Nehemiah 13:27
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And shall we also be disobedient and do all this great evil to transgress against our God, and marry strange women:

Shall we then.

1 Samuel 30:24 And no man shall hearken to you in this matter. But equal shall be the portion of him that went down to battle, and of him that abode at the baggage, and they shall divide alike.

to transgress.

Ezra 10:2 And Sechenias the son of Jehiel of the sons of Elam answered, and said to Esdras: We have sinned against our God, and have taken strange wives of the people of the land: and now if there be repentance in Israel concerning this,

Context
Intermarriage Forbidden
26Did not Solomon king of Israel sin in this kind of thing: and surely among many nations, there was not a king like him, and he was beloved of his God, and God made him king over all Israel: and yet women of other countries brought even him to sin. 27And shall we also be disobedient and do all this great evil to transgress against our God, and marry strange women:28And one of the sons of Joiada the son of Eliasib the high priest, was son in law to Sanaballat the Horonite, and I drove him from me.…
Cross References
Ezra 10:2
And Sechenias the son of Jehiel of the sons of Elam answered, and said to Esdras: We have sinned against our God, and have taken strange wives of the people of the land: and now if there be repentance in Israel concerning this,

Nehemiah 13:23
In those days also I saw Jews that married wives, women of Azotus, and of Ammon, and of Moab.

Lexicon
Why should we now hear
הֲנִשְׁמַ֗ע (hă·niš·ma‘)
Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8085: To hear intelligently

that you too are doing
לַעֲשֹׂת֙ (la·‘ă·śōṯ)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's Hebrew 6213: To do, make

all
כָּל־ (kāl-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 3605: The whole, all, any, every

this
הַזֹּ֔את (haz·zōṯ)
Article | Pronoun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2063: Hereby in it, likewise, the one other, same, she, so much, such deed, that,

terrible
הַגְּדוֹלָה֙ (hag·gə·ḏō·w·lāh)
Article | Adjective - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1419: Great, older, insolent

evil
הָרָעָ֤ה (hā·rā·‘āh)
Article | Adjective - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7451: Bad, evil

and acting unfaithfully
לִמְעֹ֖ל (lim·‘ōl)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's Hebrew 4603: To cover up, to act covertly, treacherously

against our God
בֵּֽאלֹהֵ֑ינוּ (bê·lō·hê·nū)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative

by marrying
לְהֹשִׁ֖יב (lə·hō·šîḇ)
Preposition-l | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct
Strong's Hebrew 3427: To sit down, to dwell, to remain, to settle, to marry

foreign
נָכְרִיּֽוֹת׃ (nā·ḵə·rî·yō·wṯ)
Adjective - feminine plural
Strong's Hebrew 5237: Foreign, alien

women?”
נָשִׁ֥ים (nā·šîm)
Noun - feminine plural
Strong's Hebrew 802: Woman, wife, female


Additional Translations
Why should we now hear that you too are doing all this terrible evil and acting unfaithfully against our God by marrying foreign women?”Shall we then listen to you to do all this great evil, to transgress against our God in marrying strange wives?

Shall we then hearken unto you to do all this great evil, to trespass against our God in marrying foreign women?

So we will not hearken to you to do all this evil, to break covenant with our God, —to marry strange wives.

And should we hearken to you to do all this great evil, to act unfaithfully to our God by marrying foreign wives?

Shall we then hearken unto you to do all this great evil, to trespass against our God in marrying strange women?

Shall we then hearken to you to do all this great evil, to transgress against our God in marrying foreign wives?

Shall we then listen to you to do all this great evil, to trespass against our God in marrying foreign women?"

And to you do we hearken to do all this great evil, to trespass against our God, to settle strange women?'
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