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Ezra 9:1-3 The Return of the Exiles

1 Ezra’s Prayer About Intermarriage
After these things had been done, the leaders came to me and said, “The people of Israel, including the priests and the Levites, have not kept themselves separate from the neighboring peoples with their detestable practices, like those of the Canaanites, Hittites, Perizzites, Jebusites, Ammonites, Moabites, Egyptians and Amorites.

2 They have taken some of their daughters as wives for themselves and their sons, and have mingled the holy race with the peoples around them. And the leaders and officials have led the way in this unfaithfulness.”

3 When I heard this, I tore my tunic and cloak, pulled hair from my head and beard and sat down appalled.

Cross References for Ezra 9:1-3

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Exodus 23:23 - My angel will go ahead of you and bring you into the land of the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites... Click to read the verse Exodus 23:23 Click to read the verse Exodus 23:23

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Exodus 13:5 - When the Lord brings you into the land of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Hivites and Jebus... Click to read the verse Exodus 13:5 Click to read the verse Exodus 13:5

Ezekiel 16:44 - “‘Everyone who quotes proverbs will quote this proverb about you: “Like mother, like daughter.” Click to read the verse Ezekiel 16:44 Click to read the verse Ezekiel 16:44

Isaiah 52:11 - Depart, depart, go out from there! Touch no unclean thing! Come out from it and be pure, you wh... Click to read the verse Isaiah 52:11 Click to read the verse Isaiah 52:11

Joshua 5:1 - Circumcision at Gilgal Now when all the Amorite kings west of the Jordan and all the Canaanite ... Click to read the verse Joshua 5:1 Click to read the verse Joshua 5:1

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Deuteronomy 12:30-31 - and after they have been destroyed before you, be careful not to be ensnared by inquiring about... Click to read the verse Deuteronomy 12:30-31 Click to read the verse Deuteronomy 12:30-31

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Genesis 15:19-21 - the land of the Kenites, Kenizzites, Kadmonites, Click to read the verse Genesis 15:19-21 Click to read the verse Genesis 15:19-21

2 Chronicles 33:2 - He did evil in the eyes of the Lord, following the detestable practices of the nations the Lord... Click to read the verse 2 Chronicles 33:2 Click to read the verse 2 Chronicles 33:2

Leviticus 18:3 - You must not do as they do in Egypt, where you used to live, and you must not do as they do in ... Click to read the verse Leviticus 18:3 Click to read the verse Leviticus 18:3

Psalms 106:35 - but they mingled with the nations and adopted their customs. Click to read the verse Psalms 106:35 Click to read the verse Psalms 106:35

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Numbers 23:9 - From the rocky peaks I see them, from the heights I view them. I see a people who live apart an... Click to read the verse Numbers 23:9 Click to read the verse Numbers 23:9

Leviticus 18:24-30 - “‘Do not defile yourselves in any of these ways, because this is how the nations that I am goin... Click to read the verse Leviticus 18:24-30 Click to read the verse Leviticus 18:24-30

Ezra 10:8 - Anyone who failed to appear within three days would forfeit all his property, in accordance wit... Click to read the verse Ezra 10:8 Click to read the verse Ezra 10:8

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Ezekiel 16:3 - and say, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says to Jerusalem: Your ancestry and birth were in th... Click to read the verse Ezekiel 16:3 Click to read the verse Ezekiel 16:3

Ezra 10:10-11 - Then Ezra the priest stood up and said to them, “You have been unfaithful; you have married for... Click to read the verse Ezra 10:10-11 Click to read the verse Ezra 10:10-11

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Deuteronomy 23:3-5 - No Ammonite or Moabite or any of his descendants may enter the assembly of the Lord, even down ... Click to read the verse Deuteronomy 23:3-5 Click to read the verse Deuteronomy 23:3-5

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Nehemiah 13:7 - and came back to Jerusalem. Here I learned about the evil thing Eliashib had done in providing ... Click to read the verse Nehemiah 13:7 Click to read the verse Nehemiah 13:7

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