Neh 13:24-27, Mal 2:15, 1Cor 7:39, 2Cor 6:14-16 | ESV | STEP | And half of their children spoke the language of Ashdod , and they could not speak the language of Judah , but only the language of each people .

a[See ver. 17 above]

m[See ver. 10 above]

n Rom. 7:2

o[2 Cor. 6:14]

p Deut. 7:3; Josh. 23:12; Ezra 9:2; Neh. 13:25; [1 Cor. 7:39]

q Eph. 5:7, 11; 1 John 1:6

rSee Acts 26:18

s[1 Cor. 10:21]

u[Eph. 2:22]; See 1 Cor. 3:16

vCited from Lev. 26:12; See Ex. 29:45

w[Rev. 2:1; 21:3]

x Ex. 6:7; Jer. 31:33; Ezek. 11:20

Nehemiah 13:24-27

24 And half of their children spoke the language of Ashdod, and they could not speak the language of Judah, but only the language of each people. 25 ^aAnd I confronted them and cursed them and beat some of them and pulled out their hair. ^bAnd I made them take an oath in the name of God, saying, “You shall not give your daughters to their sons, or take their daughters for your sons or for yourselves. 26 ^cDid not Solomon king of Israel sin on account of such women? ^dAmong the many nations there was no king like him, and he was ^ebeloved by his God, and God made him king over all Israel. Nevertheless, foreign women made even him to sin. 27 Shall we then listen to you and do all this great evil and ^fact treacherously against our God by marrying foreign women?”

Malachi 2:15

15 ^gDid he not make them one, with a portion of the Spirit in their union? ^{▼▼Hebrew in it} And what was the one God ^{▼▼Hebrew the one} seeking? ^{▼▼Or And not one has done this who has a portion of the Spirit. And what was that one seeking?} ^kGodly offspring. So guard yourselves ^{▼▼Or So take care; also verse 16} in your spirit, and let none of you be ^mfaithless to the wife of your youth.

1 Corinthians 7:39

39 ⁿA wife is bound to her husband as long as he lives. But if her husband dies, she is free to be married to whom she wishes, only ^oin the Lord.

2 Corinthians 6:14-16

The Temple of the Living God

14 ^pDo not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For ^qwhat partnership has righteousness with lawlessness? Or ^rwhat fellowship has light with darkness? 15 ^sWhat accord has Christ with Belial? ^{▼▼Greek Beliar} Or what portion does a believer share with an unbeliever? 16 What agreement has the temple of God with idols? For ^uwe are the temple of the living God; as God said,

^v“I will make my dwelling among them and ^wwalk among them,
and ^xI will be their God,
and they shall be my people.