Verse 12
Ezra 9:12
World English Bible
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Now therefore don’t give your daughters to their sons. Don’t take their daughters to your sons, nor seek their peace or their prosperity forever; that you may be strong, and eat the good of the land, and leave it for an inheritance to your children forever.’
Original Language Text
hebrew
וְ֠/עַתָּה בְּֽנוֹתֵי/כֶ֞ם אַל תִּתְּנ֣וּ לִ/בְנֵי/הֶ֗ם וּ/בְנֹֽתֵי/הֶם֙ אַל תִּשְׂא֣וּ לִ/בְנֵי/כֶ֔ם וְ/לֹֽא תִדְרְשׁ֧וּ שְׁלֹמָ֛/ם וְ/טוֹבָתָ֖/ם עַד עוֹלָ֑ם לְמַ֣עַן תֶּחֶזְק֗וּ וַ/אֲכַלְתֶּם֙ אֶת ט֣וּב הָ/אָ֔רֶץ וְ/הוֹרַשְׁתֶּ֥ם לִ/בְנֵי/כֶ֖ם עַד עוֹלָֽם
English Translation
And now, do not give your daughters to their sons, and do not take their daughters for your sons, and do not seek their peace or their prosperity forever, so that you may be strong and eat the good of the land and inherit it to your children forever.
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