Ezra 9:2 “Indeed, the Israelites have taken some of their daughters as wives for…”

Ezra 9:2

Indeed, the Israelites have taken some of their daughters as wives for themselves and their sons, so that the holy seed has been mixed with the people of the land. And the leaders and officials have taken the lead in this unfaithfulness!”

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

For they have taken of their daughters for themselves, and for their sons: so that the holy seed have mingled themselves with the people of those lands: yea, the hand of the princes and rulers hath been chief in this trespass.

World English Bible

For they have taken of their daughters for themselves and for their sons, so that the holy offspring have mixed themselves with the peoples of the lands. Yes, the hand of the princes and rulers has been chief in this trespass.”

American Standard Version

For they have taken of their daughters for themselves and for their sons, so that the holy seed have mingled themselves with the peoples of the lands: yea, the hand of the princes and rulers hath been chief in this trespass.

Geneva Bible 1599

For they haue taken their daughters to theselues, and to their sonnes, and they haue mixed the holy seede with the people of the landes, and the hande of the princes and rulers hath bene chiefe in this trespasse.

Darby Translation

for they have taken of their daughters for themselves and for their sons, and have mingled the holy seed with the peoples of the lands; and the hand of the princes and rulers has been chief in this unfaithfulness.

Young's Literal Translation

for they have taken of their daughters to them, and to their sons, and the holy seed have mingled themselves among the peoples of the lands, and the hand of the heads and of the seconds have been first in this trespass.'

Bible in Basic English

For they have taken their daughters for themselves and for their sons, so that the holy seed has been mixed with the peoples of the lands; and in fact the captains and rulers have been the first to do this evil.

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Cross references

“taken of their”

Ezra 10:18–44 Exodus 34:16 Deuteronomy 7:1–4 Malachi 2:11 Nehemiah 13:23 Nehemiah 13:24

Ezra 10:18–44 · BSB

Among the descendants of the priests who had married foreign women were found these descendants of Jeshua son of Jozadak and his brothers: Maaseiah, Eliezer, Jarib, and Gedaliah.

Exodus 34:16 · BSB

And when you take some of their daughters as brides for your sons, their daughters will prostitute themselves to their gods and cause your sons to do the same.

Deuteronomy 7:1–4 · BSB

When the LORD your God brings you into the land that you are entering to possess, and He drives out before you many nations—the Hittites, Girgashites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, seven natio…

Malachi 2:11 · BSB

Judah has broken faith; an abomination has been committed in Israel and in Jerusalem. For Judah has profaned the LORD’s beloved sanctuary by marrying the daughter of a foreign god.

Nehemiah 13:23 · BSB

In those days I also saw Jews who had married women from Ashdod, Ammon, and Moab.

Nehemiah 13:24 · BSB

Half of their children spoke the language of Ashdod or of the other peoples, but could not speak the language of Judah.

“the holy seed”

Deuteronomy 7:6 Exodus 19:6 Exodus 22:31 Deuteronomy 14:2 Malachi 2:15 1 Corinthians 7:14

Deuteronomy 7:6 · BSB

For you are a people holy to the LORD your God. The LORD your God has chosen you to be a people for His prized possession out of all peoples on the face of the earth.

Exodus 19:6 · BSB

And unto Me you shall be a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.’ These are the words that you are to speak to the Israelites.”

Exodus 22:31 · BSB

You are to be My holy people. You must not eat the meat of a mauled animal found in the field; you are to throw it to the dogs.

Deuteronomy 14:2 · BSB

for you are a people holy to the LORD your God. The LORD has chosen you to be a people for His prized possession out of all the peoples on the face of the earth.

Malachi 2:15 · BSB

Has not the LORD made them one, having a portion of the Spirit? And why one? Because He seeks godly offspring. So guard yourselves in your spirit and do not break faith with the wife of your youth.

1 Corinthians 7:14 · BSB

For the unbelieving husband is sanctified through his believing wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified through her believing husband. Otherwise your children would be unclean, but now they are holy.

“mingled”

2 Corinthians 6:14 Genesis 6:2 Nehemiah 13:3

2 Corinthians 6:14 · BSB

Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership can righteousness have with wickedness? Or what fellowship does light have with darkness?

Genesis 6:2 · BSB

the sons of God saw that the daughters of men were beautiful, and they took as wives whomever they chose.

Nehemiah 13:3 · BSB

As soon as the people heard this law, they excluded from Israel all of foreign descent.

“the hand”

Nehemiah 13:17 Nehemiah 13:28 Nehemiah 13:4

Nehemiah 13:17 · BSB

Then I rebuked the nobles of Judah and asked, “What is this evil you are doing—profaning the Sabbath day?

Nehemiah 13:28 · BSB

Even one of the sons of Jehoiada son of Eliashib the high priest had become a son-in-law to Sanballat the Horonite. Therefore I drove him away from me.

Nehemiah 13:4 · BSB

Now before this, Eliashib the priest, a relative of Tobiah, had been put in charge of the storerooms of the house of our God

Also

Ezra 10:2

Ezra 10:2 · BSB

Then Shecaniah son of Jehiel, an Elamite, said to Ezra: “We have been unfaithful to our God by marrying foreign women from the people of the land, yet in spite of this, there is hope for Israel.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

1After these things had been accomplished, the leaders approached me and said, “The people of Israel, including the priests and Levites, have not kept themselves separate from the surrounding peoples whose abominations are like those of the Canaanites, Hittites, Perizzites, Jebusites, Ammonites, Moabites, Egyptians, and Amorites.

3When I heard this report, I tore my tunic and cloak, pulled out some hair from my head and beard, and sat down in horror.

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