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Marriages between Jews and Gentiles. Marriages to the original inhabitants of Canaan were forbidden lest Israel become idolatrous (Dt 7:1-5; cf. 2 Cor 6:14). Nevertheless, this prohibition was often neglected in the period of the judges (Jgs 3:6) and thereafter (2 Sm 11:3; 1 Kgs 11:1-8). No explicit prohibition was given against marriages with other nationalities (Nm 12:1; Dt 23:7; Ru 1:4). After the exile, marriages to Gentiles were repudiated by Ezra and Nehemiah (Ezr 9:1-4; Neh 13:23-27).

Show passage in OET: DEU 7:1–5

OET-RV DEU 7:1

7 When your god Yahweh brings you into the land which you’re going to possess, he’ll drive out many people groups ahead of you: the Hitim, Girgashim, Amorim, Kena’anim (Canaanites), Perizim, Hivim, and the Yevusim—seven societies that are more powerful than yourselves.

OET-RV DEU 7:2

2 When your god Yahweh enables you to defeat them, you must kill them all. You must make no agreement with them, and you must not act mercifully toward them.

OET-RV DEU 7:3

3 Don’t intermarry with them: don’t allow your daughters to marry their sons, or your sons to marry any of their daughters

OET-RV DEU 7:4

4 because they’d turn your sons away from me, and they’d end up serving other gods. Then Yahweh would become very angry with you all and would quickly destroy you.

OET-RV DEU 7:5

5 What you all should do to those people is to break down their altars and smash their stone pillars, cut their Asherah poles to pieces, and burn up their idols.

OET-LV DEU 7:1

7 If/because he_will _bring _you YHWH god _of_your into the_earth/land where you are_about _to _go to_(to) to_take_possession _of _it and_he _will _clear _away nations many from_before _of_you the_Ḩittiy[s] and_the_Girgāshiy[s] and_the_ʼAmorī[s] and_the_Kənaˊₐnīte and_the_Pərizzī[s] and_the_Ḩiūī[s] and_the_Yəⱱūşī/(Jebusite)[s] seven nations great and_mighty more_than _you.

OET-LV DEU 7:2

2 And_he_will _deliver _them _up YHWH god _of_your to_your_face and_you_will _defeat _them certainly _(totally _destroy) you _will _totally _destroy DOM_them not you _will _make to/for_them a _covenant and_not you_will _show _favour _to _them.

OET-LV DEU 7:3

3 And_not you _will _intermarry with_them daughter _of_your not you _will _give to_son _of_his and_daughter _of_his not you _will _take for_son _of_your.

OET-LV DEU 7:4

4 If/because he _will _turn _aside DOM son _of_your from_after_me and_they _will _serve gods other and_ the _anger of_YHWH _it _will _burn on_you(pl) and_he_will _destroy _you quickly.

OET-LV DEU 7:5

5 If/because (if) thus you(pl)_will _do to/for_them altars _of_their you(pl)_will _pull _down and_their _sacred _of_pillars you(pl)_will _break _down and_their _ʼAshērāh_poles you(pl)_will _cut _down and_images _of_their you(pl)_will _burn with_fire.

Show passage in OET: CO2 6:14

OET-RV CO2 6:14

14 Don’t be teamed together with unbelievers, because how can there be a partnership between obeying and disobeying God, or in other words, how can light socialise with darkness?

OET-LV CO2 6:14

14 Not be _becoming mispairing with _unbelievers, because/for what partnership exists by _righteousness and lawlessness, or what fellowship exists by _light with darkness?

Show passage in OET: JDG 3:6

OET-RV JDG 3:6

6 They took their daughters as wives, and gave their own daughters to be married to their sons, and they worshipped their gods.

OET-LV JDG 3:6

6 And_they _took DOM daughters _of_their to/for_them to_wives and_DOM daughters _of_their they _gave to_sons _of_their and_they _served DOM gods _of_their.

Show passage in OET: SA2 11:3

OET-RV SA2 11:3

3 David sent a messenger to find out who she was, and was told, “That’s Eliam’s daughter Bat-Sheva (Bathsheba)—Uriyah the Hiti’s wife.”

OET-LV SA2 11:3

3 And_ Dāvid _he _sent and_he _enquired to/for _the_woman/wife and_he/it _said am_not is_this Bath- sheⱱaˊ the _daughter _of ʼElīˊām the _wife _of ʼŪriy^yāh the_Ḩittiy.

Show passage in OET: KI1 11:1–8

OET-RV KI1 11:1

11 Now King Shelomoh (Solomon) loved many foreign women—besides Par’oh’s (Pharaoh) daughter there were Moavi women, Amoni women, Edomi women, Tsidoni women, and Hiti women.

OET-RV KI1 11:2

2 They were from the nations that Yahweh had told Yisrael (Israel) about, “You must not mix with people from those nations, and they must not join together with you. They will certainly entice you to worship their gods.” However, Shelomoh clung to them for love.

OET-RV KI1 11:3

3 He had seven hundred wives who were kings’ daughters, as well as three hundred slave-wives, and his wives were instrumental in his turning away from Yahweh.

OET-RV KI1 11:4

4 By the time of his old age, Shelomoh’s wives had persuaded him to worship the gods from their countries—his heart wasn’t totally dedicated to Yahweh like his father David had been.

OET-RV KI1 11:5

5 So Shelomoh started to worship the Tsidonim’ (Sidonians) God Ashtoret and the Amonim’ detestable God Malkam,

OET-RV KI1 11:6

6 so he did many things that Yahweh had said were evil—he didn’t remain fully committed to Yahweh like his father David had been.

OET-RV KI1 11:7

7 Then Shelomoh built a place to worship Kemosh, the Moavim detestable God, on a hill facing Yerushalem (Jerusalem), and also for Molek, the Amonim’ detestable God.

OET-RV KI1 11:8

8 He did those things for his foreign wives who were burning incense and sacrificing to their gods.

OET-LV KI1 11:1

11 And_the_king Shəlomoh he _loved women foreign many and_DOM the _daughter _of Parˊoh Mōʼāⱱite_women ˊAmmōnī_women ʼEdōmite_women Sidonian_women Ḩittiy_women.

OET-LV KI1 11:2

2 From the_nations which YHWH he _had _said to the _people _of Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) not you(pl)_must _go in/among_them and_they not they _will _go among_you(pl) truly they _will _turn _aside DOM heart _of_your(pl) after gods _of_their (is)_in_them Shəlomoh he _cleaved to_love_them.

OET-LV KI1 11:3

3 And_he/it _was to_him/it wives noble _ladies seven hundred(s) and_concubines three hundred(s) and_ wives _of_his _they _turned _aside DOM his/its_heart.

OET-LV KI1 11:4

4 And_he/it _was to_the _time _of the _old _age _of Shəlomoh wives _of_his they _turned _aside DOM heart _of_his after gods other and_not it _was heart _of_his complete with YHWH his/its_god like_the _heart _of Dāvid his/its_father.

OET-LV KI1 11:5

5 And_ Shəlomoh/(Solomon) _he/it _went after Astarte the _god _of the_Tsīdonī/(Sidonians) and_after Malkām the _detestable _thing _of the_ˊAmmōnī.

OET-LV KI1 11:6

6 And_ Shəlomoh _he/it _made the_evil in/on_both _eyes _of YHWH and_not he _filled after YHWH like_Dāvid his/its_father.

OET-LV KI1 11:7

7 Then Shəlomoh he _built a _high _place for_Kəmōsh/(Chemosh) the _detestable _thing _of Mōʼāⱱ on_mountain which is_on the _face _of Yərūshālaim/(Jerusalem) and_for_Molek the _detestable _thing _of the _people _of ˊAmmōn.

OET-LV KI1 11:8

8 And_thus/so/as _follows he _did to/from_all/each/any/every wives _of_his (the)_foreign who_made _smoke and_who_sacrificed to_gods _of_their.

Show passage in OET: NUM 12:1

OET-RV NUM 12:1

12 One day, Miryam (Miriam) and Aharon (Aaron) spoke out against Mosheh (Moses) because he’d taken an Kushi (Ethiopian) woman (Kushit) as a wife,

OET-LV NUM 12:1

12 And_ Miryām and_ʼAhₐron _she _spoke against_Mosheh on the _causes _of the_woman (the)_Kūshiy/(Cushite) whom he _had _taken if/because a _woman Kūshiy he _had _taken.

Show passage in OET: DEU 23:7

OET-RV DEU 23:7

7 In contrast, don’t despise the Edomim because they’re your cousins (descendants of your ancestor Yitshak (Isaac) ). And don’t despise the Mitsrim (Egyptians), because you lived there as foreigners.

OET-LV DEU 23:8

8  Not you _will _abhor an _ʼEdōmite if/because your(ms)_brother/kindred he not you _will _abhor an _from _Miʦrayim/(Miʦrayim) if/because a _sojourner you _were in_land _of_his.

Show passage in OET: RUT 1:4

OET-RV RUT 1:4

4 Eventually they married women from there in Moav—Orpah and Ruth. But after No’omi and her sons had lived in Moav for about then years,

OET-LV RUT 1:4

4 And_they _took to/for_them wives Mōʼāⱱites the _name _of the_one(f) was_Orpah and_name _of the_second(fs) was_Rūt and_they _lived there about_ten years.

Show passage in OET: EZR 9:1–4

OET-RV EZR 9:1

9 Now as soon as those things were finished, the leaders came to me, saying, “The people of Yisrael (Israel), and the priests and Levites haven’t kept themselves separate from the idolatry of the peoples of the lands: the Kena’anim (Canaanites) , Hitim, Perizim, the Yevusim, Amonim, Moavim, Mitsrim (Egyptians) , and the Amorim.

OET-RV EZR 9:2

2 Instead, they’ve taken women from those peoples as wives for themselves and their sons, so they’ve diluted their sacred heritage with the anti-God customs of those peoples. But the worst is that it’s our leaders and officials that have been at the forefront in this unfaithfulness.”

OET-RV EZR 9:3

3 As soon as I heard that, I tore my clothes and pulled some of the hair out of my head and beard, and I sat down appalled.

OET-RV EZR 9:4

4 Any others who respectfully followed Yisrael’s god’s instructions and who were concerned about the unfaithfulness of the exiles, joined with me and I sat there appalled until the time of the evening sacrifice.

OET-LV EZR 9:1

9 And_just_ these_things _as _finished they _drew _near to_me the_leaders to_say not the_people Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) and_the_priests and_the_Lēviyyiy they _have _separated _themselves from_the _peoples _of the _lands according_to _of_their _abominations to_Kənaˊₐnī/(Canaanite)[s] the_Ḩittiy[s] the_Pərizzī[s] the_Yəⱱūşī the_ˊAmmōnī[s] the_Mōʼāⱱite[s] the_Miʦrayim/(Egypt)ian[s] and_the_ʼAmorī[s].

OET-LV EZR 9:2

2 If/because they _have _taken some_of_their _daughters to/for_them and_for_sons _of_their and_ the _offspring _of (the)_holiness _they _have _mixed _themselves with_the _peoples _of the _lands and_the _hand _of the _leaders and_the_officials it _has _been in_unfaithfulness the_this first.

OET-LV EZR 9:3

3 And_just_as_I _heard DOM the_matter the_this I _tore DOM garment _of_my and_robe _of_my and_I_pulled _out some_of _the _hair _of my_head and_beard _of_my and_I_sat _down appalled.

OET-LV EZR 9:4

4 And_to_me every person_trembling at_the _words/messages _of the _god _of Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) they _gathered on the _unfaithfulness _of the _exile[s] and_I was_sitting appalled until (to)_the_offering _of the _evening.

Show passage in OET: NEH 13:23–27

OET-RV NEH 13:23

23 During that time, I also saw Yehudim (Jews) who’d married women from Ashdod, Amon, and Moav (Moab),

OET-RV NEH 13:24

24 and half of their children spoke a foreign language from those other people groups and couldn’t speak Hebrew.

OET-RV NEH 13:25

25 So I scolded those men and cursed them and hit some of them and pulled out their hair. Then I forced them to promise in front on God that they wouldn’t allow their daughters to marry foreign men, or their sons to take foreign wives.

OET-RV NEH 13:26

26 I explained, “Didn’t Yisrael’s (Israel) own King Shelomoh (Solomon) sin concerning that same matter? Among all the countries in the world, there wasn’t any other king like, and he was loved by his god who’d placed him there as king over all Yisrael. But even then, the foreign women caused him to sin.

OET-RV NEH 13:27