Ezr 9:2, 10:11, Neh 13:3, 30 | ESV | STEP | For they have taken some of their daughters to be wives for themselves and for their sons , so that the holy race has mixed itself with the peoples of the lands . And in this faithlessness the hand of the officials and chief men has been foremost .

Ezra 9:2

2 ^aFor they have taken some of their daughters to be wives for themselves and for their sons, so that the ^bholy race ^{▼▼Hebrew offspring} has ^dmixed itself with the peoples of the lands. And in this faithlessness the hand of the officials and chief men has been foremost.”

Ezra 10:11

11 Now then ^emake confession to the Lord, the God of your fathers and do his will. ^fSeparate yourselves from the peoples of the land and from the foreign wives.”

Nehemiah 13:3

3 As soon as the people heard the law, ^gthey separated from Israel all ^hthose of foreign descent.

Nehemiah 13:30

30 ⁱThus I cleansed them from everything foreign, and I established the duties of the priests and Levites, each in his work;