Ezr 9:2, 11-12, 10:10, 44, Neh 10:30, 2Cor 6:14 | 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 9:11-12

11 which you commanded by your servants the prophets, saying, ‘The land that you are entering, to take possession of it, is a land impure with the impurity of the peoples of the lands, with their abominations that have filled it from end to end with ^etheir uncleanness. 12 ^fTherefore 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 ^gand leave it for an inheritance to your children forever.’

Ezra 10:10

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.

Ezra 10:44

44 All these had married foreign women, and some of the women ^hhad even borne children. ^{▼▼Or and they put them away with their children}

Nehemiah 10:30

30 ^jWe will not give our daughters to the peoples of the land or take their daughters for our sons.

2 Corinthians 6:14

The Temple of the Living God

14 ^kDo not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For ^lwhat partnership has righteousness with lawlessness? Or ^mwhat fellowship has light with darkness?