Numbers 12:1
Miriam and Aaron were critical of Moses because of his Ethiopian wife—he'd married an Ethiopian woman.
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Genesis 24:3and swear an oath by the Lord, the God of heaven and the God of earth, that you won't arrange for my son to marry any daughter of the these Canaanite people that I'm living among.
Genesis 26:34When Esau was 40, he married Judith, daughter of Beeri the Hittite, as well as Basemath, daughter of Elon the Hittite.
Genesis 28:6Esau found out that Isaac had blessed Jacob and had sent him to Paddan-aram to find a wife there, and that when he blessed him he ordered him, “Don't marry a Canaanite woman.”
Genesis 41:45Pharaoh gave Joseph the name Zaphenath-paneah, and arranged for him to marry Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera, priest of On. This is how Joseph rose to power over the whole of Egypt.
Exodus 2:21Moses agreed to stay with the man, who arranged for his daughter Zipporah to marry Moses.
Leviticus 21:14He must not marry a widow, a divorced woman, or one made unclean through prostitution. He has to marry a virgin from his own people,
Matthew Henry on Numbers 12:1
In the foregoing chapter we had the vexation which the people gave to Moses; in this we have his patience tried by his own relations. I. Miriam and Aaron, his own brother and sister, affronted him, ver. 1-3 . II. God called them to an account for it, ver. 4-9 . III. Miriam was smitten with a leprosy for it, ver. 10 . IV. Aaron submits, and Moses meekly intercedes for Miriam, ver. 11-13 . V. She is healed, but put to shame for seven days, ver. 14-16 . And this is recorded to show that the best persons and families… Read the whole commentary →