For I know H3045 him, that he will command H6680 his children H1121 and his household H1004 after H310 him, and they shall keep H8104 the way H1870 of the LORD, H3068 to do H6213 justice H6666 and judgment; H4941 that the LORD H3068 may bring H935 on Abraham H85 that which H834 he has spoken H1696 of him.
These H428 sought H1245 their register H3791 among those that were reckoned H3187 by genealogy, H3188 but they were not found: H4672 therefore were they, as polluted, H1351 put from the priesthood. H3550
For they have taken H5375 of their daughters H1323 for themselves, H1992 and for their sons: H1121 so that the holy H6944 seed H2233 have mingled H6148 themselves with the people H5971 of those lands: H776 yes, the hand H3027 of the princes H8269 and rulers H5461 has been H1961 chief H7223 in this H2088 trespass. H4604
And their children H1121 spoke H1696 half H2677 in the speech H3066 of Ashdod, H795 and could H5234 not speak H1696 in the Jews' H3066 language, H3956 but according to the language of each people. H5971
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And I contended H7378 with them, and cursed H7043 them, and smote H5221 certain H582 of them, and plucked H4803 off their hair, and made them swear H7650 by God, H430 saying, You shall not give H5414 your daughters H1323 to their sons, H1121 nor H518 take H5375 their daughters H1323 to your sons, H1121 or for yourselves.
Remember H2142 them, O my God, H430 because H5921 they have defiled H1351 the priesthood, H3550 and the covenant H1285 of the priesthood, H3550 and of the Levites. H3881
And did not he make H6213 one? H259 Yet had he the residue H7605 of the spirit. H7307 And why H4100 one? H259 That he might seek H1245 a godly H430 seed. H2233 Therefore take heed H8104 to your spirit, H7307 and let none H408 deal treacherously H898 against the wife H802 of his youth. H5271