Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 7:3
Neither shalt thou make marriages with them; thy daughter thou shalt not give unto his son, nor his daughter shalt thou take unto thy son.
3. neither make marriages with them ] In the narratives in Genesis and Judges marriages are regarded as best when between members of the same family or tribe (Gen 28:2; Gen 28:8 f.) and as unfortunate when the wives are foreign (Gen 26:34 f., Gen 27:46; Jdg 14:3). But no law against marriage with foreigners is either assumed or implied. On the contrary, Moses (Exo 2:21), David (2Sa 3:3), Solomon (1Ki 11:1), Ahab (1Ki 16:31), all marry foreigners, and there are other instances (Bath-sheba and Uriah, etc.). The deuteronomic veto, therefore, may be assumed to be the earliest law against such marriages (Exo 34:16 is editorial) and to have become necessary by the experience of their evil consequences, conducive to idolatry (Jdg 3:5 f., deuteronomic). At the same time D allows marriage with a foreign woman taken in war (Deu 21:10). That the law was not kept is seen from the Book of Ezra.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Verse 3. Neither shalt thou make marriages, &c.] The heart being naturally inclined to evil, there is more likelihood that the idolatrous wife should draw aside the believing husband, than that the believing husband should be able to bring over his idolatrous wife to the true faith.
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
Neither shalt thou make marriages with them,…. Unless they became proselytes, as Rahab, who was married by Salmon, and so those of other nations, as Ruth the Moabitess, and so any captive taken in war; otherwise it was not lawful, bad consequences have followed upon it, which it is the design of this law to prevent; that is, being snared and drawn aside into idolatry, which was the case of Solomon:
thy daughter thou shalt not give unto his son, nor his daughter shalt thou take unto thy son; for, according to the Targum of Jonathan, whosoever marries with them, it is as if he married with their idols: and this law, according to the Jewish writers c, is binding with respect to other nations besides the seven; and whosoever marries any Heathen, of whatsoever nation, is to be beaten.
c Maimon. Hilchot lssure Biah, c. 12. sect. 1.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
3. Neither shalt thou make marriages with them There was always peril to the Israelites in their having close relations with the heathen nations. Their history thus far since they left Egypt has shown how prone they were to idolatry.
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
Ver. 3. Neither shalt thou make marriages with them The reason is added in the following verse, because there was a danger, if they loved their wives, that they might be drawn over to their idolatry. On the same account the apostle warns Christians against such unequal matches. 2Co 6:14. From this verse it is justly inferred, that the Canaanites might be spared, upon their repentance and reformation from idolatry; for there could be no occasion for this injunction, if it be supposed that nothing which breathed was to be saved alive, but all were utterly to be destroyed. What end could it serve, to forbid intermarriages with a people supposed not at all to be? See Dr. Sykes as above.
Fuente: Commentary on the Holy Bible by Thomas Coke
I pause over these verses to remark, how awfully these truths of GOD are sometimes verified, in the carnal alliances which believers unhappily make with the ungodly. Be not unequally yoked, saith the Apostle, with unbelievers. And yet, some there are who, in direct defiance both to the precepts of GOD in this chapter, and to his servant’s earnest advice, in following up his LORD’S command, presume to do the reverse; pretending the hope, that though the LORD hath forbidden it, they may be the instruments of converting them, when the LORD hath declared they will rather be seduced and corrupted themselves. 2Co 6:14-18 .
Fuente: Hawker’s Poor Man’s Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
Deu 7:3 Neither shalt thou make marriages with them; thy daughter thou shalt not give unto his son, nor his daughter shalt thou take unto thy son.
Ver. 3. Neither shalt thou make marriages with them. ] As neither with any other that were idolatots. Ezr 9:1-2
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
Gen 6:2, Gen 6:3, Exo 34:15, Exo 34:16, Jos 23:12, Jos 23:13, Jdg 3:6, Jdg 3:7, 1Ki 11:2, Ezr 9:1, Ezr 9:2, Neh 13:23-27, 2Co 6:14-17
Reciprocal: Gen 24:3 – that Gen 34:9 – General Exo 22:17 – utterly Jos 6:21 – utterly Jos 9:7 – how shall Jos 23:7 – That ye come Jdg 14:3 – uncircumcised Jdg 21:1 – his daughter Rth 1:4 – wives 1Ki 16:31 – took to wife 2Ki 8:18 – his wife 2Ch 22:3 – his mother Ezr 9:12 – give not Ezr 10:3 – at the commandment Ezr 10:11 – and from the Neh 10:30 – General Neh 13:25 – Ye shall not Jer 44:19 – without Mal 2:11 – profaned 1Co 7:39 – only
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Deu 7:3. Neither shalt thou make marriages with them From this prohibition it has been justly inferred that the Canaanites, as individuals, might be spared upon their repentance and reformation from idolatry. For on the supposition that nothing that breathed was to be saved alive, but that all were to be utterly destroyed, there could be no occasion for this injunction. What end could it answer to forbid all intermarriages with a people supposed not to exist?