Ezra 9:2 Cross References

Ezra 9:2

2: For the men of Israel have married women from these people and have taken them as wives for their sons. So the holy race has become polluted by these mixed marriages. To make matters worse, the officials and leaders are some of the worst offenders."

Nehemiah 13:23

  1. About the same time I realized that some of the men of Judah had married women from Ashdod, Ammon, and Moab.
  2. Even worse, half their children spoke in the language of Ashdod or some other people and could not speak the language of Judah at all.

Deuteronomy 7:6

  1. For you are a holy people, who belong to the LORD your God. Of all the people on earth, the LORD your God has chosen you to be his own special treasure.

Exodus 34:16

  1. And you will accept their daughters, who worship other gods, as wives for your sons. Then they will cause your sons to commit adultery against me by worshiping other gods.

Ezra 10:18

  1. These are the priests who had married pagan wives: From the family of Jeshua son of Jehozadak and his brothers: Maaseiah, Eliezer, Jarib, and Gedaliah.
  2. They vowed to divorce their wives, and they each acknowledged their guilt by offering a ram as a guilt offering.
  3. From the family of Immer: Hanani and Zebadiah.
  4. From the family of Harim: Maaseiah, Elijah, Shemaiah, Jehiel, and Uzziah.
  5. From the family of Pashhur: Elioenai, Maaseiah, Ishmael, Nethanel, Jozabad, and Elasah.

Exodus 19:6

  1. And you will be to me a kingdom of priests, my holy nation.' Give this message to the Israelites."

Deuteronomy 14:2

  1. You have been set apart as holy to the LORD your God, and he has chosen you to be his own special treasure from all the nations of the earth.

Exodus 22:31

  1. "You are my own holy people. Therefore, do not eat any animal that has been attacked and killed by a wild animal. Throw its carcass out for the dogs to eat.

Deuteronomy 7:1

  1. "When the LORD your God brings you into the land you are about to enter and occupy, he will clear away many nations ahead of you: the Hittites, Girgashites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites. These seven nations are all more powerful than you.
  2. When the LORD your God hands these nations over to you and you conquer them, you must completely destroy them. Make no treaties with them and show them no mercy.
  3. Do not intermarry with them, and don't let your daughters and sons marry their sons and daughters.
  4. They will lead your young people away from me to worship other gods. Then the anger of the LORD will burn against you, and he will destroy you.

Malachi 2:11

  1. In Judah, in Israel, and in Jerusalem there is treachery, for the men of Judah have defiled the LORD's beloved sanctuary by marrying women who worship idols.

Malachi 2:15

  1. Didn't the LORD make you one with your wife? In body and spirit you are his. And what does he want? Godly children from your union. So guard yourself; remain loyal to the wife of your youth.

Ezra 10:2

  1. Then Shecaniah son of Jehiel, a descendant of Elam, said to Ezra, "We confess that we have been unfaithful to our God, for we have married these pagan women of the land. But there is hope for Israel in spite of this.

1 Corinthians 7:14

  1. For the Christian wife brings holiness to her marriage, and the Christian husband brings holiness to his marriage. Otherwise, your children would not have a godly influence, but now they are set apart for him.

2 Corinthians 6:14

  1. Don't team up with those who are unbelievers. How can goodness be a partner with wickedness? How can light live with darkness?

Isaiah 6:13

  1. Even if only a tenth--a remnant--survive, it will be invaded again and burned. Israel will remain a stump, like a tree that is cut down, but the stump will be a holy seed that will grow again."

Nehemiah 13:28

  1. One of the sons of Joiada son of Eliashib the high priest had married a daughter of Sanballat the Horonite, so I banished him from my presence.

Genesis 6:2

  1. the sons of God saw the beautiful women of the human race and took any they wanted as their wives.

Nehemiah 13:3

  1. When this law was read, all those of mixed ancestry were immediately expelled from the assembly.
  2. Before this had happened, Eliashib the priest, who had been appointed as supervisor of the storerooms of the Temple of our God and who was also a relative of Tobiah,

Nehemiah 13:17

  1. So I confronted the leaders of Judah, "Why are you profaning the Sabbath in this evil way?
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