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Nehemiah 13:27

Old Testament Historical ASV (1901)

What does Nehemiah 13:27 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “Shall we then hearken unto you to do all this great evil, to trespass against our God in marrying foreign women?” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

Shall we then hearken unto you to do all this great evil, to trespass against our God in marrying foreign women?
Nehemiah 13:27 — American Standard Version

Context — Nehemiah 13

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
24and their children spake half in the speech of Ashdod, and could not speak in the Jews` language, but according to the language of each people.
25And I contended with them, and cursed them, and smote certain of them, and plucked off their hair, and made them swear by God, [saying], Ye shall not give your daughters unto their sons, nor take their daughters for your sons, or for yourselves.
26Did not Solomon king of Israel sin by these things? yet among many nations was there no king like him, and he was beloved of his God, and God made him king over all Israel: nevertheless even him did foreign women cause to sin.
27Shall we then hearken unto you to do all this great evil, to trespass against our God in marrying foreign women?
28And one of the sons of Joiada, the son of Eliashib the high priest, was son-in-law to Sanballat the Horonite: therefore I chased him from me.
29Remember them, O my God, because they have defiled the priesthood, and the covenant of the priesthood, and of the Levites.
30Thus cleansed I them from all foreigners, and appointed charges for the priests and for the Levites, every one in his work;
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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
“Shall we then hearken unto you to do all this great evil, etc.] To suffer it to be done, and connive at it, and not punish for it: to transgress against our God; his law, his mind, and will: in marrying strange wives? forbidden by him, (<050701>Deuteronomy 7:1,3 <111101>1 Kings 11:1,2).”
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Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Cross-reference reference work
“Shall we then: Sa1 30:24 to transgress: Ezr 10:2 Nehemiah 13:28”
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