Nehemiah 13:25
And I contended with them, and cursed them, and smote certain of them, and plucked off their hair, and made them swear by God, saying, Ye shall not give your daughters unto their sons, nor take their daughters unto your sons, or for yourselves.
Cross-reference
In Nehemiah 13:11, he similarly contends with nobles for temple neglect, showing his consistent pattern of rebuking covenant violations.
In Nehemiah 13:28, Nehemiah expels another intermarrying priest — continuing the same purge against mixed marriages.
Nehemiah 13:17 shows a similar confrontation for Sabbath breaking — both are Nehemiah's rebukes for covenant violations.
Nehemiah 10:30 contains the exact prohibition against intermarriage that Nehemiah here imposes as an oath—direct covenant enforcement.
Nehemiah 10:29 records the people entering a curse and oath to follow God's law—the same covenant Nehemiah now enforces by making them swear.
Nehemiah 5:13 also involves Nehemiah pronouncing a curse and making people swear an oath — a parallel reform method.
In Nehemiah 5:12, Nehemiah similarly imposes an oath on offenders — parallel use of sworn commitments to enforce reform.
Exodus 34:16 warns against intermarriage because foreign daughters will lead to idolatry—the law Nehemiah is enforcing.
Deuteronomy 7:3 directly forbids giving daughters to or taking daughters from the peoples—the same prohibition Nehemiah imposes by oath.
2 Chronicles 15:12-15 describes Asa's covenant with an oath and curse for disobedience—Nehemiah's action mirrors this covenantal enforcement.
Ezra 7:26 authorizes strict punishment for lawbreakers — Nehemiah's harsh discipline aligns with that decree.
Ezra 10:5 shows Ezra making priests and people take an oath to deal with mixed marriages—identical situation and response to Nehemiah.
In Ezra 9:3, Ezra also reacts to intermarriage by plucking hair — physically expressing grief and anger over the same sin.
Genesis 24:3 has Abraham make his servant swear not to take a Canaanite wife for Isaac—a precedent for oaths against intermarriage.
In 2 Chronicles 21:6, the same marriage alliance with Ahab's house causes evil — parallels the intermarriage problem Nehemiah confronts.
In 2 Kings 8:18, Jehoram's marriage to Ahab's daughter leads to evil — illustrating the dangerous pattern Nehemiah is combating.
Deuteronomy 27:14-26 lists covenantal curses for disobedience — Nehemiah's cursing echoes these traditional curses.
Deuteronomy 6:13 commands swearing only by God's name—Nehemiah follows this by making the people take an oath in God's name.
Proverbs 28:4 commends striving against those who forsake the law — Nehemiah's actions embody this principle.