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In a time with a large number of questions in regard to racism, one might ask if it is ok for a man and a woman of different ethnicities to marry? What does the Bible say about interracial marriage? I recently was at a small gathering and a white woman who hosted the event was telling us her hardship when people basically asked her straight-up if she got pregnant before marriage when they noticed that her kids were not of the same skin tone. Her husband is from Africa, and she is from North Carolina. No matter what a person believes on the matter of interracial marriage, I want to begin with the fact that we are all made in the image of God Genesis I chose to write this article because I love to research Scriptures on topics to gain understanding. I personally know and care for a variety of interracial married couples who love the Lord. One of my dearest friends is an African American woman who is married to a Caucasian man.

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The problems that people have with interracial relationships are in no way biblically justifiable. One of the most widely quoted objections to interracial marriage is found in Deuteronomy 7. In this chapter, God lays down the law for Moses. When talking about the Promised Land, God lists all of the groups who live there the Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites and so on and says that the Israelites are not to marry any of them. The Lord was protecting the Israelites from false religions, not different races. This passage is specifically talking about marrying people who did not serve Yahweh.

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I heard those words a few weeks ago in what began as a normal conversation with an acquaintance. I had flashbacks to when I was in my early teens and admitted to a friend that one of my celebrity crushes was the Christian rapper, Lecrae. A look of pure disgust crossed over her face as her words dripped over me like poison.

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Christian Opposition to Interracial Marriage Is Still a Problem

That last word, "unbelievers" is of key importance. A Christian should not marry a non-Christian no matter how kind and good they are. What about interracial marriage? Deuteronomy tells the Israelites to destroy all the inhabitants of the Canaan land and not to intermarry with them because they would "turn your sons away from following Me, that they may serve other gods. Moses' wife was of another race and in Numbers Aaron and Miriam were punished for criticizing this interracial marriage.

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