30 And that we would not give our daughters unto the people of the land, nor take their daughters for our sons:
30 "We promise not to give our daughters in marriage to the peoples around us or take their daughters for our sons.
30 We will not give our daughters to the peoples of the land or take their daughters for our sons.
30 Thus: We will not marry our daughters to our foreign neighbors nor let our sons marry their daughters.
30 We would not give our daughters as wives to the peoples of the land, nor take their daughters for our sons;
30 "We promise not to let our daughters marry the pagan people of the land, and not to let our sons marry their daughters.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Nehemiah 10:30
Commentary on Nehemiah 10:1-31
(Read Nehemiah 10:1-31)
Conversion is separating from the course and custom of this world, devoting ourselves to the conduct directed by the word of God. When we bind ourselves to do the commandments of God, it is to do all his commandments, and to look to him as the Lord, and our Lord.