely after their gods.

neither shalt thou intermarry with them, - thy daughter, shalt thou not give unto his son, nor his daughter, shalt thou take for thy son;

General references

And thou wilt take of his daughters for thy sons, - And his daughters will go unchastely after their gods, And will cause thy sons to go unchastely after their gods.

neither shalt thou intermarry with them, - thy daughter, shalt thou not give unto his son, nor his daughter, shalt thou take for thy son;

and took their daughters to be their wives, their own daughters moreover, gave they unto their sons, and they served their gods.

And it angered me greatly, - when I heard their outcry, and these words.