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Nehemiah 10:30

Old Testament Historical ASV (1901)

What does Nehemiah 10:30 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “and that we would not give our daughters unto the peoples of the land, nor take their daughters for our sons;” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

and that we would not give our daughters unto the peoples of the land, nor take their daughters for our sons;
Nehemiah 10:30 — American Standard Version

Context — Nehemiah 10

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
27Malluch, Harim, Baanah.
28And the rest of the people, the priests, the Levites, the porters, the singers, the Nethinim, and all they that had separated themselves from the peoples of the lands unto the law of God, their wives, their sons, and their daughters, every one that had knowledge, and understanding;
29They 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 Jehovah our Lord, and his ordinances and his statutes;
30and that we would not give our daughters unto the peoples of the land, nor take their daughters for our sons;
31and if the peoples of the land bring wares or any grain on the sabbath day to sell, that we would not buy of them on the sabbath, or on a holy day; and that we would forego the seventh year, and the exaction of every debt.
32Also we made ordinances for us, to charge ourselves yearly with the third part of a shekel for the service of the house of our God;
33for the showbread, and for the continual meal-offering, and for the continual burnt-offering, for the sabbaths, for the new moons, for the set feasts, and for the holy things, and for the sin-offerings to make atonement for Israel, and for all the work of the house of our God.
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What do historical commentaries say?

John Gill's Exposition
John Gill (1697–1771) · Exposition of the Old and New Testament · 18th-century historical commentary
“And that we would not give our daughters unto the people of the land, nor take their daughters for our sons, etc.] Intermarry with them as they had done, and were prone to do, and even did after this, (<161323>Nehemiah 13:23).”
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Tyndale Open Study Notes
Tyndale House Publishers · Tyndale Open Study Notes · Modern study notes
“10:30-39 Although the community had committed itself broadly to all the instructions in the law of Moses, some specific issues were being addressed in this commitment. These issues related to maintaining the purity of the community and worship at the Temple. 10:30 Cp. Ezra 9–10.”
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Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Cross-reference reference work
“Exo 34:16; Deu 7:3; Ezr 9:1-3, Ezr 9:12-14, Ezr 10:10-12 Nehemiah 10:31”
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