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Nehemiah 10:29–30

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29join with their brothers, their nobles, oand enter into a curse and an oath pto walk in God’s Law that was given by Moses the servant of God, and to observe and do all the commandments of the Lord our Lord and his rules and his statutes. 30qWe will not give our daughters to the peoples of the land or take their daughters for our sons.

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Cross references

  1. och. 5:12, 13; Deut. 29:12, 14; [Ps. 119:106]
  2. p[2 Kgs. 23:3; 2 Chr. 34:31]
  3. qEx. 34:16; Deut. 7:3; Ezra 9:12, 14

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NIVNew International Version (2011)

all these now join their fellow Israelites the nobles, and bind themselves with a curse and an oath to follow the Law of God given through Moses the servant of God and to obey carefully all the commands, regulations and decrees of the Lord our Lord.

“We promise not to give our daughters in marriage to the peoples around us or take their daughters for our sons.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

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 obey carefully all the commands, ordinances, and statutes of the Lord our Lord.

We will not give our daughters in marriage to the surrounding peoples and will not take their daughters as wives for our sons.

NLTNew Living Translation

joined 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.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

are helping their brothers, their nobles, and entering into a solemn oath to walk in the law of God which was given by the hand of Moses the servant of God, and to observe and do all of the commandments of Yahweh our Lord and his judgments and regulations. We will not give our daughters to the peoples of the land nor take their daughters for our sons.

KJV 1900King James Version

They clave to their brethren, their nobles, and entered into a curse, and into an oath, to walk in God’s law, which was given by Moses the servant of God, and to observe and do all the commandments of the Lord our Lord, and his judgments and his statutes; And that we would not give our daughters unto the people of the land, nor take their daughters for our sons: