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# General Information:
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In these verses, the people describe the content of the oath they were making in Nehemiah 10:29.
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# would not give our daughters to the people of the land or take their daughters for our sons
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"would not give our daughters to marry the people of the land, and we would not take their daughters to marry our sons"
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# the people of the land
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"the people of this land who do not worship Yahweh"
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2018-02-20 22:50:53 +00:00
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# We promised ... we would not give ... or take
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The word "we" includes Nehemiah and the Jewish people, but not the reader of this book.
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