Exo 23:32-33, 34:16, Deu 7:3-4, Jos 23:12-13, Ezr 9:12, 10:2-17 | ESV | STEP | You shall make no covenant with them and their gods .

32 ^aYou shall make no covenant with them and their gods. 33 They shall not dwell in your land, lest they make you sin against me; for if you serve their gods, ^bit will surely be a snare to you.”

Exodus 34:16

16 and you take of ^ctheir daughters for your sons, and their daughters ^dwhore after their gods and make your sons whore after their gods.

Deuteronomy 7:3-4

3 ^eYou shall not intermarry with them, giving your daughters to their sons or taking their daughters for your sons, 4 for they would turn away your sons from following me, to serve other gods. ^fThen the anger of the Lord would be kindled against you, and he would destroy you ^gquickly.

Joshua 23:12-13

12 For if you turn back and cling to the remnant of these nations remaining among you ^hand make marriages with them, so that you associate with them and they with you, 13 know for certain that ⁱthe Lord your God will no longer drive out these nations before you, ^jbut they shall be a snare and a trap for you, a whip on your sides and thorns in your eyes, until you perish from off this good ground that the Lord your God has given you.

Ezra 9:12

12 ^kTherefore do not give your daughters to their sons, neither take their daughters for your sons, and never seek their peace or prosperity, that you may be strong and eat the good of the land ^land leave it for an inheritance to your children forever.’

Ezra 10:2-17

2 And Shecaniah the son of Jehiel, of the sons of Elam, addressed Ezra: ^m“We have broken faith with our God and have married foreign women from the peoples of the land, but even now there is hope for Israel in spite of this. 3 Therefore ⁿlet us make a covenant with our God to put away all these wives and ^otheir children, according to the counsel of my lord ^{▼▼Or of the Lord} and of ^qthose who tremble at the commandment of our God, and let it be done ^raccording to the Law. 4 Arise, for it is your task, and we are with you; ^sbe strong and do it.” 5 Then Ezra arose and made the leading priests and Levites and all Israel ^ttake an oath that they would do as had been said. So they took the oath.

6 Then Ezra withdrew ^ufrom before the house of God and went to the ^vchamber of ^wJehohanan the son of ^xEliashib, where he spent the night, ^{▼▼Probable reading; Hebrew where he went} neither ^zeating bread nor drinking water, for he was mourning over the faithlessness of the exiles. 7 And a proclamation was made throughout Judah and Jerusalem to all the returned exiles that they should assemble at Jerusalem, 8 and that if anyone did not come within three days, by order of the officials and the elders all his property should be forfeited, and he himself banned from the congregation of the exiles.

9 Then all the men of Judah and Benjamin assembled at Jerusalem within the three days. It was the ninth month, on the twentieth day of the month. And all the people sat in the open square before the house of God, trembling because of this matter and because of the ^aaheavy rain. 10 And Ezra the priest stood up and said to them, “You have broken faith and married foreign women, and so increased the guilt of Israel. 11 Now then ^abmake confession to the Lord, the God of your fathers and do his will. ^acSeparate yourselves from the peoples of the land and from the foreign wives.” 12 Then all the assembly answered with a loud voice, “It is so; we must do as you have said. 13 But the people are many, and it is a time of heavy rain; we cannot stand in the open. Nor is this a task for one day or for two, for we have greatly transgressed in this matter. 14 Let our officials stand for the whole assembly. Let all in our cities who have taken foreign wives come ^adat appointed times, and with them the elders and judges of every city, ^aeuntil the fierce wrath of our God over this matter is turned away from us.” 15 Only Jonathan the son of Asahel and Jahzeiah the son of Tikvah opposed this, and ^afMeshullam and ^agShabbethai the Levite supported them.

16 Then the returned exiles did so. Ezra the priest selected men, ^{▼▼Syriac; Hebrew And there were selected Ezra . . .} heads of fathers’ houses, according to their fathers’ houses, each of them designated by name. On the first day of the tenth month they sat down to examine the matter; 17 and by the first day of the first month they had come to the end of all the men who had married foreign women.