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, I rebuked the officials, saying, “Why has the house of God been neglected?” I gathered the Levites and singers together and stationed them at their posts.

Those who reject the law praise the wicked,
but those who keep the law battle against them.

Cursed

I also shook the folds of my robe and said, “May God likewise shake from his house and property everyone who doesn’t keep this promise. May he be shaken out and have nothing!”

The whole assembly said, “Amen,” and they praised the Lord. Then the people did as they had promised.

The Levites will proclaim in a loud voice to every Israelite:

who despises the one rejected by the Lord

but honors those who fear the Lord,
who keeps his word whatever the cost,

One of the experts in the law answered Him, “Teacher, when You say these things You insult us too.”

Smote

If the guilty party deserves to be flogged, the judge will make him lie down and be flogged in his presence with the number of lashes appropriate for his crime.

Anyone who does not keep the law of your God and the law of the king, let a fair judgment be executed against him, whether death, banishment, confiscation of property, or imprisonment.

Plucked

I gave My back to those who beat Me,
and My cheeks to those who tore out My beard.
I did not hide My face from scorn and spitting.

Made them

join with their noble brothers and commit themselves with a sworn oath

to follow the law of God given through God’s servant Moses and to carefully obey all the commands, ordinances, and statutes of Yahweh our Lord.

Fear Yahweh your God, worship Him, and take your oaths in His name.

Then they entered into a covenant to seek the Lord God of their ancestors with all their mind and all their heart.

Then Ezra got up and made the leading priests, Levites, and all Israel take an oath to do what had been said; so they took the oath.

Ye shall not

Then you will take some of their daughters as brides for your sons. Their daughters will prostitute themselves with their gods and cause your sons to prostitute themselves with their gods.

Do not intermarry with them. Do not give your daughters to their sons or take their daughters for your sons,

General references

Then you will take some of their daughters as brides for your sons. Their daughters will prostitute themselves with their gods and cause your sons to prostitute themselves with their gods.

Do not intermarry with them. Do not give your daughters to their sons or take their daughters for your sons,

The Israelites took their daughters as wives for themselves, gave their own daughters to their sons, and worshiped their gods.

I became extremely angry when I heard their outcry and these complaints.