Nehemiah 13:23
In those days also saw I Jews that had married wives of Ashdod, of Ammon, and of Moab:
Cross-references
Nehemiah 13:1-3 records the law excluding Ammonites and Moabites — the very law Nehemiah sees violated by these marriages.
Nehemiah 10:30 records the covenant against intermarriage—Nehemiah 13:23 reports its violation, creating a stark contrast.
Ezra 9:2 describes the same intermarriage problem Ezra faced—Nehemiah 13:23 shows the pattern persisting decades later.
2 Corinthians 6:14 prohibits being unequally yoked with unbelievers — a NT extension of the OT ban on foreign marriages Nehemiah enforces.
Ezra 10:44 summarizes the intermarriage crisis — the very practice Nehemiah sees continuing.
Ezra 10:10 confronts the same sin of marrying foreign women, which Nehemiah later observes and corrects.
Ezra 9:12 contains the explicit command against intermarriage that Nehemiah finds being violated here.
1 Kings 16:31 describes Ahab's marriage to Jezebel leading to Baal worship, a warning against foreign unions.
2 Chronicles 22:3 shows Ahaziah's mother from Ahab's line influencing him to evil, an example of intermarriage's consequences.
Exodus 34:16 warns that foreign wives lead to idolatry — precisely the danger Nehemiah confronts with these mixed marriages.
1 Kings 11:1 records Solomon's foreign wives causing his downfall, a cautionary example for Nehemiah.
In Ezra 9:14, the same concern about intermarriage with foreign peoples is expressed as a breach of God's commandments, echoing Nehemiah's observation.
Judges 3:6 shows intermarriage led to idolatry, illustrating the danger Nehemiah seeks to prevent.
Ezra 10:12 records the congregation's agreement to put away foreign wives, directly responding to the intermarriage issue Nehemiah also confronts.
Joshua 23:12 warns against intermarrying with remaining nations, directly paralleling Nehemiah's concern.
Deuteronomy 23:3 excludes Ammonites and Moabites from the assembly, a law underlying Nehemiah's concern.
Malachi 2:11 explicitly condemns marrying 'the daughter of a strange god,' directly paralleling the intermarriage Nehemiah reports.
Deuteronomy 7:3 is the direct command against intermarriage that Nehemiah is enforcing.
Deuteronomy 23:6 forbids seeking peace with Ammonites and Moabites, reinforcing the separation Nehemiah upholds.