Ezra 9:12
Now therefore give not your daughters unto their sons, neither take their daughters unto your sons, nor seek their peace or their wealth for ever: that ye may be strong, and eat the good of the land, and leave it for an inheritance to your children for ever.
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Gill's Exposition
Now therefore give not your daughters unto their sons, nor take their daughters unto your sons,.... That is, in marriage, see Deu 7:3, where the prohibition is expressed in the same language:
nor…
What the meditations of Ezra's heart were, while for some hours he sat down astonished, we may guess by the words of his mouth when at length he spoke with his tongue; and a most pathetic address he…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
Now therefore give not, &c. This sentence reproduces the substance of Deu 7:3 -Neither shalt thou make marriages with them; thy daughter thou shalt not give unto his son, nor his daughter shalt thou…
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