Is there a place in the Bible that says for the races not to mix? or rather pertains to this?

Question

I am a Christian and I would like to know if God wants us to mix races..Im not prejudice at all..God loves us all the same.

Answer 1

1. Let me bring out a very important text: 2 Corinthians 6:14; "Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers." That last word is the most important. Obviously following this advice, a Christian would not marry an atheist or a Jew or a Muslim, etc. But what about interracial marriage? Deuteronomy 7:1-6 tells the Israelites to destroy all the inhabitants of the Canaan land and not to intermarry with them. The reason given is that they would "turn your sons away from following Me, that they may serve other gods." 2 Corinthians 6:14 applies here.
Moses' wife was of another race and Aaron and Miriam were punished for criticizing Moses' interracial marriage. That story is recorded in Numbers 12:1-15. Everyone who reads the Bible will find the book of Ruth a delight. She is another foreigner who became part of the lineage of Christ, as did the harlot, Rahab, also of another nation. The lineage of Christ is given in Matthew 1 with mention of those names. Colossians 3:11 makes it clear that in Christ we are all one.
Okay, so what about interracial marriages here and now? From the Bible it seems clear that, when both are believers, it is not wrong. Certainly any couple contemplating marriage will want to prayerfully consider the impact their marriage will have on family and future children and be prepared for what potential problems may arise.
Marriages across racial and religious barriers are becoming more and more prevalent. Assuming two are of the same religion, there are still practical reasons for concern and much thought.

Answer 2

Hmm God created all the races and says that all of His creation is beautiful. No where in the bible does it say that it is wrong for races to mix. It does say that you shouldn't mix religions. To not be unequally yoked. So Christians should date and marry Christians.

Answer 3

Unless someone is using the New KKK version, it isn't in there.

Little Dove: Quote me some scripture where Moses was punished for marrying Zipporah. Zipporah actually saved Moses' life Exodus 4:19-26. When Moses' bro and sis spoke out against Zipporah, Miriam was leprous Numbers 12:10.

Answer 4

Depends on what you mean.

God does not make racial distinctions in the manner of genetics or ethnicity. (Moses married a black woman, Boaz married an Arab - but they were both obedient believers in Yahweh God).

The only racial divide he makes is between the race of the Wicked and the race of the Righteous.

The Bible tells us not to be "unequally yoked". That is to say "don't marry an unbeliever". But, that person may come from any race or ethnic background.

I like to say "Character is more important than color".

Answer 5

There is nothing against inter-cultural marriage. In fact, Moses' (who was Hebrew) wife was African, and Ruth (who married Boaz, also Hebrew) was a Moabitess and both of these marriages were said to be godly.

There were times when God forbade the Israelites from intermarrying with the tribes around them, but that was purely because of corrupt customs, not because of ethnicity. They weren't supposed to be led into idolatry by spouses.

Answer 6

To the best of my knowledge, the only mixing the Bible talks against is believers & non-believers.

**2 Corinthians 6:14
Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?

Answer 7

Actually God did just the oposite when Mosses married a black women and they talked about him God rebuked them and punished them.
Solomon wanted to marry a black girl and she didn't want him. She was in love with her shepard boy.
Acts 10:34 For a certainly I preceive that God is not partial but in every nation the man that fears him and works righteousness is acceptable to him.

Answer 8

In regards to the OT, there are multiple references, particularly in the books of the prophets, of God commanding the Hebrews to "come out from among them [other races] and be ye separate" and not to "go whoring after foreign gods" and so forth. To this day, Jews are an insular group and tend not to marry outside their religion, even though they are now comprised of several ethnicities.

However, in the NT, Saul/Paul, in promoting his own agenda, found it useful to declare that in the new religion, there was neither "Jew nor Greek" . . . even though there were, in fact, Jewish and Greek *congregations* and little if any intermarriage occurred.

Answer 9

2 Corinthians 6:14  Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?

We should not be married to non-believers. It says nothing about race!

GOD bless

Answer 10

The Bible was all about the Jews. The Queen of Sheba was black and Solomon married her.

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