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# General Information:
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In these verses, the people describe the content of the oath they were making in [Nehemiah 10:29](../10/29.md).
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# would not give our daughters to the people of the land or take their daughters for our sons
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This means that they would not allow their sons and daughters to marry them. Alternate translation: "would not give our daughters to marry the people of the land, and we would not take their daughters to marry our sons" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])
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# the people of the land
This refers to the people who live in their land who do not worship Yahweh. Alternate translation: "the people of this land who do not worship Yahweh" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])
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# We promised ... we would not give ... or take
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The pronoun "we" here includes Nehemiah and the Jewish people, but not the reader of this book. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-exclusive]])