23 In those days I also saw Jews who (A)had married women of (B)Ashdod, Ammon, and Moab.

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Intermarriage with Pagans

When these things were done, the leaders came to me, saying, “The people of Israel and the priests and the Levites have not (A)separated themselves from the peoples of the lands, (B)with respect to the abominations of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites, the Ammonites, the Moabites, the Egyptians, and the Amorites. For they have (C)taken some of their daughters as wives for themselves and their sons, so that the (D)holy seed is (E)mixed with the peoples of those lands. Indeed, the hand of the leaders and rulers has been foremost in this [a]trespass.”

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  1. Ezra 9:2 unfaithfulness

30 We would not give (A)our daughters as wives to the peoples of the land, nor take their daughters for our sons;

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10 Then Ezra the priest stood up and said to them, “You have [a]transgressed and [b]have taken pagan wives, adding to the guilt of Israel.

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  1. Ezra 10:10 acted unfaithfully
  2. Ezra 10:10 Heb. have caused to dwell or have brought back

14 (A)Do not be unequally yoked together with unbelievers. For (B)what [a]fellowship has righteousness with lawlessness? And what [b]communion has light with darkness?

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  1. 2 Corinthians 6:14 in common
  2. 2 Corinthians 6:14 fellowship

Principles of Separation(A)

13 On that day (B)they read from the Book of Moses in the hearing of the people, and in it was found written (C)that no Ammonite or Moabite should ever come into the assembly of God,

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44 All these had taken pagan wives, and some of them had wives by whom they had children.

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Now it happened, (A)when Sanballat, Tobiah, (B)the Arabs, the Ammonites, and the Ashdodites heard that the walls of Jerusalem were being restored and the [a]gaps were beginning to be closed, that they became very angry,

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  1. Nehemiah 4:7 Lit. breaks

11 which You commanded by Your servants the prophets, saying, ‘The land which you are entering to possess is an unclean land, with the (A)uncleanness of the peoples of the lands, with their abominations which have filled it from one end to another with their impurity. 12 Now therefore, (B)do not give your daughters as wives for their sons, nor take their daughters to your sons; and (C)never seek their peace or prosperity, that you may be strong and eat the good of the land, and (D)leave it as an inheritance to your children forever.’

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The Philistines and the Ark

Then the Philistines took the ark of God and brought it (A)from Ebenezer to Ashdod.

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