From Nave’s Topical Bible
Miscegenation
Every passage the 1896 Nave’s Topical Biblegathers under this heading, in Nave’s own arrangement and then in Bible order. MannaFest has not written this page — it is the older index, transcribed, with the Word travelling beside each reference.
- 16Passages listed
- 6Books of the 66
- 1896Nave's edition
How Nave’s arranged it
- (The intermarrying of races or religions)
- Forbidden by AbrahamGenesis 24:3
- JacobGenesis 28:1
- MosesExodus 34:12–16Deuteronomy 7:3Deuteronomy 7:4
- JoshuaJoshua 23:12
- Reasons for prohibitionExodus 34:16Deuteronomy 7:4Joshua 23:12Joshua 23:13
- Results ofJudges 3:6Judges 3:7
- INSTANCES OF
- MosesNumbers 12:1
- EsauGenesis 26:34Genesis 26:35
- IsraelNumbers 25:1Numbers 25:6–8Judges 3:5–8
The passages, in Bible order (16)
The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 16 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.
- Genesis 24:3
and I will have you swear by the LORD, the God of heaven and the God of earth, that you will not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites among whom I am dwelling,
Commentary on Genesis 24:32 voices
And I will make thee swear by the Lord, the God of heaven, and the God of earth,.... The Maker and possessor of heaven and earth, by whom Abraham used to swear whenever he did, and by whom only men should swear, see Gen 14:
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
I will make thee swear - See note on Gen 24:9. Of the Canaanites - Because these had already been devoted to slavery, etc., and it would have been utterly inconsistent as well with prudence as with the design of God to have united the child and heir of the promise with one who was under a curse, though that curse might be considered to be only of a political nature. See the curse of Canaan, Gen 9:25 (note).
Adam Clarke· Commentary on the Bible, 1832Evangelical
- Genesis 26:34
When Esau was forty years old, he took as his wives Judith daughter of Beeri the Hittite and Basemath daughter of Elon the Hittite.
Commentary on Genesis 26:342 voices
And Esau was forty years old,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
He took to wife - the daughter, etc. - It is very likely that the wives taken by Esau were daughters of chiefs among the Hittites, and by this union he sought to increase and strengthen his secular power and influence.
Adam Clarke· Commentary on the Bible, 1832Evangelical
- Genesis 26:35
And they brought grief to Isaac and Rebekah.
Commentary on Genesis 26:352 voices
Which were a grief of mind unto Isaac, and to Rebekah.
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
Which were a grief of mind - Not the marriage, though that was improper, but the persons; they, by their perverse and evil ways, brought bitterness into the hearts of Isaac and Rebekah. The Targum of Jonathan ben Uzziel, and that of Jerusalem, say they were addicted to idol worship, and rebelled against and would not hearken to the instructions either of Isaac or Rebekah. From Canaanites a different conduct could not be reasonably expected. Esau was far from being spiritual, and his wives were wholly carnal.
Adam Clarke· Commentary on the Bible, 1832Evangelical
- Genesis 28:1
So Isaac called for Jacob and blessed him. “Do not take a wife from the Canaanite women,” he commanded.
Commentary on Genesis 28:12 voices
And Isaac called Jacob,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- Jacobs Journey to Haran 3. קהל qâhāl, congregation. 9. מחלת māchălat, Machalath, sickness, or a harp. 19. לוּז lûz, Luz, almond. The blessing of his sons was the last passage in the active life of Isaac, after which he retires from the scene. Jacob now becomes the leading figure in the sacred history. His spiritual character has yet come out to view. But even now we can discern the general distinction in the lives of the three patriarchs. Abrahams is a life of authority and decision; Isaacs, of submission and acquiescence; and Jacobs, of trial and struggle.
Albert Barnes· Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)Evangelical
- Exodus 34:12–16
Be careful not to make a treaty with the inhabitants of the land you are entering, lest they become a snare in your midst.
Commentary on Exodus 34:12–162 voices
When the Lord handed over to you the land of the Canaanites, he said, "Take care, therefore, not to make a covenant with these inhabitants of the land that you are to enter; else they will immediately become a snare among you." Now we believe …
Caesarius of Arles· SERMON 81.4, 542Patristic
Take heed to thyself,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- Exodus 34:16
And when you take some of their daughters as brides for your sons, their daughters will prostitute themselves to their gods and cause your sons to do the same.
Commentary on Exodus 34:161 voice
And thou take of their daughters unto thy sons,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- Numbers 12:1
Then Miriam and Aaron criticized Moses because of the Cushite woman he had married, for he had taken a Cushite wife.
Commentary on Numbers 12:12 voices
Miriam the prophetess herself, who with her brothers had crossed the straits of the sea on foot, because, being still ignorant of the mystery of the Ethiopian woman, she had murmured against her brother Moses, broke out with leprous spots, so that she would scarcely have been freed from so great a plague, unless Moses had prayed for her.
Ambrose of Milan· Epistle 63, 397Patristic
And Miriam and Aaron spoke against Moses,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- Numbers 25:1
While Israel was staying in Shittim, the men began to indulge in sexual immorality with the daughters of Moab,
Commentary on Numbers 25:11 voice
And Israel abode in Shittim,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- Numbers 25:6–8
Just then an Israelite man brought to his family a Midianite woman in the sight of Moses and the whole congregation of Israel while they were weeping at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.
Commentary on Numbers 25:6–82 voices
And, behold, one of the children of Israel came,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
One of the children of Israel - Zimri, the son of Salu, a prince of a chief family in the tribe of Simeon, Num 25:14, brought a Midianitish woman, Cozbi, daughter of Zur, head over a people of one of the chief families in Midian, Num 25:15. The condition of these two persons plainly proves it to have been a matrimonial alliance, the one was a prince, the other a princess; therefore I must conclude that fornication or whoredom, in the common sense of the word, was not practiced on this occasion.
Adam Clarke· Commentary on the Bible, 1832Evangelical
- Deuteronomy 7:3
Do not intermarry with them. Do not give your daughters to their sons or take their daughters for your sons,
Commentary on Deuteronomy 7:31 voice
Neither shalt thou make marriages with them,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- Deuteronomy 7:4
because they will turn your sons away from following Me to serve other gods. Then the anger of the LORD will burn against you, and He will swiftly destroy you.
Commentary on Deuteronomy 7:41 voice
For they will turn away thy son from following me,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- Joshua 23:12
For if you turn away and cling to the rest of these nations that remain among you, and if you intermarry and associate with them,
Commentary on Joshua 23:122 voices
Else if ye do in any wise go back,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
Else if ye do - go back - The soldier who draws back when going to meet the enemy, forfeits his life. These were the Lords soldiers, and if they drew back they drew back unto perdition, their lives being forfeited by their infidelity.
Adam Clarke· Commentary on the Bible, 1832Evangelical
- Joshua 23:13
know for sure that the LORD your God will no longer drive out these nations before you. Instead, they will become for you a snare and a trap, a scourge in your sides and thorns in your eyes, until you perish from this good land that the LORD your God has given you.
Commentary on Joshua 23:132 voices
Know for a certainty that the Lord your God will no more drive out any of these nations from before you,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
They shall be snares - לפח lephach, a net or gin, set by the artful fowler to catch heedless birds. And traps - מוקש mokesh, any snare, toil, or trap, placed on the ground to catch the unwary traveler or wild beast by the foot. Scourges in your sides, and thorns in your eyes - Nothing can be conceived more vexatious and distressing than a continual goad in the side, or thorn in the eye. They will drive you into obedience to their false gods, and put out the eyes of your understandings by their idolatries.
Adam Clarke· Commentary on the Bible, 1832Evangelical
- Judges 3:5–8
Thus the Israelites continued to live among the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.
Commentary on Judges 3:5–81 voice
And the children of Israel dwelt among the Canaanites,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- Judges 3:6
And they took the daughters of these people in marriage, gave their own daughters to their sons, and served their gods.
Commentary on Judges 3:61 voice
And they took their daughters to be their wives, and gave their daughters to their sons,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- Judges 3:7
So the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD; they forgot the LORD their God and served the Baals and the Asherahs.
Commentary on Judges 3:72 voices
And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the Lord,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
Served Baalim and the groves - No groves were ever worshipped, but the deities who were supposed to be resident in them; and in many cases temples and altars were built in groves, and the superstition of consecrating groves and woods to the honor of the deities was a practice very usual with the ancients. Pliny assures us that trees, in old times, served for the temples of the gods. Tacitus reports this custom of the old Germans; Quintus Curtius, of the Indians; and Caesar, and our old writers, mention the same of the Druids in Britain.
Adam Clarke· Commentary on the Bible, 1832Evangelical