Numbers 12:1
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The Complaints of Miriam and Aaron
12 While they were at Hazeroth, Miriam and Aaron criticized Moses because he had married a Cushite woman.
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Exodus 2:21
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21 Moses accepted the invitation, and he settled there with him. In time, Reuel gave Moses his daughter Zipporah to be his wife.
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Genesis 26:34-35
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34 At the age of forty, Esau married two Hittite wives: Judith, the daughter of Beeri, and Basemath, the daughter of Elon. 35 But Esau’s wives made life miserable for Isaac and Rebekah.
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Genesis 27:46
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46 Then Rebekah said to Isaac, “I’m sick and tired of these local Hittite women! I would rather die than see Jacob marry one of them.”
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Genesis 24:37
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37 And my master made me take an oath. He said, ‘Do not allow my son to marry one of these local Canaanite women.
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Galatians 4:16
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16 Have I now become your enemy because I am telling you the truth?
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Genesis 34:14-15
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14 They said to them, “We couldn’t possibly allow this, because you’re not circumcised. It would be a disgrace for our sister to marry a man like you! 15 But here is a solution. If every man among you will be circumcised like we are,
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Genesis 28:6-9
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6 Esau knew that his father, Isaac, had blessed Jacob and sent him to Paddan-aram to find a wife, and that he had warned Jacob, “You must not marry a Canaanite woman.” 7 He also knew that Jacob had obeyed his parents and gone to Paddan-aram. 8 It was now very clear to Esau that his father did not like the local Canaanite women. 9 So Esau visited his uncle Ishmael’s family and married one of Ishmael’s daughters, in addition to the wives he already had. His new wife’s name was Mahalath. She was the sister of Nebaioth and the daughter of Ishmael, Abraham’s son.
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Genesis 24:3
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3 Swear by the Lord, the God of heaven and earth, that you will not allow my son to marry one of these local Canaanite women.
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John 7:5
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5 For even his brothers didn’t believe in him.
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Matthew 10:36
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36 Your enemies will be right in your own household!’[a]
Leviticus 21:14
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14 He may not marry a widow, a woman who is divorced, or a woman who has defiled herself by prostitution. She must be a virgin from his own clan,
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Exodus 34:16
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16 Then you will accept their daughters, who sacrifice to other gods, as wives for your sons. And they will seduce your sons to commit adultery against me by worshiping other gods.
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Genesis 41:45
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45 Then Pharaoh gave Joseph a new Egyptian name, Zaphenath-paneah.[a] He also gave him a wife, whose name was Asenath. She was the daughter of Potiphera, the priest of On.[b] So Joseph took charge of the entire land of Egypt.
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John 15:20
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20 Do you remember what I told you? ‘A slave is not greater than the master.’ Since they persecuted me, naturally they will persecute you. And if they had listened to me, they would listen to you.
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Matthew 12:48
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48 Jesus asked, “Who is my mother? Who are my brothers?”
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Exodus 2:16
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16 Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters who came as usual to draw water and fill the water troughs for their father’s flocks.
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