Nehemiah 10:30

Nehemiah 10:30 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And that we would not give our daughters unto the people of the land, nor take their daughters for our sons:
• New International Version (NIV)“We promise not to give our daughters in marriage to the peoples around us or take their daughters for our sons.
• English Standard Version (ESV)We will not give our daughters to the peoples of the land or take their daughters for our sons.
• New King James Version (NKJV)We would not give our daughters as wives to the peoples of the land, nor take their daughters for our sons;

Context of Nehemiah 10:30

28Then the rest of the people—the priests, Levites, gatekeepers, singers, Temple servants, and all who had separated themselves from the pagan people of the land in order to obey the Law of God, together with their wives, sons, daughters, and all who were old enough to understand— 29joined their leaders and bound themselves with an oath. They swore a curse on themselves if they failed to obey the Law of God as issued by his servant Moses. They solemnly promised to carefully follow all the commands, regulations, and decrees of the Lord our Lord: “We promise not to let our daughters marry the pagan people of the land, and not to let our sons marry their daughters. 31“We also promise that if the people of the land should bring any merchandise or grain to be sold on the Sabbath or on any other holy day, we will refuse to buy it. Every seventh year we will let our land rest, and we will cancel all debts owed to us. 32“In addition, we promise to obey the command to pay the annual Temple tax of one-eighth of an ounce of silver for the care of the Temple of our God.

Nehemiah 10:30 word by word

וַאֲשֶׁ֛ר לֹא־נִתֵּ֥ן בְּנֹתֵ֖ינוּ לְעַמֵּ֣י הָאָ֑רֶץ וְאֶת־בְּנֹ֣תֵיהֶ֔ם לֹ֥א נִקַּ֖ח לְבָנֵֽינוּ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And that we would not giveנָתַןnâthan · to give: giveH5414
• our daughtersבַּתbath · daughterH1323
• unto the peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
• of the landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• nor takeלָקַחlâqach · to take: takeH3947
• for our sonsבֵּןbên · son: childH1121

Cross-references for Nehemiah 10:30

• Exodus 34:16Then you will accept their daughters, who sacrifice to other gods, as wives for your sons. And they will seduce your sons to commit adultery against me by worshiping other gods.
• Deuteronomy 7:3You must not intermarry with them. Do not let your daughters and sons marry their sons and daughters,
• Ezra 9:1When these things had been done, the Jewish leaders came to me and said, “Many of the people of Israel, and even some of the priests and Levites, have not kept themselves separate from the other peoples living in the land. They have taken up the detestable practices of the Canaanites, Hittites, Perizzites, Jebusites, Ammonites, Moabites, Egyptians, and Amorites.
• Ezra 10:10Then Ezra the priest stood and said to them: “You have committed a terrible sin. By marrying pagan women, you have increased Israel’s guilt.

Commentaries on Nehemiah 10:30

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 30Not give our daughters - Make no affinity with the people of the land.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 30Compare Ezra 9–10.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 29-3929-37. to observe and do all the commandments, &c.--This national covenant, besides containing a solemn pledge of obedience to the divine law generally, specified their engagement to some particular duties, which the character and exigency of the times stamped with great urgency and importance, and which may be summed up under the following heads: that they abstain from contracting matrimonial alliances with the heathen; that they would rigidly observe…Read the comment

Topics related to Nehemiah 10:30

• Covenant
• Decision
• Fellowship
• Marriage

In the dictionaries

• Curse
• Genealogy
• Israel, History of
• Leviticus
• People
• Synagogue, the Great

Commentaries on Nehemiah 10

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings