Ezra 9:2

Indeed, they have taken some of their daughters as wives for themselves and for their sons, so that the holy race ¹  has become intermingled with the local residents. Worse still, the leaders and the officials have been at the forefront of all of this!”

Ge 6:2; Ex 19:6; Ex 22:31; Ex 34:16; De 7:1-4; De 7:6; De 14:2; Ezr 10:18-44; Ne 13:3,23,24; Ne 13:4,17,28; Ne 13:23,24; Isa 6:13; Mal 2:11; Mal 2:15; 1Co 7:14; 2Co 6:14

¹ tn Heb “the holy seed,” referring to the Israelites as God’s holy people.