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Nehemiah 13:27 KJV
Nehemiah · chapter 13 · verse 27 · King James Version
Shall we then hearken unto you to do all this great evil, to transgress against our God in marrying strange wives?Nehemiah 13:27 · King James Version
Nehemiah 13:27 in context
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 unto 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, who was beloved of his God, and God made him king over all Israel: nevertheless even him did outlandish women cause to sin.
27Shall we then hearken unto you to do all this great evil, to transgress against our God in marrying strange wives?
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.
Key words (Strong's)
- transgressmâʻalproperly, to cover upH4603 →
- marryingyâshabproperly, to sit downH3427 →
- hearkenshâmaʻto hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etcH8085 →
- strangenokrîystrange, in a variety of degrees and applicationsH5237 →
- greatgâdôwlgreatH1419 →
- evilraʻbad or evilH7451 →
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