Nehemiah 13:27

Shall we... ? Figure of speech Erotesis.

evil. Hebrew. ra'a'. App-44.

transgress. Hebrew. ma'al. App-44.

strange. foreign. Hebrew. nakar, as in Nehemiah 13:30.

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John Trapp Complete Commentary

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Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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Intermarriages Forbidden
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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1 Samuel 30:24 ; Ezra 10:2

²⁷ Shall we then hearken unto you to do all this great evil, to transgress against our God in marrying strange wives?

Related Commentaries of Nehemiah 13:27

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Nehemiah 13:27