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NASB | Deuteronomy 7:3 "Furthermore, you shall not intermarry with them; you shall not give your daughters to their sons, nor shall you take their daughters for your sons. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Deuteronomy 7:3 "You shall not intermarry with them; you shall not give your daughter to his son, nor shall you take his daughter for your son; |
Bible Question: Is it alright to marry someone from a different race? The Old Testament contained some restrictions on whom the Israelites could marry. (Deut. 7:3-4) (Lev. 21:13-14). There were even some strict regulations about inter-tribal marriage(Num. 36:3-9) |
Bible Answer: When God tells the Israelites not to marry certain people, it is always in the context of religious beliefs not ethnicity. We are all from Adam and Eve. How can it be wrong for one person to marry another person just because he or she is of different ethnic background. Did not Moses marry and Ethiopian woman? And when Aaron and Miriam grumbled against Moses, it was because of their jealosy of Moses position, not his marriage to the Ethiopian woman. |