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.
Context
This verse from Ezra Chapter 9 connects to 10 cross-references. Officials inform Ezra that the returned Israelites, including priests and Levites, have intermarried with the surrounding peoples whose detestable practices the law forbids. Ezra tears his garments, pulls hair from his head and beard, and sits in shock until evening; …
Other Translations
now therefore give not your daughters unto their sons, neither take their daughters unto your sons, nor seek their peace or their prosperity 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.
and now, your daughters ye do not give to their sons, and their daughters ye do not take to your sons, and ye do not seek their peace, and their good--unto the age, so that ye are strong, and have eaten the good of the land, and given possession to your sons unto the age.
So now do not give your daughters to their sons or take their daughters for your sons or do anything for their peace or well-being for ever; so that you may be strong, living on the good of the land, and handing it on to your children for a heritage for ever.
Cross References
Seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be …
For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the …
Thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor with their gods.
Lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, and they go a whoring after their gods, and …
And thou take of their daughters unto thy sons, and their daughters go a whoring after their gods, and make …
Now these are the commandments, the statutes, and the judgments, which the Lord your God commanded to teach you, that …
That thou mightest fear the Lord thy God, to keep all his statutes and his commandments, which I command thee, …
Neither shalt thou make marriages with them; thy daughter thou shalt not give unto his son, nor his daughter shalt …
Thou shalt not seek their peace nor their prosperity all thy days for ever.
Be strong and of a good courage: for unto this people shalt thou divide for an inheritance the land, which …