Ezra 9:2
Indeed, the Israelites have taken some of their daughters as wives for themselves and their sons, so that the holy seed has been mixed with the people of the land. And the leaders and officials have taken the lead in this unfaithfulness!”
For they have taken of their daughters for themselves, and for their sons: so that the holy seed have mingled themselves with the people of those lands: yea, the hand of the princes and rulers hath been chief in this trespass.
For they have taken of their daughters for themselves and for their sons, so that the holy offspring have mixed themselves with the peoples of the lands. Yes, the hand of the princes and rulers has been chief in this trespass.”
For they have taken of their daughters for themselves and for their sons, so that the holy seed have mingled themselves with the peoples of the lands: yea, the hand of the princes and rulers hath been chief in this trespass.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- taken of their
- Ezra 10:18–44; Exodus 34:16; Deuteronomy 7:1–4; Nehemiah 13:23, 24; Malachi 2:11
- the holy seed
- Exodus 19:6; Exodus 22:31; Deuteronomy 7:6; Deuteronomy 14:2; Isaiah 6:13; Malachi 2:15; 1 Corinthians 7:14
- mingled
- Genesis 6:2; Nehemiah 13:3, 23, 24; 2 Corinthians 6:14
- the hand
- Ezra 10:18–44; Nehemiah 13:4, 17, 28